CLOSING THE GAP TO BMW–FAST

FAMILIARITY (we’ve had one on our a long-term fleet for the past few months) has bred forgetfulness: We’d forgotten how good the M45 really is. One trip down the dragstrip, one lap of the cone course, and one mile up the mountain loop, and suddenly the M45 is, indeed, a standout COTY player. On paper, it may be second only to a BMW 545i as the most competent, most dynamically endowed midsize luxury sport sedan. Even with our non-Sport model, it holds corners well with 0.82 g of grip, its powerful V-8 rips through the quarter mile in just 14.1 seconds, and ample brakes stop from 60 mph in 118 feet. In anybody’s book, those are impressive numbers. We’re also happy to report that Infiniti has the good sense to…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2006

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