The 1994 Infiniti Q45 Price - Adjusted for Inflation

[AlabamaDan]

We talk about how are cars were $55k when new. Well, what would it cost today? If you adjust $55,000 for inflation, today the [1994] Infiniti Q45 would cost $74022.80. Actually, those numbers are through 2006. How many of your friends drive around a $70k car?

[96Qowner]

And I only have about $16,000 into mine so far - plus 55K miles over 4 years. Other than not being able to watch movies or look at a video map while I drive, I have pretty much everything a 2007 has. Oh, and an automatic with more than 4 speeds - that one bugs me - I NEED a 5AT.

[AlabamaDan]

Mine's got most everything a new model would have. What really blows is the technology the JDM Q45 had back then. Some of those things, like folding mirrors, are still high tech. I wouldn't mind have a five or six speed AT to improve MPG either.

[elwesso]

not bad... I was actually thinking about this a little bit last night.. I was thinking about the Q and my BMW, and at the time the BMW was a pretty cool car, but there was nothing exotic about it at all... Granted, it was 10 years before my Q was made, but even in 94 the 5 series and the Q was the same story. The 540 in 1994 was nothing special at all...

On paper the Q really isnt that much better than the competition, but if you look at the pieces and how exotic it was for the time, that is what makes me like it.. I think the level of "exoticness" of the Q was on par with MB AMG cars or BMW M cars... Level of engineering anyway.

[Lakeshow24]

At 70 gees, I'd spent my money elsewhere. No disrespect to my lovely Q.

[Q45denver]

Actually I remember seeing frequent sales of the second generation (94-96) for $40K (or $39,995) back when they were new. They weren't exactly selling like hotcakes compared to the LS400.

Amazing how little improvment has been made in cars mechanically over the past 20 years.
Modified by Q45denver at 10:31 AM 12/18/2007

[Lakeshow24]

Actually I remember seeing frequent sales of the second generation (94-96) for $40K (or $39,995) back when they were new. They weren't exactly selling like hotcakes compared to the LS400.

Amazing how little improvment has been made in cars mechanically over the past 20 years.

Modified by Q45denver at 10:31 AM 12/18/2007

Actually I remember seeing frequent sales of the second generation (94-96) for $40K (or $39,995) back when they were new. They weren't exactly selling like hotcakes compared to the LS400.

Amazing how little improvment has been made in cars mechanically over the past 20 years.

Modified by Q45denver at 10:31 AM 12/18/2007

Yeah, new cars are a waste of money IMO. I'd rather let them depreciate and snag them from somebody with more money than me.

[Q45tech]

What Mechanically can be improved?

The early to mid 90's were the epitomy of automotive mechanicals, everything subsequent has been in electronic control of mechanicals.

Even new 5,6,7,8 speed transmissions are just designed to play to fuel consumption TESTS..........to allow tiny miniscule improvements at a serious capital cost [repairs/replacements].Same with hybrids they never are cost effective without subsidies or tax credits.

Actually the 1994 Q outsold all previous years and the 95-96.New saw big discounts until the Q41 came out in 1996 as a 97 then the discounting was rampant.................as well as it should have been.

[Lakeshow24]

What Mechanically can be improved?

The early to mid 90's were the epitomy of automotive mechanicals, everything subsequent has been in electronic control of mechanicals.

Even new 5,6,7,8 speed transmissions are just designed to play to fuel consumption TESTS..........to allow tiny miniscule improvements at a serious capital cost [repairs/replacements].Same with hybrids they never are cost effective without subsidies or tax credits.

Actually the 1994 Q outsold all previous years and the 95-96.New saw big discounts until the Q41 came out in 1996 as a 97 then the discounting was rampant.................as well as it should have been.

It's not so much that Infiniti could have mechanically improved the car, it's about competitors' models. As nice as the Q45 is, and as much as I love it (as evidenced by my owning two of them), I would have never paid the original $65,000 sticker (my first '91 Q) or the $50,000 sticker of my '94 Q. This of course, assuming that I could have afforded to.

[szh]

I would have never paid the original $65,000 sticker (my first '91 Q) or the $50,000 sticker of my '94 Q. This of course, assuming that I could have afforded to.

The 1991 Q45 sticker was just under $40k (1991 prices, of course!).

I bought mine brand-new in March of 1991 for $33.5k. Frontier Infiniti in San Jose needed a sale badly ... we had rain for like 8 or 9 weekends in a row, and they had not sold a single Q45 in that time (as I found out). They had ten of them on the lot, and more were due in in a few days apparently!

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[elwesso]

What would you have bought instead for similar money?

[qship96]

In 1990,the q45 was THE car to own in its class-nothing from Acura,Lexus,Audi,Bmw,or even Mercedes offered a similar blending of luxury AND sport sedan performance in a similar size package....Today,it is a crowded segment.

[Q45denver]

Thought we would have seen more things like direct fuel injection (which I think first showed up on the 1955 Mercedes 300SL), ceramic engines, multifuel vechicles and the like by now.

[ScottJackson]

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I'd rather have, in general, a car/truck built in the early to mid '90s than most any of them that are being built now. I don't want all these electronic gadgets along with 5 airbags and excessive sound deadening. I also like to have bumpers, of some sort. I hate little dingers that keep telling me to use my seatbelt. I'd like a luxury car for distance and daily driving that has lots of power, a slight hint of exhaust and gas smell, is somewhat quiet but I can hear a little of what's happening outside while also being able to feel the road. It shouldn't be cluttered with crap that only distracts me. I guess what I want is an E39 BMW with E34 technology but also with a big displacement V12 that revs high hooked to a 6 speed manual... for cheap. Mmmm.

[Q45tech]

Yep with a radio that pickup PBS [classical music] and a few [talk/news/traffic] radio stations.

Plus an invisible hidden laser that automatically fires on any vehicle or boom box that exceeds the noise ordinances.

What happens when you near 60.

[AlabamaDan]

Some of us in our 30s and 40s who listed to music loud in high school now have to listen to music loud to hear it.

My favorite line from Good Morning Vietnam is when Robin Williams is talking to the artillary guy.

"What can I play for you?"

"ANYTHING! JUST PLAY IT LOUD OK!"

[Jesda]

I'd get a Nissan GTR and take it to a coachbuilder to fix the hideous body.