Infiniti Defends New Nomenclature, Talks About A 550 HP M

Yes the current naming scheme didn't work well.. Especially in crossovers, but this new one doesn't really fix the problem.

Loosing product line take backwards step to loosing name badge. Executives clueless in how to grow a company.

Executive Board will be faced with cleaning house and rebooting or closing down non inspiring product line and names.

When will they wake up and realize simple letters and numbers do not inspire quality must have driving machines.

Welcome to the land of Lincoln, good luck with that.

Welcome to the land of Lincoln, good luck with that.

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Welcome to the land of Lincoln, good luck with that.

You can watch drunk drivers on 'Cops' do a better job with the alphabet in a sobriety test than trying to figure out these new car 'letter' names...I finally figured out Cadillac naming (I think...) and that's from staring at this forum for so long...

Took me awhile to realize "welcome to the land of Lincoln" exactly, Lincoln - what, MKZ, MKX MKOK- whatever, I feel so distanced from Lincoln cars, but back in the day you knew a Lincoln & you knew the name of the model...Continental, Town Car, Mark Series.

Give the face a NAME

Alphanumerics do not work on any brand, imo. Even on BMW, they're referred to as "3-series", "5-series", etc. more than the actual model name... and Benz as "C-class", M-class" "S-class"... the numbers are too confusing.

Cadillac and Lincoln had iconic model names and they threw it all away. They should be proud to be American, not copying Euro naming culture.

The first auto company that comes up with a solid naming series that actually has names / synonms that reflect the auto will gain big market share.

Eventually they will learn that we the buyers have passion and want to own a Monte Carlo SS, 442, El Camino SS, etc. There are plenty of great naming series they could use that is better than an Alphabet soup.

The first auto company that comes up with a solid naming series that actually has names / synonms that reflect the auto will gain big market share.

Nissan Cube

well it fits your criteria!

The Infiniti (and Acura and Lincoln) naming is random, arbitrary and confusing, but not sure calling them Q40-50-60-70 is any better. They spend a lot of time advertising "G35/G37" and getting that model name to sink in to now just dump it. At least they will have a hierarchy that maybe new customers will understand, but this seems like the move of a desperate brand.

I like names more than alpha numerics, unless you have a sensible structure such as Audi: A4, A6, A8, and S4, S6, S8 for sport versions, that is easy to understand and it makes sense. I think BMW is going wrong with the 4-series coupe, while Mercedes doing it right by having a C sedan and C coupe, they are both a C-class they don't need 2 names.

The first auto company that comes up with a solid naming series that actually has names / synonms that reflect the auto will gain big market share.

Nissan Cube

well it fits your criteria!

OK you got me on that one, but sadly Cube does not seem to carry over onto all models.

Now if that name was from Jeep I could see a whole line of products

Jeep Cube aka Wrangler

Jeep Rectangle aka Patriot

h'mmmmm I could see a whole family of Geometry. Math teachers would love it!

We should come up with a naming series for each brand on what we think they should be called, maybe make it a competition.

So, basically someone could own a Q50 and have either the big engine or small engine, and they can't boast about it with a model code... I mean, people know the main difference between a SL500 and an SL600. Same car basically, but we know the latter comes with a bigger engine and probably more tech. A lot of people who buy luxury cars like to boast... Infiniti's new naming scheme won't allow that.

So, basically someone could own a Q50 and have either the big engine or small engine, and they can't boast about it with a model code... I mean, people know the main difference between a SL500 and an SL600. Same car basically, but we know the latter comes with a bigger engine and probably more tech. A lot of people who buy luxury cars like to boast... Infiniti's new naming scheme won't allow that.

Unless there is only one engine, like the G37 has just the V6. They could do the Q50 with the V6 for example, then the IPL trim has more power. Or maybe they do regular and turbo, like Sonata or Verano turbo options but same model name. So you have a Q50 and Q50 turbo.

So then the following would work:

Q50 = Standard car

Q50T = Standard car with turbo

Q50TT = Performance model with Twin Turbo

Q50TTc= Performance Model with Twin Turbo Coupe

Q50TTs = Performance model with Twin Turbo Station wagon

Welcome to the land of Lincoln, good luck with that.

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I meant "that" because it is not implemented yet, plus it has a better kick than "this", ala blackmailing Bruce Wayne, because you think he is Batman!! (The Dark Knight)

So, basically someone could own a Q50 and have either the big engine or small engine, and they can't boast about it with a model code... I mean, people know the main difference between a SL500 and an SL600. Same car basically, but we know the latter comes with a bigger engine and probably more tech. A lot of people who buy luxury cars like to boast... Infiniti's new naming scheme won't allow that.

Unless there is only one engine, like the G37 has just the V6. They could do the Q50 with the V6 for example, then the IPL trim has more power. Or maybe they do regular and turbo, like Sonata or Verano turbo options but same model name. So you have a Q50 and Q50 turbo.

The G also has the 2.5L 4-cylinder....

The Infiniti G25 is a V6 boat anchor out performed by more than a few 2 liter turbos.