2016 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport 400 First Drive
With its 400-horsepower Red Sport model and a revised steer-by-wire system, the 2016 Q50 feels like the luxury/sport sedan Infiniti should have made all along.
With its 400-horsepower Red Sport model and a revised steer-by-wire system, the 2016 Q50 feels like the luxury/sport sedan Infiniti should have made all along.
Infiniti has come up with a comprehensive restyling of its three-row QX60, and while the driving character is the same, there's a real threat from below.
The C-segment is hardcore Money Land these days, and now perennial premium me-too Infiniti has a player there. Furthermore, it's almost good.
The most important to the new Infiniti QX50 is its added interior space. But is a bigger backseat a big enough change to lure buyers?
The American Customer Satisfaction Index finds that automobile brands fell, on average, 3.7 percent to 79 on a 100-point scale when compared to 2014.
A quick look at a scatter plot that charts rear legroom against luxury sedan MSRPs reveals a dearth of spacious bargains – few, if any, luxury sedans offer exceptionally spacious rear accommodations at a relatively low starting price. To fill the vacuum, Infiniti has made its Q70 available in a Q70L variant – in English, long wheelbase – for 2015.
It only takes about half a lap of the Millbrook Proving Grounds for me to become convinced that Infiniti must build this car.
Infiniti launched its seven-passenger JX crossover for the 2013 model year with the automaker's familiar 3.5-liter V6 as standard equipment. For 2014, the model was renamed the QX60, and a new variant packing a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain joined the lineup. (For those interested in the family lineage, the new arrival is a mechanical tw
Ten years ago, nearly to the day, I took delivery of a brand-new 2004 Infiniti G35 6MT. The sporty rear-wheel drive sedan, equipped with its throaty 260-horsepower V6, slick manual gearbox and limited-slip differential replaced my 2001 BMW 330i because the Japanese competitor touted a product that was roomier, better equipped, quicker and lower priced. The G35 trumped the German in nearly every measurable category – at least on paper.
Two of the most popular luxury sedans on the market -- the Lexus IS 250 and Infiniti Q50 -- tanked in Consumer Reports' latest testing. Neither car earned the publication's "Recommended" rating.
Infiniti rolled out the IPL version of its G37 Convertible at the Los Angeles Auto Show more than a year ago. The Infiniti Performance Line treatment logically mirrors that of the IPL G Coupe, meaning it receives both cosmetic and mechanical tweaks des