Premium Executive 2.2d Auto 4dr Saloon

Worth serious attention as a used buy

Bought mine from Infiniti dealers and it was a good experience - far better than my previous experience of my local Jaguar dealer.

Firstly I wouldn't entertain buying one new - so the 2 or 3 starts this car attracts as a new car in all the reviews may well be justified. I don't know how it drives compared to a 5 series BMW, which all the car magazines hold as the gold standard, as I wasn't remotely interested in owning one or a VW/Audi either post the emissions scandal for that matter.

BUT second hand this car deserve serious attention. Mine was a around half price at 14 months old and 9000 miles and came with all the dealer song and dance and two years OEM warranty and breakdown

Mine has all the extras full leather, front/rear parking, reverse parking camera, sat nav, voice control auto, pearl paint - I could go on. The only things it doesn't have have which is disappointing to me is it doesn't have DAB radio and the mirrors don't fold in when you park up. I could have had the sport model but I didn't like the idea of 'drive by wire steering ' - it doesn't get good reviews although it was apparently signed off by Sebastian Vettle himself, so it makes you wonder who's right? It may not handle like a BMW 5 series (and its really not that important to me) but it's certainly not the 'Bambi on ice' that some of these motoring critics would have you believe. If I was to place the Infiniti brand I'd say there are a lot of parallels with SAAB - people bought them as a mainstream alternative and they had the reputation for the best seats you could sit in. The seats in the Infiniti are the best I've sat in - I've been told the seat design had input from NASA and I can believe it. I rarely carry passengers who aren't impressed with the seats, leather interior and the dual touch screen centre console comes in for a lot of complements,

1 Year update

Just thought it was worth updating this review a year and 12,000 miles in. The car has been back to the dealers twice - I had a door module fail that affected the centre locking. No part in the UK but it was shipped from Holland withing 48Hrs and fitted the following week no issues. Second visit was for a software upgrade for the lower touch screen. Its all very professional with the service department but both times the work has been done the car wasn't cleaned or valeted and that's poor for a brand with premium aspirations.

So, am I still impressed a year on with my choice - short answer is yes - its still a nice place to be on long business journeys and it's never returned less than 43.7 mpg and some of my commuting is very short.

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