Infiniti M45 Reviews

"The stiff superstructure, with wheels stretched to the corners and the engine behind the front wheels, adds up to a package more than capable of hitting the sweet spot in balance, ride and handling in a sport-luxury sedan."

"[The Sports Package] sounds gimmicky, but it helps you to storm through decreasing-radius corners more smoothly."

"Infiniti's throaty V8 underhood makes for driver satisfaction that is nothing less than dead-center on."

"On narrow, twisty stretches of road, hustling the M along at higher than customary rates seems easier than it should be, almost effortless."

"The buttons [on the dash's control panel] are large, almost too large, but it makes things as easy to operate as any on the road right now."

"...we soon discovered that the adaptive transmission logic-when left in automatic-interprets your intentions accurately and performs so well in that mode that one soon forgoes the manumatic system in order to keep one's hands on the wheel."

"This car has lots of style, but it's generic style."

"Like its G35 sibling, there's some trailing-throttle oversteer to be had in tight turns, but just as in that car, the slide is easy to catch."

"...the rear center seat is much less inviting, with a broad transmission tunnel consuming much of the floor space, forcing the middle passenger to splay his legs and have his feet share the front seatback cutouts with the outboard passengers."

"...the cabin materials, if not best in class (Audi), are on par with Mercedes and superior to Cadillac."

"The M's chassis is a stretched, updated version of the G35's FM platform, which Infiniti says has 30 percent greater torsional rigidity and 1200 percent -yes, 1200 percent - more front lateral rigidity than the old car."

"It's a much roomier, more contemporary design that should be competitive with the Acura RL and Audi A6."

"As with the G35, the M35/M45's engineers have targeted the German competition, and the resulting car compares favorably with the BMW 5-series, the Mercedes-Benz E-class, and the Audi A6, not to mention the Cadillac STS, the Acura RL..."

"Though one or two drives aren't enough to draw more than a sketch, you will be empowered enough by the experience to be impressed."

"[the M35/M45 is offered with] option packages that should satisfy the tech geeks and audiophiles alike."