{"id":524167,"date":"2010-04-12T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=54645"},"modified":"2010-04-12T11:38:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T15:38:00","slug":"infiniti%e2%80%99s-version-of-the-leaf-will-look-sporty-and-luxurious%e2%80%a6-less-like-a-leaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/524167","title":{"rendered":"Infiniti\u2019s version of the Leaf will look sporty and luxurious\u2026 less like a leaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/infiniti_essence_concept_wide_a_main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last month we were told that Infiniti is working on its own version of the Nissan Leaf that will stay true to the brand\u2019s promise of \u201cInspired Performance&#8221; &#8211; and well, that had us hoping that it would look less like a Nissan Leaf and sportier and more luxurious like an Infiniti.<\/p>\n<p>Well, U.S. officials of Infiniti were hanging out at Nissan&#8217;s San Diego styling studio earlier this year and complained that the car looked  like another version of the Leaf but now things have apparently changed.\u00a0Ben Poore,  vice president of the North American Infiniti Business Unit, says more  recent designs have corrected the problem.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/tag\/nissan-leaf-ev\/\"><strong>Click  here for more news on the Nissan Leaf<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was in Japan last  week and saw the final three or four designs for the car,&#8221; Poore says.  &#8220;And I can tell you without a doubt that we&#8217;re going to have a uniquely  Infiniti product.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-54645\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Larry Dominique, North American vice president for Nissan and  Infiniti product planning, says the Leaf and the Infiniti version will share a  platform and a lot of the driving components &#8220;but we think it needs to be very  unique, not only in exterior design but in interior materials and in  terms of its driving performance,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has to accelerate like an Infiniti.  It has to be an Infiniti from the standpoint of dynamic performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Omar Rana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoweek.com\/article\/20100412\/CARNEWS\/100419984#ixzz0ktsSIVqB\">AutoWeek<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/zcqWnDEN3dM1LUbxEdqjin7SrTU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/zcqWnDEN3dM1LUbxEdqjin7SrTU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/zcqWnDEN3dM1LUbxEdqjin7SrTU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/zcqWnDEN3dM1LUbxEdqjin7SrTU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=fkSuQ6aeIMM:OudPOfCs9jU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=fkSuQ6aeIMM:OudPOfCs9jU:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=fkSuQ6aeIMM:OudPOfCs9jU:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=fkSuQ6aeIMM:OudPOfCs9jU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=fkSuQ6aeIMM:OudPOfCs9jU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=fkSuQ6aeIMM:OudPOfCs9jU:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=fkSuQ6aeIMM:OudPOfCs9jU:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month we were told that Infiniti is working on its own version of the Nissan Leaf that will stay true to the brand\u2019s promise of \u201cInspired Performance&#8221; &#8211; and well, that had us hoping that it would look less like a Nissan Leaf and sportier and more luxurious like an Infiniti. 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