Infinity g3511/6/2022 ![]() ![]() To nit pick, the analogue clock jars somewhat and, with a six-footer up front, rear legroom is compromised by the back of the driver’s seat extending too close to the floor. Road noise is well suppressed, the doors shut with a tight and reassuring ‘whump’ and brushed aluminium adds an air of quality. Dash plastics are of a decently high standard – though clearly derived from 350Z DNA – but their quality does deteriorate on the rather brittle-feeling centre console and the door panels’ lower sections. It’s high-grade stuff and the seats are incredibly comfortable, the driver’s chair being 12-way adjustable. Not too springy, not too sticky’ says the Infiniti website, and we have to agree. ![]() They also feel well weighted: ‘not too stiff, not too light. The controls are clean, uncluttered and seem pared down to the bare minimum. Can it match the Germans for refinement?Ī 3-series is honed from better stuff, but the two cars aren’t as far apart as the sticker price might suggest. Don’t expect these two elements, then, to be anything like the heavy-handed 350Z. There’s consistent, well-weighted feel right from the straight ahead, the gearing is spot-on and the steering wheel is pleasing to hold, being slim and wrapped in leather. Yes, the chassis is driver focused, but that doesn’t come at the expense of ride quality, the G35’s damping being fantastically well judged and far superior to a 3-series on run-flat tyres. Even America’s rutted, pothole-ridden freeways couldn’t upset the G35. The brakes, meanwhile, are strong without being too keen to bite.Īgain, they’re brilliant. Instead, the G35 rewards keen drivers with neutral, reassuring handling leading to well-balanced oversteer for those determined to have the viscous limited slip diff earn its keep. Like the 350Z, the gearbox and clutch can feel clunky and obstinate at low speeds, but a late-night blast up a twisting San Francisco mountain road was as rewarding as anything a 3-series can deliver. Mechanicals from the 350Z underpin the G35, so you get an endlessly torquey 3.5-litre V6 with an uprated 306bhp, rear-wheel drive and a six-speed gearbox. On paper, then, the car looks tempting, and a recent test drive in California proved the G35 is more than just a big mouth… So how does it drive?īrilliantly. Slightly bigger than a 3-series, the G35 should be priced in line with the significantly less powerful BMW 325i – around £26k. If the G35 saloon does come to the UK – as it surely must – it will create quite a stir. Europe will get the Infiniti range in 2008 – a range featuring coupés, saloons and SUVs – but the line-up is yet to be confirmed, as is the UK on-sale date. This halo brand is to Nissan what Lexus is to Toyota – a premium range to take on the might of the upper-crust European competition. ![]()
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