2007 Infiniti M35x Review Summaries

What reviewers liked most about the Infiniti M35x:

The 280-hp V-6 offers gobs of go across the rev band and rarely leaves you thinking that you shoulda had a V-8.

-- Automobile

[The Sports Package] sounds gimmicky, but it helps you to storm through decreasing-radius corners more smoothly.

-- Automobile

The stiff superstructure, with wheels stretched to the corners and the engine behind the front wheels, adds up to a package more than capable of hitting the sweet spot in balance, ride and handling in a sport-luxury sedan.

-- AutoWeek

On narrow, twisty stretches of road, hustling the M along at higher than customary rates seems easier than it should be, almost effortless.

-- AutoWeek

...we soon discovered that the adaptive transmission logic-when left in automatic-interprets your intentions accurately and performs so well in that mode that one soon forgoes the manumatic system in order to keep one's hands on the wheel.

-- Car and Driver

...we were impressed with its absolute sure-footedness during our drive through sopping wet wine country. Under ideal conditions, it splits torque 50/50 front-to-rear, but can put 100 percent of the power at either end, depending on conditions.

-- The Car Connection

The buttons [on the dash's control panel] are large, almost too large, but it makes things as easy to operate as any on the road right now.

-- The Car Connection

What reviewers liked least about the Infiniti M35x:

This car has lots of style, but it's generic style.

-- Automobile

Like its G35 sibling, there's some trailing-throttle oversteer to be had in tight turns, but just as in that car, the slide is easy to catch.

-- Car and Driver

...the rear center seat is much less inviting, with a broad transmission tunnel consuming much of the floor space, forcing the middle passenger to splay his legs and have his feet share the front seatback cutouts with the outboard passengers.

-- Car and Driver

Infiniti M35x Comparisons:

...the cabin materials, if not best in class (Audi), are on par with Mercedes and superior to Cadillac.

-- Automobile

As with the G35, the M35/M45's engineers have targeted the German competition, and the resulting car compares favorably with the BMW 5-series, the Mercedes-Benz E-class, and the Audi A6, not to mention the Cadillac STS, the Acura RL...

-- Automobile

Actually, on Napa Valley roads that twist up and down like a grapevine, even the base M35 delivers body control and steering feedback that are at least equal to those of the Audi and the Mercedes, which is to say quite good but a little soft, and the chassis is more tied to the task of hard driving than is that of the front-wheel-drive-biased Acura.

-- Automobile

The M's chassis is a stretched, updated version of the G35's FM platform, which Infiniti says has 30 percent greater torsional rigidity and 1200 percent - yes, 1200 percent - more front lateral rigidity than the old car.

-- AutoWeek

It's a much roomier, more contemporary design that should be competitive with the Acura RL and Audi A6.

-- Consumer Reports

Best one-liner about the Infiniti M35x:

Though one or two drives aren?t enough to draw more than a sketch, you will be empowered enough by the experience to be impressed.

-- AutoWeek

[the M35/M45 is offered with] option packages that should satisfy the tech geeks and audiophiles alike.

-- Car and Driver