re: Is Nissan about to cancel the Infiniti brand in the US?

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I had an original SC400.

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Wasn't that a Supra where it counts?

Nissan Frontier is the one vehicle they have that does well and its an old old model.

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This is going to be very bad for Karen's self esteem. She can't afford a real luxury brand....but she still needs to feel superior to her Toyota/Ford/GMC-driving neighbors.

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THIS.

That Infiniti minivan thing is the ultimate Karen car.

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You can get an Infiniti for the price of a similar sized loaded up Toyota or Honda. And you will still wish you bought the loaded up Toyota or Honda.

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This is true for all ‘luxury’ car companies. A loaded out accord is like $39,000 you can buy a low end similar Lexus, Audi, BMW, Acura, etc for that

Probably. Doug Demuro said it best when he discussed it: anyone who chooses to buy an Infiniti right now over other luxury brands only chose it because it was much cheaper. Infiniti is like the Great Value brand of the lux auto world.

*Edit for better analogy.

I do like those Infiniti SUVs. They look kinda like MRAPs

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Have you driven a V6 or V8 Nissan recently? Even if you can ignore the horrible infotainment, dated design, and CVTs....you will hear the lack of quality in the engine

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My wife has 2014 Armada with the V8 and 81k miles and there aint nothing wrong with the engine at all. Not sure what infotainment is exactly but if that's the dash gauges and stuff then yea I'll give you that, its old as shite. Our 2011 fords had better digital gauges and dials than the 14 Nissan

I’ve always felt that Infiniti and Acura are never considered in the same class as Mercedes BMW, Lexus and Audi.

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Nissan and Infiniti have an unfortunate history of catastrophic transmission problems.

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The cvt transmission is a problem, but outside of that the brand is solid. I have been through bmw, Audi, and Land Rover. All beautiful cars but absolutely shite quality. The plastics would get sticky when it got hot outside. The electronics were terrible. The worst was the drivetrain. After 40,000 they’re all ticking time bombs. And they are always stupid expensive to fix.

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No one buys these things because they want them. They buy them because they are cheaper than the alternative.

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Well I can afford to have, and have owned, the other brands you speak of. They are arse. I’ll take the qx or lx over anything else. As far as sedans, the ls is the best and will last forever. The bmw, Audi, and others are just meh. They appeal to the emotional. But once you dig deeper they’re nothing more than a pig with a bow tie and some lipstick.