Road test: Infiniti M M30d and M37 GT Premium and S Premium
Nissan’s luxury brand Infiniti was launched way back in 1989 in the US and in Europe as recently as 2008. Infiniti’s new M sports saloon now joins the existing EX, FX and G model range, but to succeed the M has to hold its head high among the established giants of premium executive saloon sector.
The new M comes with either a 3-litre, 235bhp V6 diesel (M30d) or a 3.7-litre, 316bhp V6 petrol unit (M37). Both are rear wheel driven and have 7-speed auto transmissions with manual mode. (The hybrid M35h is due to follow in the Spring of 2011.) Both perform very impressively and can make light work of surging toward their electronically-limited 155mph top speeds – the more powerful M37 even more so. 0-62 times are 6.9 secs (M30d) and 6.2 secs (M37). Four different driving modes (Standard, Eco, Sport and Snow) significantly alter driving characteristics depending on conditions and mood.
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