Garnet Canuck

I'd say they are buttons for shifting, instead of paddles. Just a guess.

psteng19

I agree. I really dislike the direction the new Acura interiors are headed, styling wise, most notably the curvy center stack.
It began with the RDX and I see now the MDX has it as well.

Garnet Canuck

This is the BEST picture I've seen so far of the EX's interior.

Mokos23

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great pic!! now i can see what all of that stuff is on the steering wheel.

like the gauges, but it's not as hot as the G35/G37 gauges. hope they can change that to more blue.

appears to have some functions on those 2 chrome buttons, but it looks clear they aren't paddle shifters.

but that leather dashboard is hot! (imo)

Garnet Canuck

Here's a couple of videos, one from Motor Trend and the other interviewing the Chief Designer.

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl...304070002/1151


http://www.motortrend.com/av/autosho...ept_unveiling/

phile

I don't care if there are a lot of changes for the production model...but if they could only keep those gauges!!!

titan

That's a great interior shot.

AsianRage

That's a nice looking interior.

F23A4

That interior would be HOT in black with tasteful and sparingly applied dark wood trim!!

ostrich

Thank you so much for the great links! It's interesting to hear from Nissan's Chief Designer that the EX Concept is aimed towards female buyers, while the FX is aimed towards male buyers. Actually, I don't care what their target market is, I personally much prefer the more subtle and more elegant EX than the FX!

BTW, Garnet, I love your G35! Is that red color metallic or flat?

Mokos23

Marketed towards females? Ironically in my area i see more women driving the FX35 and G35 coupe.

Maybe that's why the EX color concept was white and had a white interior to draw attention to a female audience

Well, if i got the EX35, I want it either in blue slate/black interior or black/black. True masculine colors (imo)

So does that mean the RDX and X3 are marketed towards females too?

Garnet Canuck

I agree, it wouldn't matter to me either what segment Infiniti is targeting for the EX........I would buy it in a heartbeat if I was in the market for that type of vehicle.

And thanks for the compliment on my G. Garnet Ember is a metallic red and really has two personalities. It looks like a bright red in the sunlight, and a deeper red during cloudy/nightime conditions. It's a great color IMO, but Infiniti's Ivory Pearl was a very close second.

Garnet Canuck

Yep, or at least that is what what Nakamura is saying. I don't think that means it's ultimately a girlie type of vehicle though.

F23A4

Honestly, I have made similar observations here in NJ.

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S14 n Tsx

wow, loving the interior.... sick gauge.

Ashburner

Do the guages tell you when your pint of beer is almost empty???

Mokos23

yeah what is that in the center with the red gauges?

it does look like glasses of beer or something.

F23A4

It is the BAC meter.

cheepung

What is BAC?

Mokos23

What is BAC?

What are the chances too that they'll keep the leather dash?

mrdeeno

Blood Alcohol Content...i think.

very slim. I even doubt this leather option will make it to production. The M concept had the "ivory" leather, but it was not an option on the production. But who knows...maybe since they are marketing this to the women, it may make it.

titan

I seriously, seriously doubt that. The M doesn't even have leather on the dash.

phile

^ things might change. The new Cadillac CTS production model has leather covered dash...GM has figured out a way to bring it to this price class, I'm sure others will follow.

mrdeeno

they're probably using the same leather on the dash that Acura used in the seats of the 2nd gen CL/TL...that leather's cheap enough to keep from raising costs,

dom

phile

I normally rant and rave about fake wood, but honestly, fake or cheap leather on the dash doesn't bother me. You can't sit on it to feel it, and it makes the interior look a lot richer.

titan

Perhaps. If that were the case, it'd be great.

MaximaPower

key word being "look"

i rather the real deal

mrdeeno

i'm sure cheap leather on the dash would still look AND feel better than any soft plastic/vinyl they can use.

Mokos23

I wonder when the actual test vehicle will be ready just like the G37 coupe had those test vehicles for car magazine to test and review the car on.

Mokos23

anymore new news about the EX35?

johncap523

The Nissan Rogue is FWD. The EX is RWD/AWD and based on the FX platform shared with the Nissan Z, Infiniti G35, M35 and FX.

mrdeeno

you mean the 'FM' platform?

titan

Ookay, that's what I said. And I think you mean FM platform.

johncap523

Yes, sorry, alphabet soup....

Mokos23

Here's some new pics of the Infiniti EX35 under black camouflage from leftlanenews. I'm excited that it says that the EX35 might have the G37 engine

http://www.leftlanenews.com/future-infiniti-ex.html

Looks nice, but why does it seem really low? Just looks like long G35 sedan to me if it's that low.

I still might trade in the TSX for this maybe. This EX35 still looks better than the RDX (imo).

titan

Wow. It's very close to the concept, which is a good thing. It seems to be only slightly smaller than the FX, which bodes well that the next gen FX will grow a bit. The height does seem a tad low. I wonder if that's just a preproduction mule thing; or, perhaps it'll remain that low to help it's assured handling dynamics. Then again, it could just be good camo... it doesn't look much lower thant he Porsche next to it.

phile

Hopefully that's just for testing. Otherwise it's gonna be something like the Kia Rondo...tall cabin, but low stance.