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Remove the badge from the radiator grille of the Infiniti Q60 coupe, and you could be excused to think it was a Mazda. With a bit of Jaguar thrown in for good measure. But having a car that looks like a melange of two of the most beautiful design languages in use at the moment is not a bad feat.
Indeed, the Infiniti Q60 is a very sexy machine. It's a welcome breath of fresh air next to the predictability of the German premium brands. The Audi A5, the BMW 4 Series and especially the Mercedes-Benz C-Class are all beautiful cars, but they do look like the safer stylistic choice compared to the Q60.
Of course, Nissan's luxury brand has no chance of competing with the Germans in terms of overall sales, but it's precisely that exclusivity that so many Infiniti customers are after. Go to a shopping mall, and you're very less likely to run into another Q60 than any of the three models mentioned above.
Imagine what the odds would be if the Japanese were to make a pickup version of it. It's a long stretch of the imagination, we know, but you're probably more likely to win the lottery. Infiniti is already a rather niche manufacturer, so coming up with a product like this would probably go down in history books as the most unexplainable move ever made by a car maker. Right next to the Mercedes-Benz R-Class.
It wouldn't just be useless, but also ugly. The proportions are horrible with the cabin placed right in the middle, making the Q60 pickup resemble that Tetris brick everyone used to hate. The shape of the roof is also off, creating a space behind the seats that we'd be really curious to see how anybody could exploit.
The sloping rear window would also eat precious space out of the flatbed. It would be fast, though, with that 3.0-liter V6 engine developing 400 hp and all the shaved off weight. Come to think of it, if it had a V8 engine under the hood, it might actually do quite well in Australia. Anywhere else on the globe, though, it would only make its owner everybody's laughing stock.
Of course, Nissan's luxury brand has no chance of competing with the Germans in terms of overall sales, but it's precisely that exclusivity that so many Infiniti customers are after. Go to a shopping mall, and you're very less likely to run into another Q60 than any of the three models mentioned above.
Imagine what the odds would be if the Japanese were to make a pickup version of it. It's a long stretch of the imagination, we know, but you're probably more likely to win the lottery. Infiniti is already a rather niche manufacturer, so coming up with a product like this would probably go down in history books as the most unexplainable move ever made by a car maker. Right next to the Mercedes-Benz R-Class.
It wouldn't just be useless, but also ugly. The proportions are horrible with the cabin placed right in the middle, making the Q60 pickup resemble that Tetris brick everyone used to hate. The shape of the roof is also off, creating a space behind the seats that we'd be really curious to see how anybody could exploit.
The sloping rear window would also eat precious space out of the flatbed. It would be fast, though, with that 3.0-liter V6 engine developing 400 hp and all the shaved off weight. Come to think of it, if it had a V8 engine under the hood, it might actually do quite well in Australia. Anywhere else on the globe, though, it would only make its owner everybody's laughing stock.
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