Leveraging the Power of G; Infiniti hopes to build on the success of the G35 with its new M cars.
AutoWeek, December, 2004
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Byline: BILL McGUIRE The original Infiniti M45 was introduced in 2002 to mild fanfare then quickly slipped from sight. Based on the Japan-market Cedric/Gloria but with the brilliant 4.5-liter V8 from the Q45 and sporty driver calibrations, it failed to explicate itself. It was hard to know what to make of an elegant, sport, plain, luxury family sedan-glaringly understated yet tastefully overpowered.
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Some critics liked the M45, others didn't, while many didn't make anything of it at all. The term sleeper came up often, an apt description it turned out, as only a few thousand were ...
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