"LJ909" (lj909)
03/13/2016 at 23:07 • Filed to: None
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"LJ909" (lj909)
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Has it disappeared into the unknown? I haven’t heard or read anything regarding anymore vehicles with the IPL moniker. It went over with the renaming of the G37 in 14', but since then has disappeared. Is Infiniti going to pursue this or just leave it alone? It wouldn’t make a difference really seeing as the G37 IPL was nothing to write home about
OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
> LJ909
03/13/2016 at 23:12 |
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Infiniti is not quite known for their naming prowess.
lone_liberal
> LJ909
03/13/2016 at 23:17 |
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I haven’t heard anything about it either. I’m assuming that either it will come along later or they’re giving up since it was such a lackluster option package.
Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
> LJ909
03/13/2016 at 23:18 |
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Funny enough, it’s still offered
Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> LJ909
03/13/2016 at 23:19 |
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What does ipl stand for?
whoarder is tellurium
> LJ909
03/13/2016 at 23:21 |
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It remains as the Q60 IPL Convertible (Folding hard top) for some reason.
http://www.infinitiusa.com/convertible/q6…
I wonder if Infiniti gave up, considering that Sebastian quit and went to Ferrari?
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Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
> Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
03/13/2016 at 23:21 |
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Infiniti performance line
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LJ909
> Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
03/13/2016 at 23:23 |
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Weird. But CP though. 62k for what amounts to a little suspension tuning, some special wheels and seats. There’s so many other options at this price its not even funny.
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LJ909
> whoarder is tellurium
03/13/2016 at 23:24 |
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They probably have or there would have been some kind of update to, you know, actually make it comparable to AMG, S, M, etc.
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Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
> LJ909
03/13/2016 at 23:27 |
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Two color choices for the exterior, two interior, no packages available, no options either.
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LJ909
> Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
03/13/2016 at 23:32 |
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Lack of options means its probably going to go away soon.
scoob
> Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
03/13/2016 at 23:48 |
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It’s Passive, Lately
Wobbles the Mind
> LJ909
03/13/2016 at 23:51 |
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I think the intent was for IPL to be Nismo, however they wanted to start it off with an M-Sport, Audi S-line, F-sport, etc. style of upgrade and move up gradually. Problem was that since performance went crazy. An Audi S model is meh now because RS models exist. V models are pretty crazy and this left Infiniti in a place where IPL didn’t do anything. Samething happened to Lexus. RC-F kind of pairs with ATS-V and RS5, but bump up a class to GS-F and the pairing is better with a CTS V-Sport than a CTS V or S7 rather than RS7. Luxury Performance arms don’t work if you don’t have enough components to compete past the compact segment. A 400hp large Nissan sedan is a Nismo while a 400hp large Infiniti sedan is just a top trim in that class.
So back to the drawing board. They can do an IPL Q50 and Q60 since they’re small and a 430hp is plenty. However they’ll need a powertrain above that to really cement a performance brand above Nismo.
190octane
> LJ909
03/14/2016 at 00:01 |
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The problem with Infiniti was the IPL had hardly any more horse power so it was more like the 335i to the 228i than the M3 to the 328i. Not nearly enough to justify the premium in price.
Sam
> LJ909
03/14/2016 at 00:01 |
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It’s a silly name anyways. They need something catchier. Plus,, people in Indianapolis will think it has some connecting with Indianapolis Power & Light, which is also abbreviated IPL.
RazoE
> LJ909
03/14/2016 at 00:51 |
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Is it similar to the L-Tuned line, of limited edition body kits.......and not much else..?
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LJ909
> RazoE
03/14/2016 at 01:10 |
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This was actually a thing? I always thought these were aftermarket.
ly2v8-Brian
> Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
03/14/2016 at 01:43 |
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India Pale Lager according to Leinenkugel’s
spanfucker retire bitch
> LJ909
03/14/2016 at 08:14 |
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It’s been
effectively
dead for the last couple of years now. The new Q50 Red Sport is the closest you’ll get to an Infinit performance model. The Q50 Eau Rouge was supposed to be the true successor, but that is also dead, because Infinit’s executives hate fun.
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RazoE
> LJ909
03/14/2016 at 09:20 |
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Dealer installed, and very rare.
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LJ909
> spanfucker retire bitch
03/14/2016 at 09:36 |
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The Eau Rouge pretty much made everyone forget about IPL. ON top of that though, they need to put some resources into updating their entire lineup. Most of their vehicles are pretty dated by now with the exception of course being the new Q60 coupe and the QX30 crosshatch.
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LJ909
> RazoE
03/14/2016 at 09:36 |
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Did not know that. Thanks for that though.