Infiniti hybrid prototype revealed
Nissan has been selling a hybrid version of its Altima sedan for the past two years but the core technology of the vehicle, the petrol-electric hybrid drivetrain, is based on technology borrowed from Toyota. Nissan has always promised to deliver a vehicle using its own proprietary hybrid drive system, and the company has now previewed that technology in the form of two new prototypes.Under the ‘Nissan GT 2012’ business plan, the company has committed to zero-emission vehicle leadership, and has...

2009 Infiniti G37 Convertible Debut at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show
When you have a vehicle line – say the Infiniti G – that has chalked up award after award, topped comparison test after comparison test, and endeared itself to a growing legion of passionate owners, what do you do for an encore? If you happen to be a world-class performance luxury brand – say like Infiniti – the answer is simple: Everything. The popular Infiniti G roars into the 2009 model year with an extensive array of changes, including:The addition of an all-new Infiniti G37 Convertible...

Infiniti G37: Refined and powerful
My current love affair with Infiniti began when I drove the G35 sedan. My passions flamed even higher when I hopped into the EX35 crossover -- zipping around Detroit with a sense of entitlement. Then I drove the G37 Sport coupe -- an athletic little four seater with a six-speed manual slush box, big 19-inch wheels stuffed into the wheel wells, and a racy little body that looks like it was formed with mercury. Walking up to her, I gave the G37 Sportan admiring gaze. This could be the beginning of...

2009 Infiniti FX
Overview The 2009 Infiniti FX is the second generation of this performance crossover SUV from Nissan's luxury division. The FX is all-new for the 2009 model year, with new styling, new engines, new transmissions. The V6 model is still called the FX35, but the V8 model has been renamed FX50 in recognition of its 5-liter engine. The FX50 replaces the previous FX45. Both engines have significantly changed, both get new seven-speed automatic transmissions, and many pieces large and small are new...

The hottest coupes for 2008
 The hottest coupes for 2008 Cars as diverse as retro Challenger, tiny ForTwo Coupes are sexier than most sedans, and yet they don’t get as much love from American car buyers. More than 26,000 Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans were sold in the U.S. last year, according to CNW Marketing Research in Bandon, Ore., but only 3,672 people bought its striking two-door equivalent, the CL-Class. Don’t get the wrong idea — the Mercedes-Benz CL-Class is not a bad car. It’s just less...

Infiniti G37 Sport 6MT
The Infiniti G coupe is ostensibly the coupe model of the G35 sedan, but... if, when the Nissan 350Z made its debut in 2003, anyone wondered why there was no 2+2 model, that question was answered by by Nissan's upscale Infiniti division, with its G35 coupe. Where the old Z 2+2s, built from the early `80s through the Z's apparent demise at the end of the 1996 model year, were stretched variations of the then-current 280 or 300ZX, the Infiniti G coupe was a clean-sheet design, meant from the start to be a...

2009 Infiniti FX35 & FX50 Pricing Announced US & Canada
Infiniti today announced pricing on the all-new 2009 Infiniti FX luxury crossover SUV, which goes on sale June 24 at Infiniti retailers in the United States and Canada. The all-new FX is a showcase of Infiniti’s design and technology leadership, offering exceptional levels of power, refinement, versatility and driving exhilaration.The 2009 Infiniti FX is available in three models: FX50 AWD with a new 390-horsepower 5.0-liter 32-valve DOHC V8 engine Variable Valve Event & Lift VVEL, and the FX35 AWD...

Should Infiniti Build A Poor Man's Rapide Or Resurrect The Flagship Q45?
Infiniti is aware that people looking to move up from either the M35/45 or other mid-size offerings from BMW, Mercedes and Lexus are not stopping to check out their full size offerings.  Since the demise of the Q45, that segment of the market has been void.  Not wanting to miss out on this highly profitable and prestigious market, Infiniti is scrambling to bring to market a full size sedan.  Admittedly Lexus, Mercedes and BMW own this market currently, however with the prospect of a...

Practical pleasure: Infiniti EX35 delivers affordable performance, smooth driving
Pavlov had his bell. Now Infiniti is chiming in with its. The first made a dog slobber; the second makes you a better driver. Infiniti's all-new EX35 has quite the collection of new and unusual gizmos to go with its well-mannered ride and reasonable luxury price in the low-$30,000s. The Lane Departure Prevention System, for example, gently teaches drivers a few manners when they drift over the line. If the isn't enough to sway you back, then the EX35 has the ability to be less subtle. Start yapping on...

Euro-bound Infinitis get more power, better equipment
The US market may have made Infiniti what it is today, but Nissan's luxury arm is putting more power and better equipment into its vehicles destined for sale in Europe later this year. Engineers have made 300-500 changes per car, including tweaked styling, high-end knobs, bigger brakes, better windshield wipers, improved stability systems, and a seven-speed automatic transmission. Infiniti is also planning to add the 3.7-liter V6 to the overseas 2009 FX, which is more powerful than the 3.5-liter engine...