Infiniti's goofy new naming scheme

[afty]

Infiniti is redoing their naming scheme, in order to better confuse consumers.  I am not sure how this will help their world takeover plans.

TL;DR:
G sedan -> Q50
G coupe/convertible -> Q60
M -> Q70

EX -> QX50
JX -> QX60
FX -> QX70
QX -> QX80

Details are at http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/17/infiniti-queues-up-questionable-q-and-qx-naming-scheme/

[Laconian]

Oh god, that's terrible. Are they trying to capture the H&H of the Infiniti Q45? A cool car when it came out, but it became totally unremarkable after just a few years...

[SVT666]

Fuck.  I like the sound of G37. Q50 sounds like an Audi SUV.

[giant_mtb]

Nooooooooooooo

[CALL_911]

That's retarded.

[hotrodalex]

Dumb.

[Char]

Quite possibly one of the dumbest decisions ever, right after Lincoln naming the their cars after a random collage of letters. Idiots.


I miss the old "good" Nissan, this new one sucks.

[GoCougs]

Well, at least it can be said that no one else is doing it. If they're great cars no one will care really. The G replacement is gonna have to be big though...

[Payman]

[Colin]

Not quite as zany as Volvo's weird "simplification" of their engine choices into T2 - T6 and D2 - D6, but seems to be of questionable logic... and it only be a matter of time before they want to launch a model in between one of the existing ones, so we could end up with the QX73, or some such....

I am glad I don't work in "marketing"........

[Raza]

That makes no sense.  Q means all sedans, coupes, and convertibles, QX means all SUVs, and they're set apart by a random number assignment?  How will they manage models with more than one engine choice?  This is the QX70 3.7QXdriveQ.

[cawimmer430]

Pass me what they're smoking. It must be good shit. 

[CALL_911]

That makes no sense.  Q means all sedans, coupes, and convertibles, QX means all SUVs, and they're set apart by a random number assignment?  How will they manage models with more than one engine choice?  This is the QX70 3.7QXdriveQ.

I guess for the G37x replacement, it'll be a Q50 3.7x or Q50 3.7 AWD?

[SVT666]

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.  I have not read a single positive comment about this on 7 different car forums. 

[Madman]

Infiniti is redoing their naming scheme, in order to better confuse consumers.  I am not sure how this will help their world takeover plans.

TL;DR:
G sedan -> Q50
G coupe/convertible -> Q60
M -> Q70

EX -> QX50
JX -> QX60
FX -> QX70
QX -> QX80

Details are at http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/17/infiniti-queues-up-questionable-q-and-qx-naming-scheme/

[Submariner]

Pass me what they're smoking. It must be good shit. 

lol

[Colonel Cadillac]

Meh, they're putting some logic in the naming system. Whatever...

[Speed_Racer]

Sounds like the naming scheme for Generic Chinese Motor Company

[Laconian]

Marketers are such a waste of oxygen!

[SVT666]

Meh, they're putting some logic in the naming system. Whatever...

There is nothing logical about it.

[AutobahnSHO]

Sounds like the naming scheme for Generic Chinese Motor Company

+1

[hotrodalex]

There is nothing logical about it.

Chevy should change all their car names.

Spark -> Corvette10
Sonic -> Corvette20
Cruze -> Corvette30
Malibu -> Corvette40
Impala -> Corvette50
Camaro -> Corvette60
Corvette -> Corvette70
Volt -> CorvetteGreen

[Madman]

Chevy should change all their car names.

Spark -> Corvette10
Sonic -> Corvette20
Cruze -> Corvette30
Malibu -> Corvette40
Impala -> Corvette50
Camaro -> Corvette60
Corvette -> Corvette70
Volt -> CorvetteGreen

SHHHHHH!  Please, don't give them any ideas!!!

[giant_mtb]

Chevy should change all their car names.

Spark -> Corvette10
Sonic -> Corvette20
Cruze -> Corvette30
Malibu -> Corvette40
Impala -> Corvette50
Camaro -> Corvette60
Corvette -> Corvette70
Volt -> CorvetteGreen

Better yet, just C10, C20, C30, etc.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Better yet, just C10, C20, C30, etc.

But that is 2wd trucks

[Secret Chimp]

[Cookie Monster]

This is pretty horrific.

[2o6]

This is going to ruin brand equity for those who just bought JXes....

[Laconian]

At least it elevates me above the Q50 unwashed masses.

[SVT666]

WTF is the 50 in Q50?  It doesn't have a 5.0L V8, so what does it mean?