Note to LLN: let your artist go work for Toyota. They need good designs.

The 2-door is pretty rank, so this is a nice step up.
Better than a CLS looks.
Should perform better too
DrFill

looks good

If it’s actually anywhere close to that, then I shall applaud the designers for finally managing to infuse the car with some soul. Nice work, Larson.

The best part is it’ll probably sticker for roughly half of a V8 Pewkamera.

Hate to say it, but it probably won’t look very close to this, well, maybe close to the front end, but the rear seems too close to the G35/37. It needs to have the signature GTR taillights to be a GTR, plus the vents are too jagged, the GTR would have a more rounded look. And the vent behind the front wheels is way too large, why would it be bigger than on the two door? The overall shape is probably very close, but the details are most likely off a bit. And how does the current car not have any soul?

very cool!!!!

I thought it would be ugly but…

What u guys did here makes it look really good!!!!

It actually look like its ready to be built!!

I hope Nissan see this….

480hp sedan….3.2 0-60……SWEET!!!!!

Zeeck its not going to be badged as a GTR… so it doesnt need the signature taillights… its merely based on the GTR platform and somewhat built on its ideals, its not a GTR “branded” vehicle.
Looks very sharp though.

^^ JDM lover, the projections are for around 420hp out of the FX50’s V8 N/A rather than the V6TT… disappointing i know but thats the way it plays out

i think this is a very accurate depiction of what infiniti might do. It’s bound to be kinda shard becuase if you remember the first gen g35 coupe and sedan were more crisp and sharp than rounded off. but i’ll be anxious to see what the production will look like this car is bound to be bad ass, tho i do wish they woulda stuck with the V6TT lighter and way more potent

Nissan should hire that illustrator as a designer.

^^ A4

what!??!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

that just killed it for me…**** man

Better then the original, perhaps original wasn’t a looker at all

You see Toyota, you see right, this is why Nissan is on the cool car list, if you put some efort in to making something cool maybe, just maybe we’ll let you back on it…
Man what if this Nissan Kills the Panamericana too….. WOW….

Calm down over there
Toyota gets paid
And their cars stay on the road
And hold their value
When Toyota feels like being cool (Supra, Lexus, Prius), they out cool Nissan every time.
And you know this……..
MAN!
DrFill

Looks good, except for the 2009 RX-8 lower front fascia.

drfill why the hell you write your name under every post?? we know its you, you dumbass!!

A good-looking GT-R…I’m all for that!

I do it to piss you off
Just like when you ram your knuckles into the keyboard
That’s how you do
DrFill

I can’t figure out how Toyota holds value so well when they fall apart on me faster than any Chevy Malibu ever has. I just don’t EFFING get it! How the crap did Prius make your list? Just shows how backwards you are. I’ll take a NISMO 400R over any Toyogurt anyday!

As for the Infiniti, it DEFINITELY looks better than the GT-R.

I’m usually critical about Nissan and Infiniti’s designs but I’m really diggin this. Looks good.

Only Toyota is good enough to make a Prius
Even the super-engineers at Honda (who are more capable than Toyota’s) couldn’t make such an advanced system available commercially (more financial than ability limitations).
Forget Nissan.
At least they’re smart enough to buy the Synergy system off Toyota on consignment
That’s what makes Toyota, and the Prius, cool
Raw ability.
Trucks. Luxury cars. Hybrids. Even sports cars (once a generation)
Toyota doesn’t do things for ego
They do it because they can make money doing it.
They are businessmen first.
Whether you like it
Or you don’t like it
Learn to love it
DrFill

have to say, it’s not all that appealing to me. Even if it looks as good as Larson’s concept drawing I was never a GT-R fan.

lol @ jhonnycanuck………………I may have been the only one that got “Pewkamera”

