I was reading about it last night. It is 5 speed auto rear drive!!! yes!!! and will be sold before summer. 6 Speed due later in the year!! Target competition is the BMW 3's. It is the altima body with 260hp and I think 260 ft/lbs(might be off a little) and does
0-60 in 6.5 for the auto...imagine sub 6 for stick. and the kicker is the base price is $29k. COOL car and comes in Red like Porsche Red or Milano Red. They designed the whole underbody to be pretty flat so it has no lift. I may be thinking about a different car but I think the article said they replaced struts up front with multi-link susp. Bad car, Bad!

 

the tail lights of the altima are already kool......i could imagine how they are going to look like on the G 35......like for instance a highlander and the RX 300.......same chassis, but the RX 300 has way kooler lights - where u hear about this - the infiniti site?

 

Car and Driver new issue....go to www.infiniti.com and click at bottom on 'future models' and you'll see it!! enjoy!!

 

Engine 3.5L DOHC V6 with molybdenum-coated pistons (260 hp @ 6000 RPM, 260 lb-ft of torque @ 4800 RPM)

Compression Ratio 10:3

Maximum Vehicle Speed* 142 miles per hour

Maximum Engine Speed 6,600

Exhaust Pipe dual tip straight with dual chrome muffler

Exhaust Muffler variable-flow rear muffler

Drive configuration front-engine/rear-wheel drive

Transmission electronically controlled 5-speed automatic with manual shift mode

Suspension front and rear multi-link independent

Wheelbase (inches) 112.2

Overall Length (inches 186.2

Overall Width (inches) 68.9

Overall Height (inches) 57.9

Tread Width (inches) -- 16-inch tires 63.5 front/59.6 rear

Tread Width (inches) -- 17-inch tires 59.1 front/59.3 rear

Coefficient of Drag (Cd) 0.27

Front Lift zero lift

Rear Lift zero lift with Aero Package only

Total weight 3336

Front/Rear Weight Distribution (%, with driver) 52/48

City (miles per gallon) 19

Highway (miles per gallon) 24

 

Isnt this just the skyline sedan under the infiniti marque?

 

Yes it is a skyline sedan... or a rear wheel drive maxima... Lets see 260 Hp.... 6sp.... sounds familar. Rear wheel drive? Sounds cool!

 

Can someone help me with this ?
Q35 is rear wheel drive.
Maxima 2002 is front or rear wheel drive ?

 

Maxima = fwd
G35 (not Q45) = rwd, phasing out the Sentra sister G20 (fwd).

 

Where is the "Welcome to last week" guy? Anyone?

 

How is the compression 10:3???
Is this a mistake?

 

I think we have discussed ENOUGH about this car already havnt we? welcome to the "NeW BiE" world

 

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