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Geneva 2014: Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge Gets A GT-R Heart Transplant
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: March 4th, 2014
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Just as the B&B suspected, the Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge is indeed powered by a twin-turbo V6, and it comes from the Nissan GT-R. With all-wheel drive and a 7-speed gearbox (of an unspecified nature), the Eau Rouge should blast to 60 mph in under 4 seconds. Can’t outshine its big brother, can it?
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Published March 4th, 2014 11:04 AM
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So in effect, what we are seeing here is the 2014/2015 Nissan Skyline GTS-4.
This is the real 4DSC . If this thing prices for 70k or below starting, i will be the first in line to lease it and kiss Goshen's hand.
I dont understand the hate? When they dropped a corvette's LS engine in a caddy, people creamed their pants.. Hell, they put LS in a Buick! So why are we complaining about a good engine being put into a potential douchy but comfy luxury car? Comparing it as a value to performance ratio of a BMW is silly. Skylines, GT-R's, BMW's M's, Audi S-line are all fanboi cars. People buy them out of personal preference. Crtics said the Prosche Panamera would flop.... Here we are.
I stand corrected. johnny_5.0, jettaGL. I was But I feel the opposite, Nissan/Infiniti are onto something here. Even if its not a direct M-series competitor. When the G35 came out, the opinion was close, but not good enough to fight BMW. They came the G37 and people took it more seriously as a 3 series alternative. So what I'm getting at is, this Q50 with a GTR engine, no matter if it fails or succeed due to price/weight/driving dynamics, etc. will be a stepping stone. as for the fanboi comment. true, thats hatorade on my end. I'm envious. Like Phatcow said, the 4DSC, I used to own a 02 Maxima, which I viewed as the poor man's Bimmer/Audi.... 75% of the performance, @ 60% of the cost.... cuz that's all I could afford. :)