pantji

Anyone with 2005 G3-sedan redesigned Tail pictures?

kenji4861

I hope this is true. One thing I did not like about the G35 are the tail lights.

Andynolife

r they gonna redesign the tail ??
that will be awesome .. ~~if it does trade in my 2003 G35 for it

civic4982

really? I always liked the G35C tail.

biker

Looks a bit more like the new M.

gfxdave99

here is a good comparison for the front half between the old/new

gfxdave99

from what i read they are suppose to look similar to the coupe

fastg11

There are no tail light pics yet. Believe me, I would know.

iNteGraz92

the sedan will never look as good as the coupe IMO

biker

It's not supposed to - they're two different cars.

gfxdave99

just for fun.. see if you can find all the changes..

here is what ive managed to find from the two photos

1. The grille has one less louver and looks like the infiniti logo is slightly larger
2. The front bumper is re-done with the larger air openings and its painted all the way down
3. The side skirts all around the car are painted to match vs the plain black of the 2004
4. The creases in the hood are gone
5. the taillight is slightly sticking out which means its probably going to have the more rounded look of the coupes
6. The wheels (duh)

anything i missed (from those two shots besides the interior)

Dan Martin

The second picture is photoshopped. Kudos to whoever did it because they did a good job.

Here's a 50% overlay of the two photos so you can see what has changed and more importantly what hasn't (look at the trees):

Helicobacter Pylori

Dan, you really should consider working for FBI or CIA. Don't waste your talent.

pby

Suprised they didn't add the side mirror blinkers...a la TSX, MB, Volvo et al.

Should I wait till they reveal the new rear design or should I go for the TSX? The suspense is killing me...

pantji

If you concentrate on the reflection of the road dividing lines (close to side moldings) you will immediatly understand that both original shots are taken at the same location, but are not identical (a few inches here or there) . Also the wheel size and tyre pressure would cause a big difference in those reflection patterns, as both cars are not identical.

So what does this prove:

1. The location of both shots is same
2. These are two different cars (see closely at the visible side of the tail lampson the new one, it has an undulation, that says at least a little in favor of the design change).
3. Second picture, however, was photoshoped later on to match the location background (coordinates) of the older model, this is obvious if you look at the countours of the second car, you will see some photoshop effect.

Dan Martin

It's pretty amazing that they were able to align the leaves to exactly the same position for both pictures and that neither the tree or the bushes grew at all in the past year. It's equally amazing that they were able to wait for just the right amout of haze to appear on the horizon before they took the shot.

It's possible that the second picture is a photo of the new car but the foreground and background are definitely photoshopped.

provench

Dan - you da man ... whoever did that pic just got :busted: by Dan @ a-tsx.com

captainjack

More likely the the second picture was part of the original photoshoot but earlier or later in the day. There isn't a reason they (Chiat/Day, Infiniti's agency) would do a WHOLE new shoot just to get the same background.

--captainjack, who's in the minor leagues of the ad business

TypeRS

no one realizes both are identical pictures?? it's very easy to change the look of the sky with a little color tweaking on photoshop and swap out the new bumper and wheels. nissan does this all the time...

Dan Martin

Don't you think that at least one of the leaves would have moved in between shoots? Or what about the shadows that are in the same position even though the sun is obviously higher in the second shot?

iNteGraz92

and that is why i said what i said

epkim

The second picture is a lot crappier in quality, I'm sure if it was released by infiniti they wouldn't give a picture that looks like it was saved as a jpeg with 50% quality.

biker

Since making things on Photoshop is a lot cheaper than an actual shoot out in the field you'll probably see less and less real photos. The only reality will be when seen in the dealer showroom.