by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 15, 2019
There’s been plenty of talk about the end of the auto show era, and we’ve certainly seen a lot of manufacturers step back from the lavish previews that were the norm in decades past. That said, this year’s New York International Auto Show looks to be a major event,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 11, 2019
The sedan is dead. Long live the sedan. While SUVs and CUVs may be taking over the U.S. market at a rapid pace, there’s still a sizable market for classic, three-box models like the Infiniti Q50. Nissan’s luxury brand is betting it can increase the sedan’s appeal by...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 3, 2019
With its Cloisonne belt buckle style grille and a mix of high-tech and traditional luxury features, the Infiniti Q45 sedan was one of the most talked-about products of the year when it made its debut back in 1989. The Q45 is long gone, but Infiniti is hinting that it...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 12, 2019
Infiniti has come to recognize there are limits to its global growth plans, the Nissan luxury brand announcing it will pull out of Western Europe by early next year. Going forward, the brand will limit its scope to just two markets: the U.S. and China. Along with...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2019
Think of the new Nissan IMQ concept vehicle as a rolling crystal ball. Following on the debut of the IMs prototype at the Detroit Auto Show two months ago, the Japanese maker says its latest concept “signals the direction of (its) next generation of crossovers.” Make...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 18, 2019
Throughout the course of its 30-year run, the North American International Auto Show in Detroit’s Cobo Center became known as a “designers’ show” because of the large number of concept cars that emerged during the annual press preview. For 2019, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 15, 2019
Nissan’s luxury division Infiniti has a new president. And Christian Meunier has a new strategy for the brand, one that downsizes the marque’s line-up but which he is confident will also make Infiniti more nimble and responsive to changing consumer trends. The...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 14, 2019
It’s been nearly a decade since Infiniti first promised to bring a battery-electric vehicle into its line-up, the automaker quickly deciding not to go with a gussied-up version of the decidedly down-market Leaf sold by parent brand Nissan. With Infiniti now trying to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 13, 2019
Cadillac has been in the midst of a “renaissance” for nearly two decades, but it’s a turnaround that has never quite taken hold, especially in the home U.S. market where sales took another 1.1% dip last year. The big problem has been the lackluster success of the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 9, 2019
It’s been the world’s best-selling battery-vehicle since its introduction nearly a decade ago, but the Nissan Leaf had been losing ground as competitors like Tesla have rolled out an array of new competitors. Now, the Japanese automaker is aiming to regain momentum...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 4, 2019
It’s been a year since Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, announced plans to shift to an “all electrified” powertrain strategy starting in 2021, but the automaker plans to give us a hint of what’s coming with the debut of the QX Inspiration concept vehicle at the North...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 14, 2018
Infiniti has a history of telegraphing its future with a series of intriguing auto show concept vehicles – and we can expect that to happen once again next month as it pulls the wraps off an electric crossover concept at the North American International Auto Show in...
