What is it?
Put simply, this is the entry point for the Infiniti Q60 range – the two-door coupé version of the Q50 saloon. Instead of a 400bhp twin-turbo V6 under the bonnet, you get a more modest 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine that also benefits from a bit of forced induction.
'A bit' is the right turn of phrase here; air isn’t so much forced into the cylinders as lightly persuaded. The result is a modest 208bhp, enough to propel nearly 1800kg of Infiniti to 62mph in a reasonable 7.3sec.
The pricier V6 may get four-wheel drive as standard, but you have to be content with rear-wheel drive in the 2.0T. What you can have is Infiniti’s drive-by-wire Direct Adaptive Steering (DAS) system. This is standard on Sport models and an £800 option on other variants. This has had its software tweaked in an attempt to improve feel and feedback over the same system in the Q50.
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Puzzling
You need to take the Skoda approach and build great cars that are several thousand pounds cheaper than your competitors. Customers will buy them as they represent value and they will become loyal. Skodas are now listing at the same price as the Fords, Peugeots and Vauxhalls and are generally seen as better cars. 20 years ago that would have been laughable. Lexus took 20 years to get to where they are today and they still have to offer much more kit for the same money to make a small number of sales.
Instead Infiniti offers an inferior product at the same price as its competitors and then wonders why it fails.
The same applies to Cadillac and its latest 'assault' on the UK car market with a £70K LHD only Vauxhall Vectra.
Remove all the sound
Infiniti. Should've stayed
Marc