G37 Sedan
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

How rare is the g37s 6 speed manual?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 03-04-2015, 07:53 PM
  #1  
d0nnoo
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
d0nnoo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 34
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
How rare is the g37s 6 speed manual?

Anybody have any idea how rare it is? Thanks!
Old 03-04-2015, 08:26 PM
  #2  
canucklehead
Registered User
iTrader: (9)
 
canucklehead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: West Coast Canada
Posts: 1,450
Received 142 Likes on 125 Posts
I have an idea, but nothing solid. The coupe 6mt is somewhere around 20-25% overall, and the sedan is closer to 5%. Or 0% for me when I was searching for 6 months back in 2010, at least in Canada. This includes the AWD models which of course are all slushboxes. I looked up as best I could a while back on cars.com to come to these numbers. It would be great to know year by year what the build quota was.

Edit: even better would be to know the breakdown on how many 6mt sedans were built for each color and option packages, like they seemed to track with the old muscle cars. I know I've never seen another blue slate 6mt g37 sedan around my area. I knew my first car, a used silver 2 door Jetta GLi (Jetta body on GLi guts) was 1/200 optioned how it was and only available in Canada for North America.

Last edited by canucklehead; 03-04-2015 at 08:47 PM.
Old 03-04-2015, 08:29 PM
  #3  
Lego_Maniac
Registered Member
iTrader: (3)
 
Lego_Maniac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 3,995
Received 506 Likes on 435 Posts
Originally Posted by d0nnoo
Anybody have any idea how rare it is? Thanks!
I don't think Infiniti breaks down sales in detail by model, so the actual number is probably impossible to know. But I won't let that stop me from pulling a number out of my a***

Stick shifts popular again, despite lower gas mileage

In '11, MT was 3.8% of vehicles sold.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infini...C_2006-2015.29

And according to Wikipedia, Infiniti sold 58,246 Gs in 2011

So 58,246 x 3.8% = 2212, and that would be total Gs--coupe, sedan, and convertible. I'd guess coupes would have the highest take rate on MT (say 50% of that 2212) and then another 10% for 'verts, so my guess, is 40% of that number is 6MTs or about 900 cars.

Considering the G37 production numbers were pretty consistent, I'd say that guess covers all model years.

It looks like MT might hit 6% of new vehicles in '14

https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motora...194033483.html

But sadly, neither the G nor the Q offer a three pedal option anymore
The following users liked this post:
Zack342 (11-09-2015)
Old 03-05-2015, 08:02 AM
  #4  
Daddy Fat Sacs
Registered Member
iTrader: (15)
 
Daddy Fat Sacs's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Tampa
Posts: 1,705
Received 357 Likes on 249 Posts
bout as rare as midget holding a $3 bill while sipping on somalian breast milk. I searched for close to 10 months, 4 different states, and never found anything that 10' and up. Finally settled for the 7at but has to be an S at least
Old 03-05-2015, 08:14 AM
  #5  
Lego_Maniac
Registered Member
iTrader: (3)
 
Lego_Maniac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 3,995
Received 506 Likes on 435 Posts
Originally Posted by Daddy Fat Sacs
bout as rare as midget holding a $3 bill while sipping on somalian breast milk. I searched for close to 10 months, 4 different states, and never found anything that 10' and up. Finally settled for the 7at but has to be an S at least


When I got my G in August-12 there were three new 6MTs in the entire country. Black on black, black on black, and malbec black on black. Admittedly that is the model changeover time, but still....
Old 03-05-2015, 08:26 AM
  #6  
ANMVQ
Registered Member
iTrader: (13)
 
ANMVQ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Framingham Ma,
Posts: 6,098
Received 394 Likes on 343 Posts
Originally Posted by canucklehead
I have an idea, but nothing solid. The coupe 6mt is somewhere around 20-25% overall, and the sedan is closer to 5%. Or 0% for me when I was searching for 6 months back in 2010, at least in Canada. This includes the AWD models which of course are all slushboxes. I looked up as best I could a while back on cars.com to come to these numbers. It would be great to know year by year what the build quota was.

Edit: even better would be to know the breakdown on how many 6mt sedans were built for each color and option packages, like they seemed to track with the old muscle cars. I know I've never seen another blue slate 6mt g37 sedan around my area. I knew my first car, a used silver 2 door Jetta GLi (Jetta body on GLi guts) was 1/200 optioned how it was and only available in Canada for North America.


In all my searches I only saw 2! Searched about 8 months last year before I bought my 09X.. HEY my auto isn't a slush box, LOL But again I never drive it in D. I'll let you know just how fast is shifts when a run my friends fully bolted and tuned 370Z 6 spd this spring
Old 03-05-2015, 09:20 AM
  #7  
jgronline
Registered User
iTrader: (3)
 
jgronline's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 136
Likes: 0
Received 11 Likes on 9 Posts
I bought mine from Donohoo 3 years ago and a quick search shows they even have one right now.

