I might not be the only one with this mental illness, but every time spring comes around, I get nostalgic. I start thinking about the time I was a teenager with a driver’s license, without any major responsibilities and without a care in the world. The problem is I’m doing this while I’m driving, and a line of cars are honking at me because the light turned green and I’m daydreaming instead of moving.
Everything is in place this week for another episode of nostalgia; the weather is beautiful, the snow is slowly melting away, the roads are dry and I’m blasting into the sunset with this No-I-don’t-know-why-you’re-stopping-me-Officer red Infiniti G37 coupe. I’ve even dusted off my GN’R Appetite For Destruction CD and cranked up “Paradise City”, and although my ears are still ringing, I feel fine.
You see, the head-turning G coupe is, to me at least, a perfect balance of sport, luxury and refinement. And although a G37 four-door would be more practical for me, the coupe is special in a way that it kind of makes me forget I have kids and weekly grocery shopping to do, that is until I look behind to see the booster seats. I’ll just keep my eyes on the road and everything will be alright.
Performance is backed by a 330-horsepower, 3.7-litre V6 that tries hard to roar like a V8, but with the new 7-speed automatic, it swallows fuel at a more reasonable pace.
Zero to 100 km/h takes 6 seconds, burdened somewhat by an extra 200 pounds of all-wheel drive hardware, which prevented me from behaving like a teenager and perform useless smoky burnouts. A rear-wheel drive G37 would suit me fine, as they all have traction and stability control systems anyway.
Despite my disobedient right foot, fuel economy is averaging 12.5 L/100 km, which is fairly good under the circumstances. I could do better, but do I want to? Not when “Nighttrain” starts up.
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| The G37x is fast, luxurious, solid and offers a great motorized soundtrack. (Photo: Matthieu Lambert/Auto123.com) |
Everything is in place this week for another episode of nostalgia; the weather is beautiful, the snow is slowly melting away, the roads are dry and I’m blasting into the sunset with this No-I-don’t-know-why-you’re-stopping-me-Officer red Infiniti G37 coupe. I’ve even dusted off my GN’R Appetite For Destruction CD and cranked up “Paradise City”, and although my ears are still ringing, I feel fine.
You see, the head-turning G coupe is, to me at least, a perfect balance of sport, luxury and refinement. And although a G37 four-door would be more practical for me, the coupe is special in a way that it kind of makes me forget I have kids and weekly grocery shopping to do, that is until I look behind to see the booster seats. I’ll just keep my eyes on the road and everything will be alright.
Performance is backed by a 330-horsepower, 3.7-litre V6 that tries hard to roar like a V8, but with the new 7-speed automatic, it swallows fuel at a more reasonable pace.
Zero to 100 km/h takes 6 seconds, burdened somewhat by an extra 200 pounds of all-wheel drive hardware, which prevented me from behaving like a teenager and perform useless smoky burnouts. A rear-wheel drive G37 would suit me fine, as they all have traction and stability control systems anyway.
Despite my disobedient right foot, fuel economy is averaging 12.5 L/100 km, which is fairly good under the circumstances. I could do better, but do I want to? Not when “Nighttrain” starts up.
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| Performance is backed by a 330-horsepower, 3.7-litre V6. (Photo: Matthieu Lambert/Auto123.com) |