There are cars that you only buy for one reason: because you find them beautiful. The Nissan premium brand, Infiniti, has just such a vehicle in its program. A two-door coupé, elegant, sporty, dynamic in design, simply beautiful. With all the disadvantages of a two-door car - but hey, we only live once. So why not just a nice one Live life Drive?

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Infiniti Q60 3.0t AWD - Life is beautiful

That one is in the brand Infiniti in a premium brand, you notice quickly and clearly. Nothing about this Q60 is because it just has to be that way, but because it's beautiful and good the way it is. Just the decision as a niche brand to bring yet another niche model, must be rewarded with respect. The small offshoot of the Japanese brand Nissan, Infiniti, 2016 sold just under 3.000 cars in Germany. Far from what you have already achieved in the USA. But to want to profile yourself with a luxury device, a coupe, is a clear message. This is just a fact: life is beautiful. So we drive cars that fit.

Nice shell

The Q60 bears the signature of Alfonso Albaisa. And what the chief designer started with the Cuban roots in the Asian brand with the Q50 sedan, he continues with the Q60. An emotional design. Yet so classic. Reinterpreted. A long bonnet, a flat and dynamic roofline, elegant window lines with a character kink in front of the C-pillar. A wide ass, yet sporty crisp, marks the conclusion. Underneath, a fat double-flow exhaust system.

While the base engine of the Q60, a two-liter four-cylinder turbo with 211 PS, comes from cooperation partner Mercedes-Benz and is available with pure rear-wheel drive, powered by a 3.0 liter V6 bi-turbo and 405 PS strong engine equipped top model with all-wheel drive and Seven-speed automatic before. And exactly this combination fits the irresistible luxury thought of a two-door. A car unnecessarily like the pope's eggs. But attractive as Penelope Cruz and sinful as Katy Perry. Maybe one of the most sinful temptations that you can succumb to in this price range.

Small nucleus

That such a sexy line and its equally classic proportions are naturally as impractical as high heels for a hike on the Watzmann, understandable - but accepted. The rear seat bench, for example, should be understood more as a sign of goodwill than as an offer to actually take a seat there. You won't find more than sitting pygmies there and it is already too small for school children. Let us consider the area as a generous extension of the glove compartment. And as I said: This is an automobile date in which the Q60 clearly plays the role of Penelopé Cruz in high heels - who asks about the boring everyday life and hiking boots? Practical backpack? We don't need to - self-confidence and a well-covered credit card are much more important.

Potency helps

The 3,0 liter big V6 bi-turbo has common roots with the 3.8er from the Nissan GT-R, but has its own piston sizes and you get in on engine technology, what is announced today. Only by an electrification he is spared. Classic petrol engine, powerful turbo, smooth and willing at work. When it comes to sound, however, the visually striking Q60 remains strikingly unremarkable. For that he has powerful pull on the chain.

405 hp ensure a confident feeling of performance and are a good argument to compete with established competitors for the attention of customers who are used to prestige. The BMW 440i and Mercedes C43 Coupé both have significantly less power and still cost significantly more. And the Ingolstadt alternative Audi S5 is not only weaker and more expensive, but also downright hypothermic in design. Penelope Cruz then quickly becomes a senior nurse from the nursing home. And the date with this lady, we want to put it off a little longer.

And with the 475 Nm of the three-liter turbo you can get along just as well. As a 60t AWD, the Q3.0 always packs its power via the seven-speed automatic (no, not from Mercedes-Benz) in the direction of the four wheels. All-wheel drive with torque vectoring power distribution is included. It's Penelope Cruz at her best. As long as the stability control with traction control is activated, the Q60 remains a sexy dream dancer. Which, however, prevents the dynamic tests from being too intense at an early stage. It sees itself more as a classic GT. A long date. Dance the night away, party, feel happy. It is a pleasure to sit down in the Q60.

Honest love

With the “steer-by-wire” steering, Infiniti finally does everything differently from the other competitors. The "THE" The system called “dynamic adaptive steering 2.gen” only has the mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the front wheels for emergencies. In everyday life, three control units that check each other, a steering angle sensor and electrical actuators take over the steering work. The result? Steering that can adjust itself independently of the driver. Nasty bumps from bumps and the constant “steering wheel wobbling” are a thing of the past. The system can carry out up to 1.000 steering corrections per second. And of course it is fully variable. Both in setting the steering forces and the steering angle. The steering can thus be completely adapted to the driver's wishes and, incidentally, that is the future.

The “direct adaptive steering” system is combined with an adaptive damping system. Here too, individual preferences can be set. More comfortable? Or more direct in terms of sport? In connection with the stiff Q60 chassis and the “Active Noise Canceling” system, a variant that many people know from expensive BOSE headphones, the Q60, trimmed for comfort and programmed via the driving dynamics switch, can be a great comfort buddy for them identify long tour. However, who always has the reserves of his double turbo V6 up his sleeve.

What else needs to be mentioned

The cockpit has not been changed compared to the Q50, with the two touchscreens it still looks up to date and the analogue round instruments in front of the driver's nose are neat - but who here more on gadgets and in addition to good sound also on a handsome graphic of the multimedia system will probably feel little joy.

It's as if the real date of birth of Penelope Cruz is revealed to us at the end of the date. Does that leave the mood? Certainly not. As the date approaches the end, it deepens once again the happiness and the senses for the experience. Let's enjoy it as long as this form of dating still exists.

DATA Infiniti Q60 3.t AWD

Price: from € 44.500 2.0t AT RWD to € 63.490 3.0t AWD AT Sport Tech
Drive petrol engine: VR30DDTT 2.997 ccm, V6, turbocharging, CVVT, 405 PS at 6.400 RPM, 475 Nm at 1.600 to 5.200 RPM
dimensions: 5 seats, L / W / H 4690, 1850, 1395 mm, Wheelbase 2850 mm, Weight 1874 kg, Case no. 342 l,
Performance: 0-100 km / h 5,0 sec, top 250 km / h, standard consumption 9,1l / 100km