2008 Infiniti M45 Review Summaries

What reviewers liked most about the Infiniti M45:

[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

Infiniti's throaty V8 underhood makes for driver satisfaction that is nothing less than dead-center on.

-- 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

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 M45:

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

-- Automobile

...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

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

Infiniti M45 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

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 M45:

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