Ok A4, I will give you that it won’t be a rebadged GTR, but LLN’s article sure makes it sound that way. But either way, it looks like a slightly altered G35, just with sharper lines, sure it looks awesome, but….
knowing infinity styling, this seems a bit off, would be great if it did look like this though

and DrFill, that was a neat little poem you had there, and saying that Toyota doesn’t do things for ego, umm, sure…
oh, and don’t forget Honda’s Insight, it will blow the doors off of Toyota’s Prius

I like the new Insight
It should improve on the Ciivc Hybrids 13.5 secong 0-60 time
But anytime you wanna bet on MPG, or 0-60 times, between the two cars, let me know.
Easy money
DrFill

Civic Hybrid takes 13.5 seconds to get to 60? That’s Smart ForTwo territory there. At least it will beat a G Wiz.

Yeah it true they are saying it will have the infinity FX engine. Not the twin turbo V6. Bummer. Expected 0-60 in high 5’s

hahahahah DrFill that was funny… prius… cool…. hahhahahhahaa

Maybe they will put a proper gearbox on this one…

A salesman at an Infiniti dealer showed me “preliminary sketches” of this car and it looks about 85% correct from my standpoint. Take away that massive side vent behind the front wheel wells, make a slight adjustment to the headlight shape (looks like the same exact fish hook design as the new Maxima and 370Z), redo the grille with proverbian thick chrome horizontal bars, and there you have it.

Under the picture of the car in the dealer publication read in small caption: MY 2011 Cima Spec V.

The salesman said it’s going to be sold as “Infiniti Q50.” I dunno much about Infiniti but the G35 (or G37 whatever they want to call it) always sounded like an intense performing car and I just decided to test-drive one for the hell of it. She definitely hauls ass. So whatever this Q50 thing is gonna be, it probably would be a hoot to drive.

This looks very nice, but this Audi-esque / CLS roofline will never make it onto a Nissan / Infiniti design. I’d expect a chunkier looking roofline similar to the GT-R coupe’s or the slightly hunchback look of the G37 / Q45.

I’m speechless…

i ALREADY love the hell out of Infiniti, but this masterpiece makes me want to rob a bank just so i can buy this car

very odd for an Infinity, nowadays.

But it would be nice to see something like this. Revive such a spirit.
But Infiniti’s been doing well with some of their designs recently.
Nice use of the FX’s *nice* little face there. A lot better.

-eat your cereal

^^ DrFill

Gold Bless you.

You seem to be the ONLY one thats gets Toyota.

If this were going to be the Infiniti ‘flagship’ model, then it would be the reborn “Q” moniker. Q50 would make sense, if they were going to use their alpha-numeric nomenclature.

However … for it to be flagship, it would have to be full-sized … bigger than the M45 model. If the underpinnings to this new “Q” is based upon the GT-R, the Nissan engineers would have to stretch and fatten that chassis quite a bit for this to work.

Not sure what to make of it but if this were the case, then the illustration above doesn’t make sense (or is not to scale). The picture looks like this “Q” is between the size of the current G and M models. The “Q” has to be sizable like the 7-series, S-class or LS460 in stature. That’s my $0.02 …

Dr. Fill any respect i had for you just left the window . you just described a Toyota prius as cool. my god, you could have described it as efficient. mechanically sound. an appliance or perhaps fiscally sound but cool, no. absolutely not. you can make an efficient car that looks good Toyota just is to vanilla to do so. that is why they appeal to a broad audience they are so bland they offend no one, like top 40 music

Yeah, celebrities buy it and drive it to awards shows, and other companies break it apart and chase it’s technology, people make one of the top 10 selling cars in the U.S., and build websites and blogs about it because it’s so lame.
I thought the Prius was ugly, and it would never sell? Now it’s “Vanilla” when it rulz the world?
Thanks for reminding us why we laugh when you enter
DrFill

I agree with Zuke. Here’s why:

People don’t always buy things for the cool factor. My old Maytag washer and dryer were hardly cool, and my Whirlpool dishwasher is borderline retarded. However, the “cool” appliances are expensive, and they tend to require more expensive detergents. I replaced my washer and dryer with a hand-me-down from a used appliance dealer so that I could save some bucks. I got a Kenmore set. It’s hardly cool, at least it’s not nearly as cool as the red LG set that my mom got. Now THAT set is cool. But because of the price, it doesn’t sell well. Also, my water heater that I just replaced is far from cool, too. But that’s okay, because it’s hidden in a corner where no one can see it.

