INFINITI Q30 News
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Infiniti’s major announcement for this week’s 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show is the all-new Q30 compact hatch. It was at the German show two years ago that Infiniti first previewed the Q30 with a thinly-veiled concept version. At the time, Infiniti stressed that the vehicle wouldn’t be an ordinary hatch but rather a fusion of various bodystyles that included elements of a hatch plus those of a coupe and a crossover. ALSO SEE: New Volkswagen Tiguan Unveiled Ahead Of 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show After finally seeing the Q30 in person, we can confirm that it does in fact eschew the...
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More Photos Of 2017 Infiniti Q30 Released Ahead Of Frankfurt Debut
More photos of Infiniti’s first ever compact, the Q30, has been released ahead of the car’s official world debut on September 15 at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. After numerous spy shots and teasers, the latest photos give us a clear look at the final design for the Q30—both...
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Infiniti Confirms Q30, QX30 And Redesigned Q60 Coupe For 2017 Model Year
It’s been a quiet year for Infiniti, with the only significant news being a new turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine being added to the Q50, a longer wheelbase being fitted to the QX50, and a limited edition Signature Edition model being added to the QX80. Next year, however, the...
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2017 Infiniti Q30 Confirmed For 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show: Video
Infiniti’s first-ever compact car, the Q30 hatchback, has been confirmed for a debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, which gets underway September 15. It was at the German show two years ago that Infiniti first previewed the Q30 with a thinly-veiled concept version, and at this year’s...
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2017 Infiniti Q30 Spy Shots
Infiniti’s upcoming Q30 and QX30 compacts are nearing the end of their long gestation, with a debut of at least one of the models, most likely the Q30 hatch, due to take place at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show in September. The QX30 crossover will likely appear towards the end of the year...
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Infiniti QX30 Crossover To Be Built Alongside Q30 Hatch At U.K. Plant
Infiniti will start production of its new Q30 compact hatch at a Nissan plant in Sunderland, England mid-next year, and shortly after production of a crossover version dubbed the QX30 will join it. The information was revealed via a Tweet made by Nissan executive vice president Andy Palmer, who is...
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Infiniti’s upcoming compact car, the Q30, is due out in 2015 and we’ve had our first taste of it in the form of a concept debuting today at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The Q30 in concept form is a hatchback with influences from a coupe and even a crossover thrown in. Underpinning the concept is a version of the MFA platform developed by Mercedes-Benz for its own compact cars like the latest CLA- and GLA-Class. This means the Q30 concept is designed for four-cylinder powertrains and either front- or all-wheel drive. No specs have been revealed, however. Inside the Q30...
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Infiniti Q30 Concept Brings Funky Styling To Compact Segment
Infiniti is hard at work promoting all things Q right now. The family is growing so there will be even more Q on the horizon, and the newest member will most likely be an all-new compact hatchback. To preview that mini machine, Infiniti has brought the Q30 concept to Frankfurt. The styling here...
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Infiniti Q30 Concept Revealed Ahead Of Frankfurt Auto Show
Infiniti is working on a new hatch to take on rivals in the burgeoning compact luxury segment, such as the Audi A3, BMW 1-Series, Lexus CT 200h and new Mercedes-Benz CLA. We were given our first taste of the car with the unveiling of the slightly odd Etherea back in 2011, but now we have a more...
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Infiniti Q30 Concept Teased Ahead Of 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show
We’ll soon have our first definitive look at Infiniti’s upcoming compact car thanks to the unveiling of a new concept at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month. That new concept is the Q30, and it has been previewed today in sketch form. The production Q30 is not due until 2015, so...
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Infiniti’s New Compact Car May Spawn A Crossover
Infiniti will soon start production of a new compact car based on its Etherea concept from 2011. The car, which may be labeled a Q30 in line with Infiniti’s new naming practice, will be built at a Nissan plant in the UK and should be revealed towards the end of next year or in early 2015...
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Infiniti Will Build Etherea-Based Compact In U.K.
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...
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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 conclusion of a feasibility study looking into third-party manufacturing of the new compact car. Importantly, Infiniti still plans to build the vehicle at a plant in Europe, though it will now rely on one from the Renault-Nissan empire. The location of the plant will be announced closer to the start...
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Infiniti May Debut Family Of Small Cars Instead Of Single Model: Report
We know that luxury auto brand Infiniti is working on a compact model to take on the likes of the BMW 1-Series and the Audi A3. Based on the Etherea concept shown in 2011, the smallest Infiniti model will be built by Magna Steyr in Austria, using a version of the Mercedes-Benz MFA front-drive...
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Infiniti Confirms New Compact Will Be Built In Austria
Following yesterday’s announcement of the groundbreaking of a new powertrain plant in Tennessee, Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz have today confirmed that a new compact car to be launched by Infiniti but underpinned by Mercedes technology will be manufactured in Austria by independent vehicle...
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New Details On Upcoming Infiniti Compact Car
Nissan recently announced a bold new business plan outlining its operations for the next six years. The plan, dubbed “Nissan Power 88”, called for an increase in the automaker’s global market share to eight percent by 2017, as well as an equal eight percent increase in operating...
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2011 Geneva Motor Show Preview: Infiniti Etherea Concept
The autoshow season is fully upon us, as we transition from the Chicago show to Geneva next month and New York in April. Infiniti is gearing up to make the most of the Geneva Motor Show with a new compact concept performance car positioned below the G line, dubbed the Etherea. The official images...
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Report: Daimler May Supply Infiniti With New Small Car Platform
The growing push towards smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles is leading the charge for changing consumer perceptions of what defines a luxury car--with size no longer the differentiator but rather technology, quality and design. Nowhere is this more the case than in Europe where even the...
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