Infiniti Not Planning M Or AMG Rivals Anytime Soon

Infiniti has no intention to offer high-performance variants of its models to rival the likes of BMW M and Mercedes-AMG. Not yet at least.

Currently, the firm’s Q60 Coupe delivers similar performance to the Mercedes-AMG C43, but, for now, that’s as fast as the model will get.

According to Infiniti senior manager of product strategy Gerardo Carmona who spoke to Car Advice, a true competitor to the cars from the German trio’s performance divisions could launch at some point, though not in the near future.

“That’s never going to be off the table, because Infiniti is all about performance, in a very sculpted and artisan way. But unfortunately it’s not going to come very soon. Everything is up for consideration, and we have a lot of options within the R&D group. Right now we’re focusing on the 400 hp and although we currently don’t have any ambition for this car to go and compete with the vehicles you’ve mentioned, as for doing something more, that is something we’re not yet able to disclose.”

This is a far cry from a couple of years ago when Infiniti apparently approved the Nissan GT-R-powered Eau Rouge Concept for production.