Infiniti Qs Inspiration to debut in Shanghai

Infiniti, a brand that has been through its ups and downs in the recent past, has teased a new design study that will be unveiled at the Shanghai motor show in a matter of weeks.

Named the Infiniti Qs Inspiration, the design study is an 'electrified sports sedan for the future', as the company's press release reveals.

The concept car will be built on a flexible architecture, which indicates it's intended for production, and Infiniti has admitted in its press release that the Qs Inspiration previews a production model. Key elements of the design comprise Japanese art and architecture outside and a dual-zone cabin with a 'clutter-free' driving position and a 'relaxed' zone for passengers.

Infiniti is giving away little else about the show car, but the one and only teaser pic shows a design that is markedly different in detail from the Q Inspiration concept that premiered in Detroit at the start of last year, although the hippy rear flanks remain. The latest show car could be a further iteration of a future Q70, closer to production reality than the Detroit car. Infiniti's nod to the original Q45 from 1989 in the press release lends further supporting evidence to this show car being a foretaste of the next Q70.

In Australia for the local launch of the updated QX80 SUV last year, Francois Bancon, Vice-President of Product Strategy at Infiniti told carsales at the time that the first fruits of the new flexible platform – and Infiniti's rebranding and revised styling strategy – would begin reaching global markets from around 2021.