2018 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport Track Review - Not Just Fast In A Straight Line
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ย. 2018
- We review the 2018 Infinit Q60 Red Sport 400 AWD on the track and it doesn't disappoint. Dare we call it a baby Nissan GTR?!
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I know this is an old video but this is by far one of the fairest reviews on the platform. I've taken my 2014 Q50S to the track a number of times and the observation that it enjoys rotating is also what surprised me the first time I took it out. These cars love a little bit of trail braking and the chassis seems to be pretty agile, even more so with some suspension mods. My Q is 6MT converted so it's helped tremendously to make it more predictable/controllable - as you said these cars have a lot of mass but they are great fun to drive and I think possibly one of the best cars to come out of Japan in the last decade.
Q60 red sport: The GTR's financial advisor little brother.
Nah, not a baby GTR. Takumi makes the 3.8 VR by hand... it's worth searching around youtube to find videos about it. Just 5 dudes. They each build their engine from beginning to end and stamp their name on it. It's a work of art.
These 3.0 VRs are made on an assembly line. Tochigi has an excellent rep (all Nissan's high end cars are built there), but it's just not the same level of quality.
@@Kujirakira Obviously. The GTR is nissans Supercar, so of course it'll get special treatment during assembly. The q60rs is a beast in its own realm. 400hp with a twin turbo is monsterous with japanese engineering
Nice of you tell us what we already know.
It's a Skyline.
Skyline
Drove one from Michigan to Arizona and back and it was heavenly
Infiniti just needs to update their infotament system
for real
As if it even matters. Everyone has GPS on their phones. Nobody ever uses the stock GPS.
This is what I have been saying the last few years!!! I have bought about 5 Infiniti’s and love them, but when Companies like Kia has a better infotainment system then they do, it is so bad.
Yes update them on the grocery getters. This, it doesn't really matter. It's just there to look good. If theres any update that they should do, put in one that will shave the weight off of this thing.
i do, bitch.
This thing is a beast. I know I have one 2019. V8 killer. My baby GTR
MrKrazy3956 So do I. Just enough power for me!
This is my dream car
pshh the real baby GTR is the GTI-R.
Thanks for all the reviews you guys keep doing! I love seeing daily videos from you two
Interesting rear on that car. Love the track videos guys.
My Wife got one. Red on Red with carbon fiber parts. Its a beautiful car. 400HP doesn't hurt either.
well its good for grocies now right lol
Lol
10 cylinders SON lmfao
@@isaacc3307 Ouch! lmaooo
Get wrecked - TH-cam
To the comment about driving it cross country... Literally what I did in my 2015 Q50. Drove it from literally east coast to west cost Montreal to Vancouver. Complete pleasure to drive. Super comfortable the whole time.
Great review. Thank you for see the genius that are INFINITI products
Wow. Very nice.. imagine if it wears higher performance tires. For city dwelling, I’d prefer this over a Z anytime.
Current g35 coupe driver here!! I see one at my work all the time and it sounds good.
Wow i have just finished watching every video on this channel!!
Wow what a difference it makes when a reviewer uses a proper MIC. good Job, nice car!
G37 owner and I say this video sum up the experience
I just bought it. It's the 2nd trim that I bought S badged. I'm very excited
Strangely, I enjoyed this. Thanks my man.
My next car here. Mods are coming for it as well from all corners of the world. Slowly but surely it will build the rep it deserves. With the exhausts they have and a tune, it is quite a beast.
Secret disabled traction control...
...did you pull a fuse?
A modded, stock car review. Hahaha
There's a button hidden under the dash you push and hold after turning off the traction control button on the dash. That fully disables traction control.
now where is this button exactly? i have a 2017 Q50RS and i cant find it
@@TheNonSmokingTire there's a video of a q50 on here that tells you how but I believe it is up behind the gaspedal arm or break pedal arm
TheNonSmokingTire push and hold brake pedal and u gonna see 2 little buttons on top of where the pedal stops, i think the one on the left hold it for like 5-6 seconds and that should do it
I have a g35x, this really makes me want the Q60s red sport now
I have a RWD Q50 Red Sport, added the Nissan Motorsport exhaust and Michelin Sport A/S 3+, 255 front, 285 rear , and did not want or get the DAS. Came from a G37 IPL, the Red Sports don't get enough respect.
I just got an AWD one. I would not like the RWD one. How does it not come with an LSD? wtf? 400hp to one wheel? Active trace control is not an answer for a limited slip diff lol. I've unplugged the cable in my trunk to let me do just RWD, and its not great... Can't launch nearly as hard for and it does one wheel peels lol. Go for the AWD guys, 5k down 400 a month lease
Bryan Rosenberg - Well Z1 motor sports is offering an LSD for the car now.. You could have both, it's actually not that expensive either.
