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Etherea Previews Infiniti Q30 Hatch

Infiniti Etherea Concept 1 photo
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Even before Infiniti had reinvented itself naming strategy starting with the M-replacing Q50, Infiniti was playing with the idea of a luxury compact hatchback.
Under the name "Etherea", this concept appeared in 2011 at the Geneva Motor Show and has been around the rumor mill more times than we can count. From a Mercedes A-Class derived car, to one that's built in Sunderland by Nissan and even outsourced to Magna, the latest reports from Britain now suggest something completely different.

A story published by Autocar magazine says the Etherea will enter production as the Q30. Most likely, the platform will be shared with next generation of Qashqai which will come out early next year.

Infiniti boss Andy Palmer says the Q30 will pretty much have a market segment all to itself, sitting somewhere in-between the Audi A3 and the Audi Q3.
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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