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10-23-2012, 01:14 PM
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Most of the noise over the Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel Version (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/infiniti+fx+sebastian+vettel+version/) has centered around its €120,000 ($155,000 U.S.) price (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/05/11/infiniti-prices-sebastian-vettel-edition-fx-at-155k/) and its exhaust noise (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/03/infiniti-fx-sebastian-vettel-version-sounds-insane/). Evo Magazine editor Harry Metcalfe quiets things down with a soup-to-nuts look at where the extra money has been spent on this Vettel-fied Infiniti (http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/) crossover (in the UK it costs £105,600 on-the-road, nearly doubling the price of the FX50 (http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/fx/) it is bred from).
There's lot of detail: the aero mods were guided by Vettel's desire for his tribute FX to hit 300 kilometers per hour, the carbon fiber is manufactured by Brabus (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/brabus), the additional rear spoiler adds £4,800 ($7,650) to the already hefty £100,800 base price ($168k!), each alloy is 4.6 kilograms lighter than a standard wheel but hides standard brakes, and so on. All of that is followed by a question: "Can I say it's £50,000 better?" You'll find the $80,000 answer in the video below (http://www.motorgen.com/2012/10/23/evo-finds-the-measure-of-infinitis-limited-edition-fx-ve/#continued).Continue reading Evo finds the measure of Infiniti's limited-edition FX Vettel Version (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/23/evo-finds-the-measure-of-infinitis-limited-edition-fx-ve/)
Evo finds the measure of Infiniti's limited-edition FX Vettel Version (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/23/evo-finds-the-measure-of-infinitis-limited-edition-fx-ve/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Most of the noise over the Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel Version (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/infiniti+fx+sebastian+vettel+version/) has centered around its €120,000 ($155,000 U.S.) price (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/05/11/infiniti-prices-sebastian-vettel-edition-fx-at-155k/) and its exhaust noise (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/03/infiniti-fx-sebastian-vettel-version-sounds-insane/). Evo Magazine editor Harry Metcalfe quiets things down with a soup-to-nuts look at where the extra money has been spent on this Vettel-fied Infiniti (http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/) crossover (in the UK it costs £105,600 on-the-road, nearly doubling the price of the FX50 (http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/fx/) it is bred from).
There's lot of detail: the aero mods were guided by Vettel's desire for his tribute FX to hit 300 kilometers per hour, the carbon fiber is manufactured by Brabus (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/brabus), the additional rear spoiler adds £4,800 ($7,650) to the already hefty £100,800 base price ($168k!), each alloy is 4.6 kilograms lighter than a standard wheel but hides standard brakes, and so on. All of that is followed by a question: "Can I say it's £50,000 better?" You'll find the $80,000 answer in the video below (http://www.motorgen.com/2012/10/23/evo-finds-the-measure-of-infinitis-limited-edition-fx-ve/#continued).Continue reading Evo finds the measure of Infiniti's limited-edition FX Vettel Version (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/23/evo-finds-the-measure-of-infinitis-limited-edition-fx-ve/)
Evo finds the measure of Infiniti's limited-edition FX Vettel Version (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/23/evo-finds-the-measure-of-infinitis-limited-edition-fx-ve/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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