BigHeadClan that would be cool lol. I could put the LSD on an AWD model lol? But the stock RS400 RWD sucks compared to the AWD from what I’ve seen :/
Yep you can have an LSD in the AWD model as well from what I understand, the RWD really isn't all that bad it's just the stock tires make traction a big deal.
But yeah the RWD model needs the LSD the most, it was always strange they dropped it when they ended up adding about 30% more power over the outgoing model. lol
As a q60rs owner. All you gotta do. Is Boltons and a tune. My car beats first Gen gtrs all day long. Took one from 50-170 then I let off. Cars are very underrated
Infiniti had stepped up their game. I'm very interested in that new black edition coming. I raced a tuned one last week it was fairly quick. Have to go black inside tho!
Nice review of the car. I liked your comment about the steering. It seams like all the other reviews just copy and pasted the same lines.
Preach ya and some complained about das 1.0 which was absolute shit.. the q60 uses das 2.0... so they are repeating old reviews of the 1.0..
Probably because the more articles they write the more rhey make so they just assume all is the same and copy and paste to apeed articles up.
Best overall car in its class. The reason why journalists don’t like it is that it’s not cartoonish.
Nice!! Nice car. Great track performance!
Would love see you guys build one of these
I owned a 2017 q50 RS and now 2018 Q60 RS. Advice i would give is to run 0w40 over the factory 0w20. The ow20 is for peak gas mileage and will give you horrible heatsoak. Especially in the summer.
A lot of people hating on the q60s but the mad because they’re driving a Honda Civic si 😂😂😂
lost ya at liters and km's - i own 2 G35's and really like this car and what it has become a lot.
I love the design
This thing is stunning.
I test drove one. I really liked the car, but felt like the seat belt was cutting into my neck. Didn't get the same feeling in the Q60 3.0 sport but didn't enjoy the drive in that one as much.
1:29 holy wing on that civic
infinity actually carry on the Skyline code name on the G35/37 and now Q50 series
I got to drive a pre-production muleof the Q50 RedSport back in 2016. Very fun car!
Same, only I thought it was awful! Making me question everything else this channel says now:(
Unless this was a sponsored vid?
@@mattteee2973 I found nothing wrong with it. It's the perfect alternative to an M3 because it's fast but not unnecessarily expensive for things most people will never use on the street. You can take it to a shorter lapping day but most people will commute in them and occasionally bomb an on ramp. The M3 is a vastly superior sports sedan, but your average accountant doesn't need carbon ceramic brakes to sit in traffic.
My boss has one an AWD one. It’s really quite nice actually
I’d love to see a Pontiac g8/Chevy caprice ppv / Chevy SS/ Holden commodore track build from you guys. Apparently I’m the only guy in America who’s interested corners. Everyone else builds drag cars.... a caprice ppv can be had in the states for less than 6000usd at auction.
You need to share the details on disabling the ESP!
I drove one on track a couple of years ago and hated it so it sounds like it makes a huge difference.
I'm assuming he pulled the fuse for ABS which should disable Traction/Stability
nice review, i have that car. love it.
beautiful and reliable car
So a GTR and a 370Z go to a motel, and nine months later... The Infinity Q30 Red was born. Nissan is at it again, and that's always good news. I Hope this, as well as other recent car offerings, spurs the enthusiast car market once again! Great run Dave, really showed the car's personality! 👍
"Q60"
@@cooldaddyslick6869 good catch, don't know how I did that. Lol. Fat stiff fingers rapidly texting on my smartphone most likely. 😏
That's incest
The Q60 is the successor of the G37/Skyline
The True infinitI
Journos who can't drive. Not liek a BMW, not like an Audi. Bad handling. Disconnected. Guy who drives racing cars for fun. Wow, this really lives up to its sport name, no brake fade, feels great!
All the car needs to really get it going is downpipes and a tune. That with some better performance tires and it'll move out very nicely.
6:00 DAS doesn't "adapt" or change while you're driving. It has a number of advantages and settings but it's not going to change as you go nor "adapt" to your driving. Not picking, just clarifying.
Any chance you could do a video on the basics of using the paddle shifters on track I cant find anything good on it. I'm probably overthinking it but coming from manual to auto it just doesn't feel right
I take my q50 3.7 to this same track at Cayuga pretty regularly. It's a hard track to drive on with all the tight corners for a big heavy car
very good tuning potential, not so on the weight though....
Would love to see the Q60 AWD vs the Audi RS3. Both have 400hp and both are AWD... make it happen please.
Those seats look a bit like braum seats I'm digging that
LMAO I thought you went off the track at the first bend.
Hey!! You're missing your old G35's lap time in there! 1:22.90 after coil overs, bolt ons, brakes, and differential.
