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Infiniti EX fail. Selling at 50% of forecast, updates to be made after only 1 year

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Old 10-13-08, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by memasterac
Maybe Infiniti set its target too high initially?
That, and the fact that it's the wrong vehicle at the wrong time. Infiniti put a great deal of care into producing a great vehicle. Unfortunately its a vehicle that doesn't make much sense. Had they made the car more useful it might have done better but in this economy when virtually all car makes (and this should not be overlooked) are having absolute disastrous drops (Lexus included) it still may never have met sales goals.
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Old 10-13-08, 08:37 PM
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i think it's disgusting....it looks like a goddamn shoe
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Old 10-18-08, 01:59 PM
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A pity. I thought it looked fantastic and decently priced. Yeah the back seat was a bit tight when I sat in it at the autoshow. I haven't seen many around though.
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Old 10-18-08, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by LexBob2
Those 10.2K people who've bought the current model will be real happy when a new one is rolled out just a few months after their purchase. With limited resale now, it will only go down with a new one.
They probably don't care, most if not all of those EX35 are probably leased, if people bought what they could afford they would be driving Nissan Rogues, Rogues are all over the place, and they look pretty identical to the EX on the highway except for the taillights
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Old 10-18-08, 06:13 PM
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wow, this is jsut sad........ we checked out the EX couple months ago, and after some extensive time at the dealership (it's lovely when the sales think you can't afford the car), the car just doesn' tmake sense

it looks pretty cool from the outside i would give it that, but as stated in the article, the rear room is just retarded at best. even with the rear door wide open and my wife being 5ft tall, she had problem getting into the car.....

that for the IS? i can probably live with it. that for a cross over? no freaking way
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Old 10-18-08, 06:17 PM
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how are they going to improve back seat, thinner seats? they cant do much more...

I dont think it great product at wrong time - in that case, it would sell well because it is small suv and thats whats needed right now. Problem is that it is just packaged bad.
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Old 10-18-08, 06:19 PM
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I never understood the mini-suv thing anyway. The EX looks nice and handles a little on the sporty side but who wants a small, sporty utility vehicle. Not much utility in it. No space. People are showing good sense by not meeting target sales expectations. The thing is in no-where-land.
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Old 10-18-08, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by spwolf
how are they going to improve back seat, thinner seats? they cant do much more...
they move the rear seats back making less cargo room
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Old 10-19-08, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by EDGE2
they move the rear seats back making less cargo room
that won't really help unless they push back the rear wheels as well. the wheel arch makes it really hard to get in the car as well
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Old 10-19-08, 08:49 PM
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There are just so many cars to choose from in this segment. The car doesn't look impressive at all in person and it's over priced.

Give me an A4 Avant!
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