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03-04-2013, 11:06 AM
Filed under: Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), SUV (http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/), Crossover (http://www.autoblog.com/category/crossovers-cuvs/), Infiniti (http://www.autoblog.com/category/infiniti/), New Car Reviews (http://www.autoblog.com/category/reviews/), Luxury (http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/)
Who Needs A V8?
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There's something in the water at Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/). Has to be. There's no other explanation for a company that produces vehicles like the Murano CrossCabriolet (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/murano+crosscab/) and Juke (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/juke/) as well as the undeniably bonkers GT-R (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/gtr/). Infiniti (http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/) hasn't escaped whatever's lurking in the well, either. The company's recent shift from a comfortable and logical naming structure to a slurry of Q-based monikers (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/17/infiniti-queues-up-questionable-q-and-qx-naming-scheme/) is the most recent example of insanity lurking in the luxury automaker's halls, but it certainly isn't the first. Take, for example, the FX50 (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/02/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-infiniti-fx50-awd/).
With its 390-horsepower V8 engine and a rear-bias all-wheel-drive platform, the mid-sized SUV is more sports car than family hatchback, and while a V8 in this segment is entirely ludicrous, it's also the engine option we preferred over the less-throaty 3.5-liter V6. Like nearly every other off-tilt offering from Nissan, the FX50 simply made sense in a too-much-whiskey kind of way. But Infiniti has just offered up the best argument yet against that muscle-bound bruiser in the form of the FX37 (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/08/2013-infiniti-ex-fx-get-3-7l-v6-g25-discontinued/). Powered by the automaker's new 3.7-liter V6 and backed by a recognizably aggressive exterior, the machine is doing a good job of stealing its older brother's spotlight.Continue reading 2013 Infiniti FX37 (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/04/2013-infiniti-fx37-review/)
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Who Needs A V8?
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There's something in the water at Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/). Has to be. There's no other explanation for a company that produces vehicles like the Murano CrossCabriolet (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/murano+crosscab/) and Juke (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/juke/) as well as the undeniably bonkers GT-R (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/gtr/). Infiniti (http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/) hasn't escaped whatever's lurking in the well, either. The company's recent shift from a comfortable and logical naming structure to a slurry of Q-based monikers (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/17/infiniti-queues-up-questionable-q-and-qx-naming-scheme/) is the most recent example of insanity lurking in the luxury automaker's halls, but it certainly isn't the first. Take, for example, the FX50 (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/02/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-infiniti-fx50-awd/).
With its 390-horsepower V8 engine and a rear-bias all-wheel-drive platform, the mid-sized SUV is more sports car than family hatchback, and while a V8 in this segment is entirely ludicrous, it's also the engine option we preferred over the less-throaty 3.5-liter V6. Like nearly every other off-tilt offering from Nissan, the FX50 simply made sense in a too-much-whiskey kind of way. But Infiniti has just offered up the best argument yet against that muscle-bound bruiser in the form of the FX37 (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/08/2013-infiniti-ex-fx-get-3-7l-v6-g25-discontinued/). Powered by the automaker's new 3.7-liter V6 and backed by a recognizably aggressive exterior, the machine is doing a good job of stealing its older brother's spotlight.Continue reading 2013 Infiniti FX37 (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/04/2013-infiniti-fx37-review/)
2013 Infiniti FX37 (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/04/2013-infiniti-fx37-review/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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