Test drive Infiniti M35M45 2005 - 2010 sedan
Spite of Europe
Russia is the first of the Old World countries to ride on the new Infiniti M. Not only in Infiniti began a trip to Europe with an attempt to conquer the largest part of it. For example, the Chinese brand Cheri also did.
Only if the honor was the first to run by Cheri not everyone, then an exclusive acquaintance with Infiniti the event is much more pleasant. Especially because the rest of the Old World countries will have to wait for the same meeting until 2008! Therefore, today we tease Europe by the test of the new M35 sedan in the all -wheel drive version
How to find him in the crowd? The most original car looks in front. Such a necessary dissimilarity guarantees, first of all, an expressive radiator grille, identical to similar elements of the rest of Infiniti. The non -trivial shape of the headlight finally form the expression on the face of the machine. The look at the back can catch that large lights with round lights of LED bulbs are largely repeated by the geometry of the head optics: they also bend, like the letter L. The side of M resembles Lexus GS and Nissan Teana with a similar silhouette, but mainly, lines of the rear doors and wings.
Front mid-ship platform Infiniti M is designed on the new Front Mid-Ship platform, which is also based on the FX crossover. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that the engine is shifted back and is behind the front axle. So Infiniti engineers managed to move the center of gravity closer to the middle part of the car. By this, they saved the car from the cloves with sharp slowdown and start.
The platform was developed specifically for cars with sports habits. With its help, the M35X provides the distribution of weight along the axes, close to 50 by 50. For example, the M35X all -wheel drive sedan has 55% weightlifting and 45% on the rear, and all other modifications have an indicator 54 by 46.
However, Nissan is much more common with the Nissan sedan than with Lexus. Although this fact is clearly not to the liking of Infiniti representatives who try to emphasize: Teana and M have nothing to do. You can’t argue either: these are different cars, with different platforms and different 3.5-liter engines.
Rear View Camera A very impressive element of Infiniti M camera of the rear view. Actually, you can’t call it exclusive development: many manufacturers supply their cars with something like that. But the execution of the option in Emke is almost perfect. On the color screen, not only the space behind the machine is clearly visible (the clarity and quality are delicious, no worse than through glass), but also the trajectory of the car.
In any case, designers of this class of cars are unlikely to afford unlimited experiments. The status of a car implies his style, but one must not forget about the recognition of this style. And not a gram of designer vulgarity and even playfulness. The purity and nobility of the lines are needed, because M is a serious car for a serious European!
Infiniti does everything possible so that the driver forgets about such a banality as the keys. Agree, the key is only an intermediary between a person and his goal! In M35, the keys will not be needed: to sit inside, just have Intelligent Key keychain in your pocket and pull the handle. Are you going to start a motor? Leg on the brake pedal, finger on the Start button! And then only sensitive hearing recognizes the rustle of the starter behind a solid wall of noise insulation
The overall layout of the driver’s place in the M35 may be reminiscent of the same Primera. But here we see a performance that Nissan could not afford. The central console, along with the climate control panel, an audio system and an on -board computer, are also on a kind of parapet. Only in Infiniti does it look much more harmonious and expensive, especially surrounded by stripes of the rosary tree of warm, caramel-honey, tones. Take a look: there are also thin lines of chromium: polished metal gives charm and creates a feeling of luxury, especially when it is invisible at first glance
Infiniti Rear Active Steer system The M45 Sport is equipped with Infiniti Rear Active Steer. The system is able to change the angle of rotation of the rear wheels, responding to a change in the steering wheel and taking into account the speed of movement. Thus, the Infiniti Rear Active Steer system allows you to quickly and accurately reach a given trajectory and optimally enter the turn.
Leather chairs are enveloped and perfectly sit down under any driver: this provides 10 directions of driver's seat adjustments and electronics of the steering column. You can lean away from the back of the seated space on the back that it will not disturb him. The rear passengers of Emki in more expensive configuration, Elite, have their own climate control panel, electroregulations and heating seats. And the driver has a qualitatively integrated in the steering wheel post of cruise control, an audio system and an on-board computer. It is even easier to control the abundance of other possible functions: for this, there is a multifunctional switch on the central console.
