This is the classic example of an OEM trying to breath live into the sales of a car on the mature side of it's sales cycle. There's nothing left to do technically or design-wise so add some colored seats, revive a bumper that was probably second in line behind the new bumper, leverage the wheel supplier for a good deal on a few sets of something they probably tooled up for anyway, etc.

To me this suggests that the platform will be all new in 2011.

And really, who wants this car just because it's a limited edition? Limited edition cars make sense if there's collector value. In this case it makes sense if you like the red seats, new wheels and bodywork.

 

That red is FAIL

 

I do not like the red at all. Maybe with a few more red accents on the inside and outside. As it is, no way.

 

Those are the accessory wheels offered by Infiniti and the red leather is limited to the seats, no leather accents on the doors. Meh.

 

I am suprised they didn't up the HP in this model to make it stand out. Didn't they get 350 HP out of that NISMO 370Z with a couple small tweaks?

 

That red is nasty

 

More than $50k for a coupe! WTF there goes the price advantage we used to brag about over BMW.

But of course some old rich dude will buy it and explain to his friends that the "anniversary" edition has a twin-supercharger with an expanded restrictor plate thats not street legal... But keep that on the down low.

 

Isn't the same red you can get in the vert?

 

I actually like the red interior but not with that exterior color. Would look much better on white or black.

 

I really like that red color.

It would look fantastic with a pearl white or black exterior.

 

Not a fan of the red interior and much nicer wheels are in order.

 

It actually has a little more then you guys are thinking. The sedan is the only one of the three without the special red accents. (dont know why) Yes it is fully loaded. What is being left out is the full factory aero package kit (usually a 4k factory option) that is included on this car. So take a fully loaded sedan at 43k (sprt nav premium and tech) tach on 4k for aero kit, add special seats (love em or hate em) and your looking at 48k. The anniversary edition is 44k, so your actually saving money. And we are actually using full incentives on these models. Just to clear up the air.

 

anniversary cars don't have the tech package sir

 

I love the Graphite Shadow, but for another $2k? Not so much.

 

Actually the aero kit is just under 1K, it is just the front lip and spoiler.