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What Is This Mysterious Infiniti Teaser?

Nelson Ireson
August 5th, 2010
By Nelson Ireson

Editor

Sometimes you're just wandering around the web, and you stumble across something interesting. That's exactly what happened today as we were looking around at Infiniti's site. If you enter the main English-language portal page, you're greeted with this teaser image. We're not sure what it is, but we have some ideas. The windshield angle and front half of the roofline look distinctly like the new Nissan 370Z. But the front fender flare, the fold before the A-pillar, the high-mounted side mirror and the extended rear add up to something else entirely. The front-end treatment looks a bit like the new M sedan's, though it's more intricate and conceptual than what you typically see on a production car--in fact, it's very close to that found on the Essence concept. But the windshield angle, roofline, and shorter hood don't match with the Essence at all, not to mention the presence of side mirrors, which were done away with completely on the Essence. That leaves us with a small window in which to make an educated guess. Given the longer roofline, the Infiniti G/Nissan Z-like overall proportions and the clearly Essence-inspired elements, we see three possibilities: an all-new G coupe, an M coupe, or a new four-door coupe. The current G coupe was updated heavily for 2008, effectively getting some of the 370Z's upgrades early, but it didn't get the more radical design of the Z, and the familial resemblance is minimal. Working against the G: Infiniti has already previewed the 2011 models, so this would be a concept for a 2012 model at best. The M coupe is perhaps even more likely, since the M is a new vehicle to the range, and a coupe would offer competition to the German and American competition in the large-premium segment. As for a four-door coupe, that's been speculated upon before, alongside the true M coupe, but plans from within Infiniti aren't leaking yet, and Pebble Beach is just around the corner, so it looks like we'll just have to wait and see.

http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1...nfiniti-teaser

[bunnn]

Wouldn't it be funny if they are secretly releasing a luxury version of the GTR for Infiniti ..but of course the lines, as mentioned, resembles nothing of an GTR

[vioaltec]

i really can not wait to see what this is going to look like. If it looks anything like the essence, i am hella gonna get it

[DASHOCKER]

The Infiniti G coupe has a track record of being attractive cars. I don't think Infiniti will beat this car with the ugly stick or would they?

[BMW_TT]

Look at the QX.

[Red Bread]

Hopefully it's more than this fail boat:
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/12/i...of-348-hp-ipl/

[mtla4]

Originally Posted by BMW_TT

Look at the QX.

Th QX is major improvement over the last one.

[Red Bread]

Originally Posted by mtla4

Th QX is major improvement over the last one.

Fantastic. Even if the next 5er GT is a major improvement, it will still be scary.

[Silver-Bolt]

The Infinity M platform is closer to a 5/6-series than a 1-series/Z4. Infinity is famous for this type of teaser advertising. Those old enough will remember when the Infinity line was born and the TV commercials showed everything except what the car looked like. That was the original Q45.

[graider]

love infiniti design. unique japanese and original. can't wait to see infiniti version of m3 or gt3 rs. LOL

if i have to guess, this maybe the infiniti version of the gtr or their new Q sedan.

[majin ssj eric]

I would LOVE to see an M coupe with the 5.6 V8. A true M3 fighter...