I'd be like: "you call it 400Z one more time, and I want to bet you it isn't called 400Z. The wager? I win, no ADM, no add-ons, no bullshit. You win, you can keep calling it 400Z"
At the dealership where I purchased my wife's Rogue, the service advisers kept calling it the 400Z, but my salesman correctly called it a Z.
I read this somewhere awhile back regarding the Infinity Q series naming. The performance cars went from the G35 (3.5L engine) to the G37 (3.7L) based on engine displacement. When the decision was made to put the VR30DDTT engine in the next generation, marketing thougt sticking with the same naming convention and calling it a G30 would turn confuse customers and turn them away because the numbers were going backwards.
I'm getting the manual trans, but I agree about the engine. My only concern is if they'll work on it, especially if something happens under warranty.
The trans should be the same as the 370/g37 or VERY close to it with the likely hood of a better clutch.. I think I heard something about the CSC being upgraded as well.
That's correct about the clutch. Exedy clutch, but more importantly, the CSC has been relocated outside the bellhousing which should eliminate or at least minimize the heat related failures seen on the internal CSC.
They decided on the Q"XX"/Qx"XX" naming scheme due to the CEO at the time (Johan de Nysschen) who was from Audi, wanting a flat naming convention the way he had at Audi in Europe. After he left, Infiniti couldn't go back to their old ways..which they should've since the I/G/M/FX/QX all had different meanings to denote what kind of vehicle they were.
I don't disagree with your opinion. And I didn't dispute what the enthusiasts utter out loud or beneath their breath, just the fact what was written on paper and stamped on the car. Historically, it was written out as ###Z. I just come from a perspective where things are written down has a higher priority than the utterance.
Infinity is an audio electronics manufacturer. Good luck with that.
