The Infiniti dealership closest to my home is now gone, with even the Infiniti logo having been removed from the building. Meanwhile, the Mercedes dealer next door is expanding, and the Lexus and BMW dealerships in the same town are apparently thriving. So, I decided to see how the marque is doing overall, and this is what I found:
I would buy no Infiniti with that troublesome variable compression turbo 4. Power and economy aren’t great, either. Unfortunately that’s what the new one will have.
Perhaps being an Infiniti dealer is a bit better than trying to sell Mitsubishis in The US. A different article that I read a few days ago, stated that the typical Mitsu dealer sells only 15 cars per month. That might help to explain the following:
I don’t understand why Mitsubishi even sells cars in the US. They have a good medium-duty truck market, and they make everything else under the sun, including components used in other brands of cars.
… and they seem to be successful in European, Asian, African, and South American markets. Meanwhile, they’re circling the bowl in The US.
And they’ve been circling that same bowl for decades.
If Stellantis contracted with them to build cars–as Chrysler did, back in the '70s–it might actually help both Mitsu and Stellantis. Instead, much of what Stellantis tries to sell in the US simply amounts to recycled Fiat designs. Remember the now-gone “new” Dodge Dart, or the also-departed Chrysler 200, or the now-cancelled Dodge Hornet?
I’ve never had an Infiniti, and don’t plan to.
But I have a buddy whose wife just “had to have” a full size “luxury” SUV. They ended up getting a used QX60, I think it was. One of the headlights went out on it after they bought it. When he looked into getting the “bulb” replaced, he was shocked to find out it was going to cost around $1500 (!).
Maybe all “luxury” SUVs are priced like that, IDK. But it made me not want to ever own an Infiniti.
I live in a Midwestern city with a population of 65,000 in the city is a university with an enrollment of 20,000 students. There has never been an Infiniti dealer. The Subaru, Volkswagen, Mazda and Nissan dealerships all closed. We have never had Mercedes Benz, BMW, or Volvo dealership.
Before I retired, I had colleagues that owned Mercedes Benz and BMW automobiles. The nearest BMW and Mercedes Benz dealerships are 60 miles away. I know I don’t appreciate some of the finer things in life, but I don’t want to be inconvenienced by a car. I learned my lesson 55 years ago when I was in graduate school and owned a Rambler. There was no Rambler dealer in that town. Some parts had to be shipped in from a dealer 60 miles away to my local service station. When I assumed a tenure track position at the university where I had my career, when the Rambler wore out, I replaced it with a Ford Maverick. In servicing or repairs that I couldn’t do in half an hour, I dropped the car off at a Sunoco station near campus and walked to my office. I didn’t have time to own a car that I had to drive 60 miles to have serviced. I will admit that a Ford Maverick really wasn’t a luxury car. It had an interior that made a school bus look luxurious and rode like a wheelbarrow, but it didn’t cost much to maintain in time and money.
Now the local service stations that service and repair cars are long gone, I want a dealer in town to take care of my vehicles.
My doctor wrote me a prescription that for my mental health, I should have a Mazda Miata. I took the prescription home and Mrs. Triedaq said she would have the prescription filled. She came back home with a Toyota Sienna minivan. I said, “That isn’t a Mazda Miata.” Mrs. Triedaq replied, “There is no Mazda dealer in town, so I had the prescription filled generically.”
No one wanted them here in Australia,not that popular. Lexus on the other hand are extremely popular.
I wouldn’t buy a new Mitsubishi or Nissan/Infiniti here in the USA
Even if the price was very good