That is DEFINITELY a manual transmission gearbox! YESSSS!!!

Or is it a slushbox that happens to be offset to the left because its in "Sport Mode" ? :-(

 

I'll keep my fingers crossed, but ill be shocked if it is offered with a MT.

 

http://videos-g-2.ak.instagram.com/h...62811584_s.mp4

 

Why is it that you think they'd build a car with a manual transmission, take and publish publicity photos if it, and then not offer it with that option in the car when it goes to market?

 

Gonna be a bringer of bad news. But i see a set of paddles on the steering column in that picture.

 

What makes you so sure it's a manual? A leather shift boot does not make it a manual.

I see what looks like the same shifter, and two pedals

Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge Concept: Bring On the Red Heat [2014 Geneva Auto Show] - Photo Gallery of Auto Shows from Car and Driver - Car Images

Considering that the GT-R doesn't offer a manual, I'm somewhat skeptical that the 4 door Q50 ER does, considering the regular Q50 no longer offers it. I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

Correct. That isn't a manual transmission.


Motor Trend blog posed 2 days ago.

Infiniti

 

Rofl at you guys thinking Infiniti is going to offer this car with a manual. They already want to remove driver involvement by giving it fake steering, what makes you think you will shift your own gears? :P

 

I think you're right. In the photo posted above, the fuzzy out of focus shot of the driver in the car certainly looked like a manual shifter to me. Shot #10 of the Motortrend article photoshoot is clear and definitive and shows that it's just an automatic.

Dreams dashed.

Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge Concept Interior Center Console Photo 10

 

I wanted it to be true too

 

Exactly, if they really would want they would get rid of Manual options all together. Sooner or later it will happen.

 

I'm not sure if you guys have seen this article but it sounds like the Q50 Eau Rouge will have a 7AT.

Project Raijin: Turning The Q50 Into A Luxury GT-R, For Real All Pages

 

^Just another reason not to buy it?

 

That's actually an interesting new article. The project developer gave a few insights that are new (at least to me) on how they determined how to go about the project. He said several times that this car was built with production in mind and not just a prototype for the sake of building a prototype. He mentioned that the power options considered were a SC version of the current 3.7L, using the 5.6L V8 from the Q70, and the 3.8 TT in the GTR and of course the 3.8TT won out. He said that it uses a different AWD system than the GTR has and that the 7AT had been strengthened to handle the torque. It uses all parts and electronics that are current Nissan inventory parts which hints very strongly that it is going to be produced. Interesting stuff.

 

The GT-R engineering has already paid for itself after 5 years of the car being in production. I sincerely believe that this Q50 ER will be injected into the M3 segment, sent in to destroy and mop the floor, all with a very competitive price right in line with the competition.