INFINITI News

  • Sebastian Vettel

    Infiniti is cozying up even closer with three-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel, by announcing this week that the German youngster will become the automaker’s official Director of Performance. Infiniti is currently title sponsor of Vettel’s Red Bull Racing Formula One team, and the Japanese automaker has already signed him as an official brand ambassador, with the two having worked closely since 2011. You may recall Vettel has already helped develop a custom Infiniti model, the FX Sebastian Vettel Version, but in his new role the F1 ace will have a more direct role...

  • 2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid, at 2013 New York Auto Show
    2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid Bows In New York

    If the 2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid looks familiar from the outside, it should; after all, it’s been on the market as the Infiniti JX35, sans the hybrid drivetrain, since last year. Remember when Infiniti went through its alphabet soup naming exercise? The JX35 is now the QX60. What’s new...

  • 2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid
    2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid To Debut At 2013 New York Auto Show

    Infiniti's recent announcement of its renaming scheme to all Q-prefixed models may still be confusing for some, but the first of the renamed crossovers, the 2014 QX60 (once known as the JX), should help straighten things out. It's coming to the New York Auto Show--as a hybrid. Joining the QX80...

  • 2014 Infiniti Q50
    Red Bull Racing To Aid Future Infiniti Performance Models

    It would be easy to write off the Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel Version (which, sadly, never made it to the U.S.) as nothing more than your basic grocery-getter, albeit one with just a bit more bling and a few additional badges. With most automakers, releasing a signature edition rarely involves...

  • 2014 Infiniti Q50
    Infiniti Tries To Find Its Way To Japan

    Luxury brand Infiniti is doing all it can to have a global presence. Well-established in the United States, Infiniti also has a relatively strong customer base in Europe and China. Brazil and Mexico now have Infiniti dealerships in-country, too, thanks to a growing middle class population. Oddly...

  • 2014 Infiniti Q50
    Infiniti Q50 To Receive Four-Cylinder Gas, Diesel Engines

    Infiniti’s new Q50, the replacement for the G37 Sedan, goes on sale later this year with two powertrain options: a regular 3.7-liter V-6 and a hybrid system pairing a 3.5-liter V-6 with an electric motor. These two powertrain options will come standard with rear-wheel drive, although Infiniti...

  • 2014 Infiniti Q50

    A new name, a fresh new look, and hopes to take on--and beat--the best of the luxury car segment: The 2014 Infiniti Q50 aims high. From our initial vantage point, it hits the mark, too. The exterior, while speaking the language of the mid-size luxury sedan fluently, nevertheless manages to look completely original in an already packed field. The dramatic front end, flowing sides, and balanced, taut rear come together in beautiful harmony. The interior of the 2014 Q50 isn't as dramatic as its exterior, but it looks a notch nicer than the G37 Sedan that preceded it, and certainly on par with...

  • 2014 Infiniti Q50
    2014 Infiniti Q50 Live Photos And Video From Detroit

    The 2014 Infiniti Q50, the replacement for the aging G37 Sedan, has finally made its debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, and while we weren’t completely enamored after seeing the initial press photos, now that we’ve seen it live we must admit that the new 3-Series and C Class fighter...

  • 2014 Infiniti Q50
    2014 Infiniti Q50 Debuts At The 2013 Detroit Auto Show

    Infiniti is starting a new chapter in its relatively short life, with the new Q50 sedan the first model to be launched under the automaker’s bold new naming strategy. It’s also the first to be launched under the watchful eye of Audi veteran Johan de Nysschen, who was recently appointed...

  • 2014 Infiniti Q50
    2014 Infiniti Q50 Leaked By Canadian Retail Site

    UPDATE: The 2014 Infiniti Q50 (G37 replacement) has been revealed. Click here for all the official details and photos. The 2014 Infiniti Q50 (nee G37) is all-new--and it's all over the web a bit early courtesy of a leak by the brand's Canadian retail website. Last night's leak has been followed...

  • Teaser for 2014 Infiniti Q50 sedan
    Infiniti Teases Its 2014 Q50 Sedan: Video

    UPDATE: The 2014 Infiniti Q50 (G37 replacement) has been revealed. Click here for all the official details and photos. Here’s our first official look at the first model to be launched under Infinti’s new naming strategy, where each of the automaker’s offerings will come with...

  • 2013 Infiniti M
    Infiniti Chief Confirms New 550-HP Super Sedan

    Infiniti's somewhat oddball (at least at first blush) naming scheme, announced this week, will change everything in its range to either Q- or QX-prefixed models. But whatever the new models are called, you can get behind this idea: A 550-horsepower, forced-induction V-6 in a flagship sedan. That...

