I had a friend that knew a friend and one of his family members works at infiniti corporate, and he told him that for the new Q, they did stuff a bunch of new technology in the Q but mechanical wise everything stayed the same and even toned it down compared to the G...

 

Well, here it is...almost spit out my croissant this time. Those are 20in Velgen wheels.

 

$499 for window tint....
Not even the Sport package. Wonder who will fall for thinking that is an official infiniti special model.

If I remeber correctly the Q50 here starts at about $50k.

 

Those little brakes look silly with 20" wheels.

I wonder how many cars painted with a matte finish are sold to people who don't take proper care of it? My guess is, most of them.

 

Just seems strange to wrap a new car, I could see driving one for a few years and wanting to change up the look w/ a wrap, but right off the showroom seems odd to me. At least they're upfront about screwing the customer for $7500. Like those wheels but not at stock height, and w/ the matte finish it needs a bit more aggression to look right IMO.
Thanks for the pics Sniper, looks like a pretty shady dealer. Gotta love that "Dealers asking price" (not the manufacturers suggested price), hopefully that asking price includes the complimentary kick in the nut-sack for even considering such an atrocity

 

Probably the second point.


"So either the story about Sebastian Vettel being the Director of Performance and helped develop this car is complete bullcrap, or that the guys at Road & Track don't know how to properly drive a performance car like a F1 champ.

Which is it?"

 

$500 to tint like half the car too... ROFLMAO.

 

For that much $, they could have at least wrapped the exposed areas when the doors are opened. I can clearly see the car was originally black.

 

Am I the only one that thinks those wheel look out of place on the car? I like the look of the factory sport wheels better. I think you'd also have to be nuts to pay almost 10k for these trivial upgrades. Is this the product of local stealer-ship marketing, or did the mother-ship cook up this half baked idea? IMO, this kinda robs credibility from the brand.

 

as the others im laughing over the $500 buck tint price...and are the fronts even tinted? If not, 500 bucks for 3 windows? GTFOH...Keeping my 08 G!

 

Ahh Glendale Infiniti, seems every dealer on that auto row grossly overcharges.

 

thanks for the Thursday funny, Sniper! that's hilarious. here's the part that really gets me about it though; what do you think the depreciation on that $60k Q will look like?

let's say some ******** was dense enough to fork out that kind of money for a gussied-up non-S Q (don't forget taxes and licencing). he drives off the lot, drives for a week but comes back after his buddies all ridicule him on the purchase and tries to trade it in to Glendale Infiniti for something else worth that kind of money, like a loaded M. you really think they will value the "California" package and mark-up? i highly doubt it. the markup is a write-off to the tune of $7500, and they would deeply discount that wrap-and-wheel package, and the tint is a write off as well. then you have to consider that it is no longer a new car, which brings another discount.

so he's left with a Q that would be evaluated at around $40k in my estimation. that's a quick $20k touch for a bit of show and no go. ouch.

 

Been thinking about that new Gen IS-F, myself... Love the look of the Audi's and Bimmers, too, but 'German engineering' kinda scares me off. I hear, time after time, that those are cars one should lease because after the warranty expires... so does the German engineering.

But I have no personal experience with German cars. Conversely, I have owned 8 Japanese cars and have had little to no issues with any of them.

 

What's even more funny, is that some ******* will pay for this, then decide he/she doesn't like the wrap anymore and rip it off. Not a bad way to rip a few grand.

 

Without 6MT option, it would be an easy choice for me to get a IS350 over a Q50.

I am just saying.