Oh man, they jsut keep improving this thing. Dang I wish I werent so cheap and willing to give up the depreciation hit!

Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe and Sport Sedan Offer Enhanced Performance, Refined Interiors for 2005
Thursday June 3, 3:05 pm ET


SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2004--Infiniti, Nissan's luxury division, today announced a number of significant enhancements to its popular G35 sport coupe and G35 sport sedan for the 2005 model year in North America. The changes include the introduction of a new coupe Sport model, a redesigned exterior appearance for the sedan and a redesigned instrument panel and console area with aluminum trim or optional wood trim on both the 2005 G35 coupe and G35 sedan.
Another major enhancement for the new model year is an increase in power for all G35 sedans to 277 horsepower and 270 lb-ft of torque (from 260 hp/260 lb-ft). The G35 sedan lineup, which added a new all-wheel drive version in the 2004 model year, also receives new exterior styling for 2005 -- featuring a new hood, grille, bumpers, side sills, taillights and wheels.

The G35 coupe's new Sport model will be available in an advanced 5-speed automatic transmission or with a close-ratio 6-speed manual transmission. The Sport 6MT model receives an additional 15-plus horsepower over automatic-equipped G35 coupe's standard 280 horsepower, bringing its power to the 295-horsepower range (final figures to be released later).

In addition, the manual transmission design on both coupe and sedan models has been improved to provide a lower shifting effort.

The 2005 G35 sedan will be offered in four models, each equipped with a standard 3.5-liter V6, 4-wheel independent suspension and the refined exterior. For 2005, the sport-tuned suspension package has been upgraded with 18-inch lightweight cast aluminum wheels with 235/45R18 tires and drilled aluminum pedals.

The G35 coupe will be offered in three models for 2005: Coupe, Coupe Sport A/T and Coupe Sport 6MT. Both Sport models include a new sport-tuned suspension, Viscous Limited-Slip Differential (V-LSD), 19-inch forged aluminum-alloy wheels and drilled aluminum pedals.

"Infiniti built its reputation on a stunning combination of powerful rear-wheel and all-wheel drive vehicles and outstanding customer service," said Mark Igo, vice president and general manager, Infiniti Division. "The G35 has been a key element in our recent product line expansion and with the enhancements for 2005, our product momentum remains strong."

The 2005 Infiniti G35 sedan and coupe with automatic transmissions are scheduled to be available at Infiniti dealers in North America beginning in October 2004. Manual transmission equipped models will go on sale in December 2004.

The announcement came during the Nissan 360 news media event, a three-week program in San Francisco featuring the automaker's current and future worldwide product and business plans. At the event, about 500 reporters had the opportunity to drive nearly 70 Nissan and Infiniti vehicles to familiarize themselves with the breadth of Nissan's global product lineup.

 

if it is at or arround 300 hp with the 19s, I'd buy it

I was thinking about an m3, but a g35c under 40 with 300 hp sounds fucking awesome

 

link?

 

hot damn! Now I want one!

 

Oh yeah...

 

HEY YOU! ACURA EXECUTIVES! Take word of this because if you don't develop another coupe to replace the CL, Nissan/Infiniti is gonna rape you!

j/k i'll always like acura, i just wish they'd do something already, damn conservative bastards.

 

my only complaint
other than it's sounds awesome but the price for all the goodies makes this coupe cost about 40k before taxes etc.,

 

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/...ewID=news_view

 

295 stock.

Nice.

 

OK... Go ahead and hate on the interior.



http://mms.businesswire.com/bwapps/m...id=22873&vid=5


Edit: Won't direct link due to picture size

 

Amazing they get that much power out of that motor.

 

gotta love 295 hp

 

Is that the new interior?!

 

interior sux....still get rid of the "speak-n-spell" digital display and the awful alumnium trim.

 

^^Could you enlarge that pic, I can't quite see it... geez 19" monitor and I had to scroll all over the place to see it. HAHA

 

Ahhh much better size...

 

I'll definitely be driving one when I'm getting an oil change...

But I don't think I'd want 19s for daily driving... The suspension is already damn stiff.

I wonder what'll happen to the MSRP. I bet it won't go up more than $1000. Just a hunch though.

 

On a similar note, didnt Honda tuned the current TL's 3.2L motor to well above 300hp already (I think TOV mentioned it). So maybe Honda will answer Nissan back on this one.

 

That sounds like some good stuff. Acura can sure learn from Nissan.

Glad to see they didn't leave us A/T guys out of the loop.

 

It'll be interesting to see what Nissan did to get that kind of power out of the VQ35. 15 extra horsepower isn't trivial... The exhaust is already good, headers don't do much to our cars... I wonder if they took a lesson from Crawford and redesigned the plenum... That's a great mod for the G.

 

It sure as hell does look like a "speak-n-spell".

 

The new JDM Fairlady Z Type E is said to have a 300-350hp (conservative estimate) VQ35DE, according to Road & Track.

 

15hp really isn't that big of a deal, the power will probably show up high in the curve that a majority of people wouldn't even notice the difference from the 04 to the 05.

 

heres a int. shot of it, i'm not impress but it looks better then the current int.
Not 56K safe

 

That interior completely sucks...but maybe in a darker color.

Acura would probably have to kill off the NSX completely to create a coupe with this much HP so the people paying 90k for a car are getting less power than those paying 35-40k.

 

didnt they kill off the NSX completely?

 

Very awesome Nissan!!!

My guess is that the 05 350Z will have an even 300hp... I bet that's why the 05 G35c is rated at 295 instead of 300hp.

 

id rock it

 

WTF, how can infiniti make the M45 interior great but cant even make this decent. Its a improvement but i was expecting more.

Either way good work to nissan for stepping the game up.

 

Interior doesn't look bad. I think it's those silver buttons that throw it off...like the old 80's style switches.

 

badass

 

Think the interior is fine, the prob was the materials and it looks like they corrected them, probably look a lot nicer in black. The rest is sweet.

 

WOW!!

The guage cluster looks just like the TSX's..

 

dammit, now I really want one.

 

That is nice... now I think the 05 Z will be at 300-330 HP!... now that awsome!

 

 

Bigger pic of sedan?

 

I want to see the 19's they are using

 

it looks the same ?

 

is that your car scrib? an auto? say it ain't so! I knew you got one but never knew it was an auto.