Birmingham, AL 2013 Infiniti G37 Sport, Navigation, Sunroof, Heated Seats Used Sedan Montgomery, AL Pelham, AL DonohooAuto, LLC | 16828 | JN1CV6AP8DM302151

I personally think Nissan made a mistake having an "S" package on automatics. It should have been 6MT only.
Old 03-05-2015, 09:32 AM
  #8  
Rochester
Administrator
iTrader: (9)
 
Rochester's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 18,870
Received 4,574 Likes on 3,425 Posts
Back in late 2011, I started searching for a G37S 6MT Sedan, using AutoTrader.com and not caring where it was as long as it was in the lower 48 somewhere. At any point in time, there were only half a dozen available. It's certainly become easier to find one now, because it's been 4 years later. But of course, they will have all kinds of use and mileage on them. Anyway, back then it took me 3+ months of constant, daily searching to find the car I wanted, and I had to travel 400 miles to pick it up and drive it home.

Here's another perspective: ask your local Infiniti Service Department how many 6MT Sedans they service on a regular basis. I suspect the answer will be something like "two", or "none".

Yeah, it's rare. And it's totally worth it, IMO.
The following users liked this post:
Mik3G37S (03-15-2015)
Old 03-05-2015, 09:38 AM
  #9  
ToXIc
Registered Member
iTrader: (2)
 
ToXIc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 755
Received 102 Likes on 79 Posts
I just picked up my 6MT sedan in October 2014, it took me 3months to find the one I wanted.

The biggest pain is dealers and carlots calling the trip-tronic G manual. At any given day on cars.com for eg. When searching with the manual transmission option 75% of the results was trip-tronic. You have to look at pictures. I've contacted so many lots and had then take a picture of the gear area to confirm.
Old 03-05-2015, 09:42 AM
  #10  
Rochester
Administrator
iTrader: (9)
 
Rochester's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 18,870
Received 4,574 Likes on 3,425 Posts
Originally Posted by ToXIc
The biggest pain is dealers and carlots calling the trip-tronic G manual. At any given day on cars.com for eg. When searching with the manual transmission option 75% of the results was trip-tronic. You have to look at pictures.
That is exactly right. Flappy paddles and a slapstick are always misrepresented as a manual transmission. It's really, really annoying.

OP, take heed.
Old 03-05-2015, 10:22 AM
  #11  
Black Betty
Lexus Defector
iTrader: (60)
 
Black Betty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 21,148
Received 2,087 Likes on 1,267 Posts
If you are buying a new one, not rare at all. If the dealership you go to doesn't have one in stock that you like, and they can't find a suitable one to ship from another dealership, you can order a new one from the factory. That's how I bought mine in 07. I was told it would take 6 to 8 weeks. I believe it came in 4 or 5.

If you're only considering used, good luck. You won't find many at all and probably not a single one that's exactly what you want.
Old 03-05-2015, 10:29 AM
  #12  
G37Xtreme
Registered User
 
G37Xtreme's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Charlotte NC (sorta)
Posts: 1,047
Received 103 Likes on 78 Posts
Old 03-05-2015, 11:16 AM
  #13  
Rochester
Administrator
iTrader: (9)
 
Rochester's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 18,870
Received 4,574 Likes on 3,425 Posts
Originally Posted by Black Betty
If you are buying a new one, not rare at all. If the dealership you go to doesn't have one in stock that you like, and they can't find a suitable one to ship from another dealership, you can order a new one from the factory.
Nope. 2013 was the last model year for the 6MT Sedan.

Last edited by Rochester; 03-05-2015 at 05:05 PM.
Old 03-05-2015, 11:33 AM
  #14  
ToXIc
Registered Member
iTrader: (2)
 
ToXIc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 755
Received 102 Likes on 79 Posts
Also. Don't worry about buying one out of state.

You can use a nearby shop for pre-purchase inspection, normally around $100 then when you do find one shipping isn't that expensive. Goto Uship.com and find someone with great reviews.

Also great to still have factory warrenty.
Old 03-05-2015, 11:37 AM
  #15  
ToXIc
Registered Member
iTrader: (2)
 
ToXIc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 755
Received 102 Likes on 79 Posts
Originally Posted by Rochester
That is exactly right. Flappy paddles and a slapstick are always misrepresented as a manual transmission. It's really, really annoying.

OP, take heed.
This one time. I spent around 30mins on the phone explaining the difference to a salesperson between manual and trip-tronic and they assured me its a 6spd. Had my out of state friend drive an hour to check the car for me and it was an auto. I was soo pissed. My buddy almost falcon punched that retard!


Quick Reply: How rare is the g37s 6 speed manual?



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:27 PM.