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blehblah wrote:Travel rage... I keep it on the inside, though I also occasionally get those eye spasms.
I'd be curious to read your take on Infiniti. The one that lines-up against this is the Q 50, which is a newer generation of my G 37 sedan (X, because - Canada).
A few years back a tired colleague dropped me in the drivers seat of his C-series for a few hours on a road trip, and I wasn't thrilled. Nice touches, okay feel of the road, but underwhelming on comfort and performance. Another colleague did the same in his 10-cylinder variant on the A6 (S6, I believe)... and that was a fun-as-shit car.
After some shopping here in Canada (perhaps due to import taxes and the like) the 328-horse, naturally aspirated Nissan 3.5-come-3.7 Infiniti engine was hard to resist once I priced Merc's, Audi's, BMW's, and the like, up to the same performance.
Anyhow - if you've taken one for a spin, please do tell. If not, go find an excuse.
Beernpotatoes wrote:If you like the new G50 (and I haven't tried it out yet), you might also look at the new Lexus LS 350 Sport (being Toyota, they have to make at least 10 configurations of every car: LS 200, LS 200 tF Sport, LS 300...etc.) for a true comparison. I saw it at the auto show earlier this year and it was simply stunning. I know that Lexus has a reputation for making really dull and uninteresting cars designed for suburban real estate agents, but I think I might have actually drooled a little bit over this one.
iMURDAu wrote:All this talk about Nissan makes me want to tell the story of my recent Altima rental. I've never driven a unibody car that felt like it was body on frame but now I have. Maybe its the mushy suspension or cheap tires but the car resisted any change in direction.
But worst of all: If CVT's are the transmission of the future then I'm going to openly cry for the youth of Earth. Pushing the gas pedal is a crapshoot. Do I shoot forward? Do I slowly sputter forward? Does it just make a lot of noise and not propel the car at all? It all depends on the mood of fuel economy minded computer. When our Civic lease is up and its time to get another car we're considering a manual since Honda decided their engines should now be shackled to a manic set of planetary gears.
Matthew Notch wrote:When our car got wrecked (curses, 90 year-old man in the Wendy's drive-thru!)
blehblah wrote:On taste, I suppose there are cars that are anthropomorphic and ones that are organic. I do like the Infinity flow design - organic shapes and curves. I don't mind the anthropomorphic Audi's and bulldog BMW's, but the Lexus grill is not for me.
Beernpotatoes wrote:I think that the problem luxury car makers face is how to differentiate their cars from the hundreds of lesser expensive models. In the 1970's, adding power windows and air conditioning made you car a "premium luxury" model. But electronic gizmos keep getting cheaper and more readily available. These days, even the base model Toyota comes with blue tooth, high end sound systems and reverse cameras. So how does a company like Mercedes Benz or BMW justify charging so much more for their cars? Even if the C300 is faster, better looking and better made than a Toyota (but is it REALLY better made?), most buyers can't see those things. In order for MB to get consumers to fork over close to $50k for a sedan, they need to convince the consumer that they'll be getting something exotic. So, I think that the increasingly bizarre interiors are a desperate attempt to remain "premium."
LegionofShrooms wrote:... like heated leather seats (can you have heated leather? I legitimately don't know), a built in navigation system or included wifi projection as some cars have now, a built in mp3 system, rear view cameras, theft protection through virtue of a tracking system and something built in akin to OnStar for assistance in emergencies, things of that ilk.
Or if you wanted to do something like the climate control settings and different settings for the seats, make it more user friendly as its own separate feature from the rest of the car controls.
But that's just my tastes.
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