  • 2011 Infiniti Etherea Concept

    Infiniti’s new compact car based on its Etherea concept from 2011 will be built at Nissan’s Sunderland plant in the U.K. The car, which will utilize a platform developed by Mercedes-Benz for its own range of compact cars, is expected to enter production in 2015 and could be on sale within that same year. There is no confirmation of a U.S. launch, but with rivals either competing in the segment already or planning to soon, Infiniti will be the odd one out if it chooses to ignore the U.S. market. Infiniti had originally planned to outsource production of the car to independent...

  • Infiniti’s new naming strategy
    Is Infiniti Planning A New Flagship Sedan?

    During yesterday’s surprise announcement that Infiniti would be changing the names of all its models to include either a Q or QX, the latter representing tall-riding crossovers and SUVs, the brand’s global president Johan de Nysschen explained the move was necessary to ensure customers...

  • 2013 Infiniti G37 Convertible
    Infiniti Erases Its Past, Starts Fresh With 'Q'

    The Infiniti G37 is a great car, especially in sedan form. In fact, it's one of the best sports sedans on the road when outfitted with a manual transmission and the sport package. But it is no more. In fact, all of Infiniti's current models will cease to exist as of the 2014 model year. Well...

  • Infiniti FX50 Sebastian Vettel edition
    Infiniti To Partner With Red Bull On New High Performance Model: Report

    Now that luxury automaker Infiniti is a title sponsor of Red Bull Racing’s Formula One efforts, it makes perfect sense that the two will combine talents to produce a high-performance street car. Sure, Infiniti has already built the Sebastian Vettel Edition FX50, but that only left us...

  • 2014 Infiniti G37 spy shots
    Infiniti Confirms New Sedan For 2013 Detroit Auto Show - It’s The 2014 G37

    Infiniti has confirmed it will present a new “luxury sports sedan” at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show on January 14. No further details about the car were revealed, though we already know it will be the 2014 Infiniti G37 that we’ve been spying in prototype form for the past several...

  • Infiniti becomes a title sponsor of Red Bull Racing for 2013 - image: Infiniti
    Infiniti Becomes Title Sponsor For Red Bull Racing F1 Team, Expands Distribution

    When Red Bull Racing debuts its 2013 RB9 chassis, you’ll notice the Infiniti name is featured a bit more prominently than in years past. You’ll also see a new name for the team, as Red Bull Racing becomes Infiniti Red Bull Racing next season. Infiniti announced its title sponsorship of...

  • 2014 Infiniti Q50 spy shots

    Engineers are hard at work testing prototypes for the next-generation Infiniti G sedan, which will be making its official debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January before (hopefully) reaching showrooms sometime next summer. We recently brought you some spy shots of those prototypes but here’s a video showing another being flung around Germany’s infamous Nürburgring circuit. It’s clear the styling of the new car, which will be introduced as a 2014 model, has been influenced by recent Infiniti concept cars like the Emerg-E and LE. Distinguishing features include...

  • 2011 Infiniti Etherea Concept
    Infiniti Chooses To Build New Compact In-House

    After announcing in May that it would call on Austrian independent vehicle manufacturer Magna Steyr to build its upcoming compact car, believed to be a production version of 2011’s Etherea concept, Infiniti has now announced it will build the car itself. The decision was made following the...

  • 2013 Infiniti JX35
    Nissan Working On Next-Generation Hybrid Drivetrain For Infiniti

    If you want to buy a hybrid automobile from luxury manufacturer Infiniti today, your only option is the performance-oriented M35h. The big sedan can reel off a 0-60 mph time of 5.2 seconds (on par with the range-topping M56), yet it's still rated at 27 mpg around town and 32 mpg on the highway...

  • Nissan's steer-by-wire system
    Infiniti To Get Steer-By-Wire Technology In 2013: Video

    Conventional steering systems provide a mechanical link from the steering wheel to the front wheels, which is generally power-assisted via hydraulics on modern automobiles. For decades, this delivered a reasonable blend of handling and ride comfort, even if it came with certain trade-offs in...

  • 2014 Infiniti G37 spy shots
    2014 Infiniti Q50 Spy Shots

    UPDATE: The 2014 Infiniti Q50 (G37 replacement) has been revealed. Click here for all the official details and photos. The current Infiniti G37 sedan will soon be replaced by the new Q50, pictured here in prototype form ahead of its world debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show next month, arrives...

  • 2012 Infiniti Emerg-E concept
    Infiniti Nixes The Emerg-E Hybrid Halo Car

    With all the attention Nissan was giving the Infiniti Emerg-E, it seemed that production of the environmentally-aware halo car was all but a given. After all, it was a crowd favorite at this year's Geneva Motor Show, and Red Bull Renault’s Mark Webber drove the one-off concept up the hill at...

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