2011 Infiniti IPL G Coupe - Short Take Road Test - Car and Driver
What Is It. Infiniti’s first crack at the in-house tuner idea. IPL stands for Infiniti Performance Line, the company’s new performance subbrand. The IPL differs from good old Gs in that it has a more aggressive body kit, 19-inch Y-spoke wheels, and most important, a 3. 7-liter V-6 making 348 hp and 276 lb-ft of torque—increases of 18 and 6, respectively, so not quite the overhaul that goes... You can get an IPL in any color you want, so long as it’s black or gray. The gray IPL we drove had contrasting purple stitching on its black leather seats and steering wheel. The IPL’s 18 extra hp give it only the slimmest straight-line edge, with the car posting a 0-to-60-mph time of 5. 4 seconds, actually 0. 1 second behind the best time we’ve seen from a G37S coupe. Both post identical 13. 9-second quarter-mile times, and the IPL is quicker to 90 mph and every 10-mph increment thereafter—although only barely. Driver comfort depends greatly on driver height. Not that it’s difficult to manipulate the IPL’s three pedals with two feet, but we were surprised the IPL doesn’t get Nissan’s crafty SynchroRev Match downshift program, which makes heroes of heel-and-toe amateurs. Source: www.caranddriver.com
