“The Infiniti’s throttle finally feels right. Accelerating away from a light – even when just breathing on the gas – no longer induces head-snaps in passengers.” MotorTrend on their long-term Infiniti G35 S after an electronic update.
“Tonight in Geneva we saw the whole thing. Carlos Ghosn himself introduced the new FX at a club-like venue just down the road from the Palexpo. Accompanied by some choreographed theatrics, the new FX dropped from the ceiling and landed front and center ahead of its EX37 and G37 siblings, which will join it in the new Infiniti dealerships starting up in Europe this year….. Personally we’d be remiss if we didn’t note that although most of the changes sound great, the second-gen FX doesn’t improve on the previous generation in the styling department.” AutoBlog direct from the debut of the Infiniti FX50.
“A man with gigantic bat wings strapped to his arms walked through the assembled crowd to start proceedings off. Could this be a nod to communications director Wayne Bruce we wonder? Sounds odd, but it was as brilliantly flamboyant as the rest of the evening.” CAR Magazine with its description of the FX50’s evening debut in Geneva.
“Jump in, start driving and by the third switchback, it’s obvious the G35 Sport lives for cornering. The weighting in its steering builds up naturally, and there’s ample feedback from the Bridgestone Potenza RE050A tires. In transitions, it more seamlessly flows from one corner to the next, in a way the CTS approaches but can’t quite match.” Road&Track in comparing the G35 S with the Cadillac CTS.
“So which is it? Technically, we come down on the side of “wagon,” an empirical decision based on overall height lower than 64.4 inches. But falling for a new car is not a technical decision, and Infiniti is revving up the spin machine to distract from the obvious—our eyes tell us this is a five-door hatchback, the body style that’s famously unsalable to Americans. You spurned it as a Chevy Citation, you abhorred it as a Pontiac Phoenix, you eschewed it as a Saab 99, and you pretty comprehensively shunned it as a Lexus IS300 SportCross.” Car&Driver discussing with itself the body shape of the EX35.
