JBrady

HELL YES, just spent Sunday at the Texas Motor Speedway north of Dallas/Ft.Worth. Infiniti hosted a by invitation TRACK event with there ALL NEW Q45.

Car lover heaven. This event included several activities.

Hot laps around the high banked oval with a professional driver (former Indy driver). It was raining all day so we only hit 110mph but still a great experience. They were running 125mph the day before in the dry. 110mph in the wet, going around turns, with someone else driving was still adrenalin pumping.

Safety and technology. We got to drive and test the Q45 VDC (vehicle directional control) system. Almost impossible to make the car loose control.

Drive the Q45. We each got to drive the car around the race tracks road course with a pro driver in the passenger seat. Very cool.

Drive the competition. They had an LS430, a Jaguar XK8, a Mercedes E430 and a BMW 540i that we each got to drive on the road course to evaluate against the new Q.

I have to say that the new Q is awesome. I liked many parts BETTER than the LS430. Both the Infiniti and the Lexus made the competition pale. All the cars had similar performance with the BMW feeling the quickest. The LS430 DID NOT have the sport suspension. The Mercedes was quick with 275hp but VERY disappointing in interior feel and features and looked VERY old compared to the Lexus and Q. The Jaguars engine sounded GREAT and was quick but the car itself was disappointing.