The rumor is back: Infiniti is considering a top-dog model based on the Nissan GT-R. The GT-R running gear is impressive with its 500-plus turbocharged horsepower and sophisticated all-wheel drive system, but anyone who’s driven Nissan’s supercar will tell you that it lacks the finesse you’d expect from an Infiniti.
“We have three or four proposals we are looking at right now.” Infiniti Advanced Planning chief Francois Bancon told CAR. Of course, automakers create lots of internal proof-of-concept models that never see the light of day, so having proposals doesn’t necessarily have any bearing on what might make production. “It would have to be softer than the GT-R,” continued Bancon, acknowledging, “You can’t easily tweak the GT-R to deliver the sophisticated, more refined performance we would need on an Infiniti.” Whether an Infiniti version of the GT-R is mere rumor or eventual reality, there’s going to be a wait. For now, Infiniti is focused on launching a smaller model for 2015, and a GT-R-based halo car would come after that program is successfully under way.
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