I am really starting to want this to be my next car! I really hope that they offer the DCT!!

 

Giggity Giggity

Except it's kind of like a super hot chick with a weird looking rear end... you ask yourself if you can look past it, and try to focus on the positives.

 

3.0TT engine confirmed now. Looks like it will be the same MB engine, possibly built by Nissan in Tennessee alongside MB\Nissan 2.0T venture, it makes 329hp in C400 and 362hp 384 lb-ft in C450 with higher boost. They will probably do 329hp in a regular trim Q60 and 362hp in IPL version. C class Mercedes does 0-60 in 5.2 sec with 329hp version and 4.9 sec with 362hp version, Q60 might be a tad faster because it should be a bit lighter due to utilizing more aluminum and carbon fiber.

 

I hope it has DAS, so everybody can stop complaining about it. LOL

 

That's a bit of cold water on otherwise exciting news.

Isn't today's Coupe marketed as 330hp?

 

Are we sure about this? From what I read the 3.0L TT is part of a newly developed family of Nissan engines, not part of the Daimler AG partnership.

 

Uh, no I don't think so. Were did this information come from? Why would a 3.0l direct injected TT engine make less HP than a NA 3.7l one? It was confirmed that the 3.0L TT it uses is a brand new engine developed by Nissan.

 

the 2 litre turbocharged engine is part of the Daimler AG partnership. Not the 3.0. I am happy Infiniti finally went with the route of turbocharging their motors(excluding GTR). Hopefully it meets expectations and comes with a DCT/6MT to make me switch back. If it does produce "less" horsepower likely it will be underrated from the factory. For example in the B7 S4 it produced 343 Horsepower and in the B8 chassis the supercharged motor only produced 333BHP. When put on a dyno this was proven to be highly underrated as people were getting close to crank numbers to the wheels. It could be a very similar case with Infiniti though again we don't have any numbers so this is all speculation.

 

3.0TT info comes from here: Infiniti Q60 Concept previews sexy styling, twin-turbo V6

I don't know for a fact that it comes from MB, that part I assumed based on their building 2.0T together in Tennessee.

 

Looks great! I'm excited about the turbos, MT says they expect it to be about 375 hp.

Here's some more info/pix
Infiniti Q60 Concept First Look - Motor Trend

 

Quotes from the link story:

Here's info regarding the engine in the Q80 Inspiration Concept from a MT article late last year.

 

That makes much more sense.

F-Type S territory.

 

If its built in Tennessee, instead of Japan as done for the previous G line, prices will be reasonable as labour costs are higher in Japan and there will be no transportation costs via ship. This will also eliminate any other importing costs involved.

Hopefully they will maintain same level of quality.

Canadian customers can export from US without paying the extra duty.

 

I just hope its still build in Japan at this point. Everything else seems on point so far.