MLevinson

You should here the crying coming from the G35 sites about this: "...Suburban Housewife Review" "...R&T Smoking something" ect, ect. I'll admit I was surprised to see the TL place above the G35, but I have not driven the Type-S model so I cannot speak as to its attributes. Plus, is the IS350 really that fast 0-60 - WOW.

I think this article is sport-on.

Foxberry

"The new 3.5 is a great engine with enough power to make the IS 350 a very quick car, able to hit 60 mph in 6.0 seconds flat and consume the quarter mile in 14.5 sec. at 98.6 mph…this, on a power-sapping 93-degree summer day."
Based on this quote, I would take that to mean they did not do any adjustments for the heat of the day? C&D's 5.1 sec 0-60 was a corrected time due to 100+ deg temps in the desert, if I recall correctly.

macaximx

That's what I'm thinking!

omgitsroy

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another one from g35... "have you seen a male drive an IS"

Mr. Jones

the earliest IS350's were running slow times in the magazines, they were preproduction. Since then they've all recorded much better accleration #'s

CWS

Someone posted this video in another thread.
http://scaw.us/is250post/1320.wmv
At 3:00 into the vid, it shows a 350 doing a 4.54 sec 0-60. Of course, you can't see if it was done under load, or what, but it appears that they hit 3000 rpm before the speedometer ever moved. Might that damage a torque converter?

Evitzee

Yeah, they are all boo hooing about it. Personally I don't like these sorts of comparisons because every reviewer comes in with biases, whether they believe it or not. And we really don't know what goes on behind the scenes among the magazines management, distributors, manufacturers, etc. They want you to believe it is all above board and non-biased, but I refuse to drink that Kool Aid.

In the end Infiniti will sell tons of G35's if the car is good. Those that rely solely on what R&T and other rags say about it may be put off.

Just like the latest luxury comparison had the all new LS460 in dead last place. True, fair? Who knows?

In the end I'm convinced Infiniti still has a long way to go to get to the Lexus standard in overall fineness and consistentcy of product. They still look cheap and too generic for me when compared to Lexus, BMW, M-B. Have you ever noticed how often 'value' or 'bang for the buck' comes up when the G35 is discussed? Value is fine but true luxury products aren't sold on a perceived bargain basis. They are sold partly on performance but largely on 'image' they convey to the owner and the public. Infiniti's image has never been good in that regard. They are getting better, but they aren't there yet.
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omgitsroy

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in japan.. it's kilometers~~

sincityIS

There isn't anyway in hell this car will do 4.9 0-60. It won't even do a low 5 second run. Whoever says it will is full of something, like drugs. you have to be brain dead to say it is that fast.

Gojirra99

Good win for the IS350 Looking forward to see the full article to see what else they have to say . . .

STIG

I am not sure at your sin city, but it's getting really cold these days here. So it might be slightly possible if someone from the back was pushing it.

MLevinson

+1 - Well said.

I owned a '05 G35 and gave it back under Lemon Law. Now of course the G is not that bad across-the-board - but the "bargain" factor is not a valid argument IMO; and like you said they still have a long way to go to catch BMW and Lexus.

caymandive

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Better believe it. Here is an old video clip of my stock IS350 going 0-84mph. Car starts accelerating at the 2 second mark and hits 60 by the 7 second mark, so yeah it is very possible to click off a 4.9 second 0-60 run.

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MLevinson

Unfortunately those [G] owners cannot get along side the IS to see who's driving anyhow

tazdevl

Interesting stuff. Came from an 04 FX35... was giving me major problems @ 37K miles. Never will buy an Infiniti again, stopped on a trip down to San Diego and bought my IS.

The funny part about these comparisons is that folks forget there will always be something bigger, badder and faster around the corner. No sense getting worked up about it because things are never static.