Most of the sexiest cars ever made have the engine in the front and a very long, sexy nose: Jaguar F-Type, Aston Martin DB5, Mercedes SLS, Corvette… and now there's an Infiniti that we can add to that list.
It's a two-door GT designed for the Gran Turismo 6 video game and it shows what happens when Infiniti designers are allowed to really cut loose.
Interestingly, this concept car was not designed in California or Japan. All the major design houses under Infiniti's tutelage were asked to make a concept, but the recently established Beijing division came up with the design.
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The Infiniti GT supposedly features a "sensual and beast" design language, which sounds very Japanese. But as far as looks are concerned, it resembles the match between an AMG GT and the Maserati Alfieri Concept.
Power comes from a front-mounted 4.5-liter V8 engine. The car features a trans-axle powertrain that provides a front/rear weight distribution of 45:55. From the way it handles in the video, it seems like they dialed in the handling characteristics of a RWD sportscar.
The designers say they were allowed to cut loose and make anything they want. But that's not 100% true. There are a few hints from the Red Bull F1 car at the back and the grille is just like that on the Q50, but much bigger.
The Infiniti Concept Vision Gran Turismo is already available for download today as part of a GT6 download pack.
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. Full profile
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