Infinitipedia.org » infiniti front wheel drive http://www.infinitipedia.org Infiniti blog Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:46:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Infiniti May Resurrect Front Wheel Drive http://www.infinitipedia.org/infiniti-may-resurrect-front-wheel-drive http://www.infinitipedia.org/infiniti-may-resurrect-front-wheel-drive#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:27:33 +0000 admin http://www.infinitipedia.org/?p=147 Infiniti killed off their front-wheel drive vehicles back in 2004, when the last I35 series hit dealer lots. Now, the Nissan-owned luxury auto maker is looking to resurrect the front-wheel entry level model. Infiniti left front wheels behind to focus on sportier rear wheel drive coupes and sedans. Well, the time is now for a new luxury FWD ride at an entry level cost to come from Infiniti. I mean, Toyota has a pretty good run on foreign FWD vehicles, but at least Washington DC and Infiniti are not butting heads at the moment – you know, that whole unwanted acceleration thing.

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According to LeftLaneNews: Although Infiniti will soon launch a cheaper version of its G sedan – dubbed the G25 – the brand still lacks a true entry-level car.

As such, Infiniti is considering a plan to launch a new entry-level car based on a front-wheel drive platform. Although the addition of a front-wheel drive model could dilute the brand’s performance image, Larry Dominique, Nissan North America Inc.’s vice president for product planning, thinks the two platforms could coexist in Infiniti’s lineup.

“The core of the brand is very important to us, this kind of performance sedan,” he told Automotive News. “Can you have other vehicles in different segments around the core of your brand? Yes.

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