June 20, 2013

Infiniti EV put on hold to concentrate on volume sales

Photo of Infiniti LE EV

Plans for an Infiniti Electric car – based on the Nissan LEAF and previewed by the LE Concept – have been put on hold as Infiniti concentrate on volume cars. Nissan’s luxury arm, Infiniti, is on a global push to try and make inroads in to the dominance of Lexus in the luxury Japanese car [...]

Infiniti Q50 Diesel: Geneva Motor Show 2013

Infiniti Q50 Geneva Photo

The new Infiniti Q50 – the Infiniti G37 as was – has had its European debut at Geneva and the world debut of the Q50 Diesel with Mercedes power. The new Infiniti Q50, the first new Infiniti to get the ‘Q’ badges and known as the G37 in its previous life, arrived at the Detroit Motor Show [...]

Infiniti Q50 to arrive at Geneva 2013 with ‘European Power’

New Infiniti Q50 image

The new Infiniti Q50 – the Infiniti formerly known as the G37 – will make its European debut at Geneva 2013 with a diesel and turbo petrol option. As we discovered recently, Infiniti has decided that all its car will now get a ‘Q’ or ‘QX’ moniker, and the first ‘Q’ car to arrive from [...]

Infiniti Q50 Revealed: 2013 Detroit Auto Show

Photo Infiniti Q50

The new Infiniti Q50 – replacing the G37 and the first of Infiniti’s ‘Q’ badged cars – has been revealed at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. Just as we revealed exclusively revealed back in October, the new Infiniti G has been revealed today at the Detroit Auto Show. except it’s no longer the Infiniti G, but the first Infiniti model to [...]

Infiniti FX Black & White Edition for Europe – but not UK

Infiniti FX Black & White Edition

A limited edition of the Infiniti FX – the FX Black and White Edition – is launched in Europe based on the FX S Premium. But not for the UK. Infiniti’s efforts to gain a foothold in the premium car market in the UK have not, so far, yielded particularly impressive results. Sales for the whole of [...]

Infiniti Q50 teased ahead of Detroit debut

Photo of new Infiniti Q50 headlight

The first Infiniti to carry the new nomenclature for the marque – the Infiniti Q50 – gets teased in a short video ahead of a Detroit debut. We managed to break the news that the new Infiniti G37 would be arriving at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show back in October, but what we didn’t know then was [...]

Infiniti to build new Mercedes A Class based model in UK

Photo of Infiniti Ethera Concept

The new Infiniti premium hatch, based on the underpinnings of the new Mercedes A Class and looking like the Etherea Concept, will be built in the UK. Infiniti announced only yesterday that it is introducing a new nomenclature for its cars (Q for saloons/coupes and QX for SUVs/Crossovers) and all new cars will come with [...]

Infiniti Q & QX: The new Infiniti names

New Infiniti Names

Infiniti has announced it’s changing its car nomenclature with all saloons and Coupes changing to Infiniti Q and all SUVs and Crossovers to Infiniti QX. What’s in a name? That which we call M, G, FX and EX by any other name would smell as sweet. Although, as far as Infiniti is concerned, all will [...]

Infiniti opening in Brazil in 2014

Photo of Infiniti Emerg-E

Nissan’s answer to Lexus, Infiniti, is on a bit of quest to sell its premium cars in every market that can afford them and will open in Brazil in 2014. Infiniti started out as Nissan’s answer to the success of Lexus in North America by launching a range of ‘Premium’ Nissans in the U.S. in 1989, since [...]

New Infiniti G Series to debut at 2013 Detroit Auto Show

Photo of current Infiniti G37

The new 2013 / 2014 Infiniti G Series will debut at the Detroit Motor Show in January before going on sale later in 2013. Infiniti may not have managed to make the biggest mark on the car landscape in the UK, but the news of a new G-Series is interesting because it seems likely it [...]