Picture Time: Infiniti's Forgotten M30, With a 300ZX Engine
For two years right at the inception of the Infiniti brand, the automaker’s lineup featured an M30 coupe and convertible. Sharing a body with the JDM Nissan Leopard, under the hood lay the VG30 engine from the delightful Nissan 300ZX.
This one’s clean enough to warrant a Picture Time, but not rare enough for Rare Rides duty. Check out this maroon rectangle.
Convertible versions started out as coupes. The drop tops were built at the port of entry on North American shores, as there was no Nissan Leopard convertible in Japan.
The M30 was available only between 1990 and 1992 before being dropped without a replacement.
Indeed, the next convertible offered by Infiniti would arrive a full 17 years later with the introduction of the G37 cabriolet in 2009.
This example is for sale on eBay right now and, apart from a few interior quibbles, is in excellent condition.
Ask is $7,000, and there are lots more pictures on the ad. Have a look — you don’t see these very often in this sort of condition.
[Images via seller]
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This and the 1st gen M have been favorites of the 90s for me. I've driven a J30 , which was really the 1st true 4DSC for Nissan. Theres a Matt Farah test drive in an LS swapped J30 on youtube, but that has no appeal to me. Give a VG swap and 5mt.
Engine bay pic is very interesting. It looks like it uses the same shortened intake plenum that's used on VG30E-powered 87-88 S12s. I didn't know any other model used that.