Prices The pleasure of possessing Infiniti M costs from $ 64 900. So much is asked for a rear-wheel drive sedan with a 3.5-liter 280-horsepower engine and, of course, a 5-speed automatic checkpoint. The standard Premium set includes: a system of improved airbags, additional side pillows and inflatable safety curtains, active front head restraints; ABS, EBD, Emergency braking system BA, VDC dynamic stabilization system, anti -boogging system (TCS); xenon headlights with washer; The electric drive of the seats, the steering column, glasses and lateral mirrors, the lamp in the roof, cruise control, a two-zone climate control similar to the sedan in the Premium configuration, but with all-wheel drive, will cost $ 67,900. Infiniti in the Elite configuration cost from $ 66,100 for the rear-wheel drive, and from $ 69 100 for an all -wheel drive car M35. The prices for Infiniti M45 with a 339-horsepower V8 start from $ 78,900 for civilian and $ 79,900 for the Sport version.
Honda Legend-based competitive competitor costs from $ 69,000. The basic (and only) equipment includes a 3.5-liter 295-horsepower engine, automatic KP, AFS rotary headlights, rear-view chamber, VSA exchange rate stability system (including ABS, BAS, anti-operating system), eight airbags, xenon, two-zone climate control, Hands Free C Bluetooth ...
Lexus GS300 in the Premium configuration costs from $ 65 900. This includes: 3.0-liter 241-horsepower engine, six-speed automatic transmission, 12 pillows, ABS, EBD, EBA, TRC, VSC, adaptive headlights, parking sensor, leather interior, cruise control , central locking with remote control and Smart Key system.
Infiniti M was born on the same platform as the FX crossover. She allowed to place the engine in the wheelbase, behind the front axle. This, according to Infiniti representatives, should determine the excellent sports control, which our test M35 inherited from the platform. Plus, the car has an ATTESA E-TS all-wheel drive, a 280-horsepower engine and a good weight of 55 to 45 axes. Let's see: what does it look like in the dynamics? Needless to say: impressive! It is worth lowering the right pedal to the floor, as the sedan shoots, as if from a gun! The driver and passengers firmly nailed to the backs of the seats. After seven seconds of the continuous set, the speedometer arrow jumped over the first hundred, and the mode D of the automatic box almost elusively led the third. There is a feeling that in manual mode an acceleration of up to 100 km/h will pass for a couple of tenths faster, but personally I was convinced by the use of a manual method of failure between the interpretation of the selector from myself and the actual change of transmission. And the steering wheel, poured by fake electric effort, does not convey the true picture of what is happening, although the illusion is very believable
No keys, especially in the ignition lock. The motor starts and dies exclusively by pressing the button.
The suspension paid attention to the smoothness of the work and the complete absence of swinging both longitudinal and transverse: as if you were going along the rails. The sedan smoothly behaves at high speed, and it does not matter what is under its wheels. But when the speed is low, and on the road, bumps and potholes, you will feel a desire to quickly move to even asphalt, where Infiniti can again feel like a fish in water. And yet, after 15 minutes. Trips in half a children's smile and an increased pulse are guaranteed. Even in the grip of the automatic box and the system of dynamic stabilization of VDC. Moreover, on the guardian of life there were an advanced system of airbags, reinforced body with programmable deformation zones, ABS, EBD, Brake Assist and two pairs of ventilated discs, which easily pacify the power of a six -cylinder beast, stopping the car at the first request. You just want to want it
Infiniti models were a success in Russia: dealers say that sales over the past few months are fully satisfied. The FX crossover without problems found its buyer. True, a sedan with a single -letter name M should still convince the audience of his merits. It seems that we have already convinced us. There was only Europe left!
The car was provided by Autoprodix by the official Infiniti dealer in St. Petersburg
Text: Philip Berezin, Alexander Korobchenko
Photo: Roman Ostanin
A source: Wheel magazine [No. 111/2007]
