Profit Over Performance: New Skyline Is A Shadow Of The Legendary Performance Icon

Waking up to news of a “new Skyline” is ordinarily reason to scream, but not so fast. This isn’t a return of the straight-six powered, rear-wheel drive, two-door sports coupe of legend. This is a rebadged Infiniti Q50 that now wears the GT-R’s face and has a better version of Nissan’s semi-autonomous technology.

The Infiniti G35 that we got here was called the Skyline back in Japan, as is the current Q50. Previous versions of the Nissan Skyline wore Infiniti badges in Japan, but the new Skyline, unveiled today, appears to bear the Nissan badge on its nose.
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MDarringer - 7/16/2019 9:57:00 AM

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Oh lordy. If I say this is ugly, pentupasshole will have a fit.

THIS IS UGLY.

Truthy - 7/16/2019 10:48:24 AM

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Infinity may be going away.

MDarringer - 7/16/2019 12:09:36 PM

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Infiniti needs to die. It is a pathetic mess.

Truthy - 7/16/2019 10:01:30 PM

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The Q50 is their only product with any volume, the rest are reskinned Nissans. Plus it is the same price as the Maxima. They will be money ahead to quit throwing money at a quasi premium brand and build better Nissans.

MDarringer - 7/16/2019 1:24:34 PM

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It probably makes more sense as a Nissan than an Infiniti ironically. But yes, you're probably right.

Truthy - 7/16/2019 9:58:26 PM

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That is an oddly specific demographic, but correct.

jtz7 - 7/17/2019 9:09:01 AM

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Grille: Audi, Lexus, Toyota, Mazda, but only Genesis would be the copycat because it is Korean.

jtz7 - 7/17/2019 9:13:06 AM

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Add the Legacy and future Acura Sedan into the Audi Grille family too.