Infiniti Q50 reveals Mercedes link
First evidence of Renault-Nissan's collaboration with Daimler to appear in this week's new Q50It’s kind of strange that no car-maker has used the name Eau Rouge before.
Given that it’s the name of one of the fastest corners in the world – at the Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium -- this title could easily have been snatched up by Porsche or Lamborghini, or just about any other European maker of sports cars.
But as we found out at January’s Detroit motor show, this legendary name has been claimed by Nissan. And for a sports sedan.
However, the Q50 Eau Rouge is no ordinary sedan. Lacquered in a rich rouge-red body colour and fitted with carbon composite bodywork inspired by Red Bull Racing, this mid-size Infiniti sedan is powered by a 245kW twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 from Mercedes Benz, showing that the Renault-Nissan collaboration with Daimler is starting to bear some fruit.
The Eau Rouge concept is based on the standard Q50, which goes on sale in Australia later this week, powered by 125kW 2.1-litre turbo-diesel from Mercedes.
And that’s not all this amalgamation has in the pipeline. The new Infiniti Q30 sits on the latest Mercedes A-Class platform. Boasting lines borrowed from the Essence concept car from the 2009 Geneva show, the Q30 will be fitted with a turbocharged four-cylinder Mercedes engine built at its plant in the US. The car will also be assembled in Europe.
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