You made me sign up for another site besides Jalop (not making any inferences about said site jumping the shark, but….).

You and Brock in the same place, now if Hunter would just come back from the grave and start waxing poetic about the Vincent Black Shadow again I could truly die happy!

Welcome back!! (from the guy who just got here).

Keep on debating the asethtic value of the hood bulges on a 275GTB 4-cam vs the early 275GTB. Keep on researching the number of LHD DB4 GT Zagatos, and we’ll keep on following ya to whatever corner of the internets you hang your shingle from

You raise an excellent point. I think I’m losing it. That’s the second sign…

P.S. Welcome back.

Beautiful. That’s exactly what Infiniti should do! That would also work well with the current divide between Infiniti and Nissan – 2 seat sports cars go to Nissan, 4 seat sports sedans (and coupes, I guess) go to Infiniti. They have the expertise, they just need to make a monster sedan that kills ‘em all.

A one-two punch like might really take the wind out of the German competition.

This line made my morning…

quasimodo – I think we have to be fair to Infiniti and only count their current lineup… The i30 is a relic from a prehistoric age… The only rebadging I still see left on the books is the monstrosity they call the FX56 or FX 87 or whatever number it’s up to now (the Nissan Pathfinder Armada), and that, well… I have no excuse for that one…

anzigo – I think we’re crossing terminologies here… When Mr. Lieberman says “Skyline” he’s referring to the GT-R. The JDM “Skyline” is, in fact the G35, but there is no relation to the current GT-R model.

Welcome back, Johnny!

As for a new Q, the Acura RL has always hurt because of its 6, so why would it be different for the Infiniti. I could see them sticking a detuned version in the M to further separate it from the G.

Believe the hype…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDoJdQXmwu8

I don’t think platform or model sharing is necessarily evil, if you’re getting something for your money. The Infiniti G37 coupe is a good case in point. Like the original Mercury Cougar, which was a slightly longer, plusher Mustang, the G37 Coupe has much of what’s good about the 350Z with the benefits of a noticeably more luxurious interior and a notional back seat (and I like its exterior styling better than the Z), while not costing that much more.

If it were JUST a badge engineering job, or if the price differential was greater, that would be another matter, which was the problem with the I30. (Although the theory behind it wasn’t ludicrous; certainly there are any number of Camry lovers who are willing to pay a few grand above the cost of a loaded Camry XLE V-6 for a Lexus badge, nicer leather, and a somewhat better warranty/service package.)

Um, the G35 IS the four door Skyline (JDM).

The i30 didn’t take any steroids. It was just a rebadged top spec JDM Maxima.

But the I30 was, and it wasn’t even the good steroids.

And then there was the dressed up Pathfinder (QX4) and Armada (QX56), so it’s not as if badge engineering is hasn’t been done by them in the past.

Imagine something like that would eat M5s for breakfast. It would also educate BMW on how to use electrickery to make a car better, not worse.

Also plus one for welcoming back “Loverman!’

Given the distinction between the Z and G37, I have confidence they could do it. But still wish they wouldn’t even go there as the GT-R is a special product that deserves to stand alone as the pinnacle of Nissan’s abilities.

R35 sedan? now that would be an interesting beast!

A big hello to Dearman (I know, everybody calls him Loverman, but this Kraut likes to take things literally).