New Nissan CEO Asks For Brutally Honest Feedback From US Dealers - An Hour And A Half Later They Still Weren't Done

Three days more like it!

Sad... back in 2000 Infiniti was up and coming, with G and FX everywhere on the streets. 2 gen later they are gone

Your comment can be taken in so many ways, because I find it interesting in being both right and wrong at the same time.

The G35 and FX were in the pipeline in 2000, but not yet on the market.

The G35 had been already shown in private to dealers and media in 1999 as a production prototype, while the final FX wasn't shown until 2001 dealer meetings and then released January 24, 2003.

Unique and forward thinking tech-laden vehicle, that was the prototypical sports car in a crossover body before any X6 existed.

G35 took over 7 years to launch from 1994 planning to release in March 2002. Money woes in the 90s hampered plans for 1999 intro of V35 sedan.

The interior quality of these would have been much better at launch in 2002-03 if not for Renault adding some 11th hour changes.

Sadly though, Q50 (once G20t, G30t, G37) is going south next gen. FWD EV.

To add, in 2000 the G35 was making the rounds much more behind closed doors and styling decisions were being made for the FX.

In the summer of 2000, concept car version was complete for '01 NAIAS, but they went back and changed so many elements, it become an entirely different car by December 2000.

Maybe not 2000 exactly, but certainly the early 2000s had a series of memorable products from Infiniti.

Between the bionic cheetah FX, the BMW-beating G, and the under-appreciated 3rd generation Q45 (my first car, by the way), they had a good thing going.

Now, you have an aging lineup, shuffling along. The model portfolio of Infiniti now seems to consist of ancient warmed over versions of good ideas that haven't kept pace with the rest of the industry, cancelled winners, and new product that's uninspired or borrowed from other companies.

It's unfortunate that a marque with such promise has come to this.

Carlos Shitbag ruined Nissan.

Nissan needs to kill the CVT right now.

The Versa (possibly), Maxima, Frontier (possibly), and Titan all need to go. If they could replace the Frontier with something competitive, then fine. Nissan does not need the Versa and and Sentra. Pick one and focus.

"Rogue" is a dumb name. Why must that name afflict TWO models?

The Z needs to be reinvented as an everyday sports car like the Mustang.

The GTR needs to be reinvented as a C7 Corvette replacement.

Both need massively revised price points. They simply are not worth their prices.

Styling has to do an about-face. The Z should be styled like the 240Z. The Sentra should evoke the 510.

Hey, here's a cray-cray. Kill the Sentra and replace it with an affordable RWD sedan called the 510.

Consider repositioning the Altima--with a new name--as a PHEV sedan with an EV version both at current Altima pricing.

QUALITY CONTROL

Okay, we get it. You're passionate about NISMO products (?).

No I'm passionate at calling bullshit what it is. The GTR is a nice $60K car that costs double to triple its worth. The Z gives you Mustang Ecoboost performance for GT pricing. Neither are worth it.

Performance sells, but it has to come with tremendous value.

Infniti has had it!

THe Average American Car Buyer CANNOT AFFORD the Average American New CAR. AS the loans get longer - people start to get upset about reliability issues that they would have ignored in the Past. And there are still problems with the cost of repairs when they CAN be fixed.

Both VW and Nissan (AS well as a number of other European Brands) have become money pits for the people whose 6 year loan will not have warranty repairs along with it. Reliability is a major issue and THese two are just horrendous. ANd if you are STUCK with it for 2-3 years - you will not return to try again for that brand. Funny - it was not long ago that BMW was an example of good engineering - now it is the poster boy for CHEAPER Junk parts and being the money pit after the warranty is over. THe Plastic Coolant Pump is just one example of an expensive CHEAP part.

And Nissan has the terrorist from Lebanon to thank for the decimation of its quality.

I remember fondly the days when my Pathfinder was my sweet ride. Or my 350Z was my new sweet ride. And the Xterra was going to be a second car. Or the G35 Coupe was destined to be in my garage with an FX as a second car. No more. There really isn't a single car in the Nissan/Infiniti lineup that perks my interest.

Wow, I never would've imagined that. I wouldn't pegged you as someone that cared for any of their past products, since it's pretty much "The Best or Nothing" :) with you, so color me shocked.

I had been a part of Nissan for 10 years.

My father had bought roughly $2 million worth of Nissan shares in 2004, as a means to get us a foothold into the automotive industry and from being so impressed with Nissan's 2001 "turnaround".

Over time, it grew and those shares were given to immediate family members (received mine in 2009).

Last year, I sold all remaining shares ahead of the Nissan crash and so did my family, losing so many privileges that came from collectively owning millions of USD in Nissan.

No longer get to see anything new nor get briefings.

The so many promised products, cancelled model programs, endless delays and design proposals, I was so sick of it.

The Infiniti brand is becoming way too experimental going forward and I don't think they're going to succeed like they expect against Tesla with FWD EVs.

**and those shares were shared amongst other immediate family members.

So with $2M of mad money you decided to buy stock in something and Nissan was your go-to choice? That made me laugh.