On the road: Infiniti M35H GT Premium - The Guardian
Infiniti is Nissan's posher, classier sibling. This one is a hybrid: it combines a petrol engine with an electric motor. This is not a car for someone who really gives a damn about the environment, or wants to pay nothing for their tax disc and get into central London for free. The petrol engine is a 3. 5-litre V6 and a powerful beast. this is a luxury performance car to compete with a BMW 5 series or an Audi A6. The electric motor just means it does so slightly more efficiently, less thirstily and flatulently (and with less space for luggage because of the battery) than the... We point the long, curved bonnet north, and the car pretty much drives itself, keeping the right distance from the vehicle in front, beeping if we leave our lane unintentionally, cutting out the petrol engine where possible (at up to 60mph). It's a relaxing motorway cruise, with not much to do apart from look out of the double-glazed windows at the scenery improving and the house prices falling the farther north we go. I'm enjoying the generous leather seats, while gulping in Forest... If I'm paying 45 grand for a car, I want 6 Music. Off the motorway, flicked into sport mode, the car comes alive. Source: www.theguardian.com