The reason I don’t care about the cool factor with washers, dryers, dishwashers and water heaters is because they are appliances. They have a job to do, and I feel I need them. I bought what I bought because it was less money and they are decently efficient, not because they are “cool.” Now, my computer and my TV are “cool”, and I don’t necessarily “need” those. That’s why “cool” stuff doesn’t necessarily sell as well as uncool stuff – because not everything is purchased for the cool factor.

The Prius is uncool. It’s an appliance. People buy it like crazy, but not because it’s “cool”. They buy it because they falsely assume they will save money with their new appliance. I say “falsely assume” because it has been proven that a Prius isn’t as efficient as Toyota originally stated it was. I’m not saying it’s not efficient, but merely that Toyota overstated the numbers quite a bit. We all know that, so there shouldn’t be any argument there. The Prius is an appliance car designed to save money going from point A to point B. That’s what people feel they need, and they buy it for that reason. But it is not cool. An Austin Healey is cool. A 1958 Corvette is cool. A Model T Ford is cool. An Audi R8 is cool. The GT-R has some cool factor to it, too, even if you hate them. But a Prius is not cool.

By the way, I applaud Toyota on a job well done with the Prius. I almost bought one, too. I like them, but my wife doesn’t. I think the Prius is a great A to B car, and it does what it has to do. I was never one to say no one would buy it, because I understand that most people don’t buy cars for the “cool” factor, but for the A to B appliance factor. But sales doesn’t make a car cool.

Oh, and my minivan is not cool, either. But I needed a minivan, so I got one.

WOOWWW…..HOLD THE PHONES!!!….

DR.FILL “LOOK AT WHAT YOU SAY”…
“Toyota doesn’t do things for ego”
THEN WHY NASCAR?
WHY ARE THEY SPONSORING, FOOT BALL, BASE BALL, BASKET BALL, SOCCER?
WHY THE STUPID EXTREME PERFORMANCE TRUCK COMMERCIAL’S????

“Toyota doesn’t do things for ego”…WTF,..if you read and were to comprehend my comments you will see I was just saying that if Nissan has sport cars why doesn’t Toyota, and no Lexus don’t count, ask a Lexus owner if they drive a re-badged Toyota…

MAYBE YOU NEED TO STOP FILLING UP YOUR OWN PRESCRIPTIONS, DR.FILL…….

Sign; YARD-DOG…..
And don’t go and start quoting Mr. Blode form Reservoir Dogs.
I’m sure you can come up with your own stuff… DOCK….

beatusmongous is right… its an efficient tool that has a specific purpose. There’s no soul in it, no creativity. You cant say the same about a G35 or a CTS or even a MINI Cooper. Those were made from a love of design and engineering

At first, I wasn’t sold on a 4-door GT-R, but now, maybe. The CTS-V seems to be a good idea, so why not? This looks like a four-door ferrari.

“The decision should make I—–ti dealers happy, who unsuccessfully lobbied to have the two-door GT-R badged as an I——i in the United States.” I’m glad it wasn’t. I’d only buy it as a Nissan.

yarddog82abn: “You see Toyota, you see right, this is why Nissan is on the cool car list, if you put some efort in to making something cool maybe, just maybe we’ll let you back on it…” When was Toyota EVER on thet list?
DrFill: “When Toyota feels like being cool they out cool Nissan every time.” Guess toyota never felt like being cool.
C6Racer: “I’ll take a NISMO 400R over any Toyogurt anyday!” that makes two of us.