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Originally Posted by thrasher
now let's make this a fair race. give the G35 sedan a 6 speed, and see what happens. you will get owned, guaranteed.
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Actually it would make the race even. The G35 still weighs a lot more than the max.
By the way I am a big time infinity fan too and RWD is the main reason. I wrote this up because I own a max and have always argued that stock vs stock the max is faster - oh and quite a bit cheapoer as well. Recently of course they made the max heavier - it is headed away from its roots as a sports sedan now - straight to the cheap entry level luxo sedan class (if there is such a thing).
If I were the head of Nissan, I would make the max at 260 and 300 HP versions and then have my performance/luxury sedan the infinity starting at at least 350 HP with say a 400 HP available. If you are going to pay 6-10k more for a vehicle it ought to have a LOT more power, not be shown up by its baby brother.
It really bothers me that the BMWs are at least 10k more than the max - and the max can bury them on the street. Someone said here that "speed isn't everything." Well let me tell you something - given the same exact amount of money to spend - I will buy the faster car every time. If toyota or mazda or acura or mitsu or any of those bozos could manage to make a reasonably fast sedan, I would have bought it over the max. News flash - they don't. I'm willing to bet that the speed and HP advantage the max has had for years is the MAIN reason people have bught it.