This U.S.-market Q50 will see its wheelbase stretched for the limousine- tastes of China.
To accommodate the tastes of the Chinese market, where those with the means to own a premium vehicle often prefer to enjoy it from the luxury of the back seat, Infiniti has announced a long-wheelbase version of it’s Q50 sedan. The extended-wheelbase Q50, as well as the Chinese-market QX50 compact crossover—what the EX37 will come to be known as once Infiniti’s lineup-wide change in nomenclature goes into effect—will be built at the company’s Xiangyang plant in China beginning next year.
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China is Infiniti’s second-largest market and is crucial to expanding the brand’s presence in the premium segments. Nissan’s luxury arm also cited the importance of market-specific and locally-produced offerings as further reasons for the China-specific Q50. Still, laying out some serious cash for a purported sports sedan and then leaving driving to the hired help seems awfully wasteful to us—kind of like ordering a steak dinner from Gibsons and then taking it home just to watch the dog inhale it. Regardless, the stretch phenomenon doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon: just last year BMW revealed its Chinese-market extended-wheelbase 3-series.
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