The only thing completely screwing this Q50 is the GARBAGE wheel/tire selection and lack of a true LSD (or even a damn viscous). They improved the wheel size in the RS400 (put some 9.5" width in the rear) but they're still using the SH!TTY dunlop run flats. These tires FVCKING SUCK. In a 2015 Q50S, there's a road test with the Rays wheel option (with RE050s on them, 265 rear 245 front) and they pulled an extra 0.12g or something out of the car in lateral acceleration... with just wheels and tires. It wrecked a 335i M Sport around the track (pretty sure this was Autoblog).
The last thing Infiniti needs is for this thing to put up >4.5s to 60 when the platform and new power has the potential to rock a near 3.x s with a good differential and some decent performance tires. This thing on paper out of the box needs to decimate its German competition.
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