Infiniti ESQ: Infiniti Gets A Small Crossover, But Only For China

by Derek Kreindler

June 11th, 2014 12:41 PM

infiniti esq infiniti gets a small crossover but only for china

That Infiniti-badged Nissan Juke that seemed so outlandish? It’s coming – but only for China.

A Nissan spokesman confirmed to Jalopnik that the Infiniti ESQ, pictured here, is indeed a Chinese-only Infiniti product. Essentially a rebadged Nismo Juke, the ESQ makes next to no attempt to disguise its origins – it’s literally a rebadge job that only the least discerning consumers would ever confuse for a distinct Infiniti product. But it does give Infiniti a toehold in the red-hot compact crossover segment.

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Kyree on Jun 11, 2014

Come on, folks...April Fool's Day was a really long time ago.

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Sector 5 on Aug 07, 2016

This is for upwardly mobile chinese babes wanting to make fashion socieo economic whatever statement...

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