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Nissan’s premium BMW 3 Series rival never really took off in Australia.
Like Lexus, Infiniti was the upmarket arm of Nissan and, on paper, the Q50 looked good.
Sophisticated technology in a front-engine rear-drive body with the option of a lusty V6 but a strange steer-by-wire system undid many of the good attributes. Infiniti’s calibration was off for Australian buyers and the brand did not survive beyond 2019 locally.
The line-up currently starts at $20,680 for the Q50 2.0T Pure and ranges through to $39,050 for the range-topping Q50 3.0TT RED Sport.
Infiniti spokesman Peter Fadeyev says: "The car has a computer with an Intel processor, so it operates like a personal computer on start-up. The camera still comes up but what is missing is the audio for the sonar. So the owner can still see behind him with the camera."
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There's no doubting the Infiniti Q50's a looker from the outside, but its interior doesn't live up to the same standard. As these images show, its dashboard is dominated by stacked touchscreens, which are more difficult to to use than you'd think. At least nice leather trim adorns the major touchpoints.