I really wanna see new design from Infiniti
They need to offer a Manual Trans and then it be fun to drive
Currently have a 2013 g37xs coupe but love this car what’s the move ?
That trombone exhaust 8:40😂😂
I love the Akebono brakes on my 370z, this has the same Brakes as it.
akebono makes pads?
no sir, I'm talking about the calipers. I know the stock pads aren't awful in them too... but I don't know what ones come stock, I upgraded to project Mu
Akebono makes pads, yes.
i know they make pads i'm running them, wasn't aware they made calipers too
Grab some Slotted Stop Tech Rotors, Stop a tech Pads, SS Brake Lines, Motul RBF 600 brake fluid. Literally has saved my life man. That paired with the Akebonos is AMAZINGGG !!!!!
This is giving me Vertigo
Speed Academy you think I should buy it. ?
The lack of a manual option is why I'm keeping my g37 forever, after bolt ons and tune it can make 400 at crank
View from your helmet GoPro is hard to watch since it requires us to change our view back and forth with your head too many times. Feeling sick now lol. Thanks for he review though.
Current G35 Owner Here, don't mean to interrupt, but a year or two ago, I saw a Q-Series Sedan with, what looked to be a VK56-derived power plant in it, with a shorter head obviously. I haven't had my ear to the ground like I used to, but I figured that would make 5.6 liter Nissan swaps easier than the Forsberg-Cut-a-hole-in-your-hood-method. You guys have any thoughts on that?
IIRC Forsberg uses an ITB intake on his which is part of why he cuts a hole in his good. But the VK also comes in a 4.5L and 5.0L. I'd imagine those are shorter deck blocks than the 5.6L.
BREATHE! Have you noticed you sometimes hold your breath in certain corners? Thanks for ripping some laps. Put some sticky tires on it and probably shave a second or 2 off those lap times. SWEET!
twinscrew928 g force in the corner, ever drove fast before
@@MarksTournaments Yep. National Instructor for Porsche Club of America. The g's he's experiencing (especially in that car) should not prevent him from breathing. Just offering an observation to improve his track skills. :) All of us (even the experienced/pros) can learn from others.
As a G37 owner I'd like to know how it handles with head soak from say a 15 minute track session on and off all weekend. Mt G doesn't really like doing it with it's 7 speed auto.
run a oil and trans cooler, youll be fine.
DAT INTERIOR
Add a GTHaus exhaust like I have on my Q50s and people will know who the hell is coming down the road along with adding a stronger torsion bar front and back and some coil overs, well shit there you go.
I imagine this things bad ass. Kinda wish they put the old 4.5 dual over head cam engine in it like in my M45s. Idk just my opinion v8s sound so much better then any v6.
Pulling the esp fuse out, here we go
The base for next generation Fairlady Z?
I like 2018 Infiniti Q60. I hope Infiniti make Q60 convertible again.
WJ Kim I hope they don’t those things were ugly
I believe Mercedes is using this Infiniti/Nissan engine. Great review sir, well done!
Yes the 2.0L I4 not the Premium or Red Sport Infiniti aren't going to share their V6 knowledge with Mercedes so they can steel from them like they did DaimlerChrysler when they merged for a few years the 4.7L V8 Cherokee Limited & Mercedes Benz 430 SUV is the same exact vehicle check underneath each vehicle..
Don't think it was really necessary to totally disable the TC as Infintii gives you a lot to work with in the sport modes,
but looks like you had a lot of fun with it.
Not sure how you were getting 7L/100KM though, best I've heard people getting is about 9.5-10L/100KM. lol
It isn't a baby GTR motor like everyone thinks. It's an entirely new engine.
So much easier to hear you talk in a car with the stock muffler.
Very nice car.
I've always liked this car - it has lots of potential but I wish Infiniti would make a hardcore race version
motomusiq they are lol
We should definitely find out for sure sometime next month. Hedging on the Tokyo auto show or at the U.S. Grand Prix.
WTF happened to the shift paddles? They used be mounted in the steering column like the ones in the GTR
I need the black sport
If they made these things with three pedals, I'd have one in a second.
Waiting for the new 400z lol hopefully it'll have the same VR engine too. So much potential with those v6's.
@@a.quintero8373 Yup! See the video I made about it on my channel. 😎
audio has never been so clear
I want one.
Manual transmission plz
That Infiniti would look gorgeous without all that chrome.
Simple fix just use vinyl wrap
thanks
Man this guy has some serious veggie tales voice squeaks going on.
LMAO
I love Veggie Tales !!!
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Nice sleeper GTR!
"i did not expect it to be this driveable around a racetrack" well, luis hamilton was involved with development of the car... he drove the test car and gave feedback on it
Wasn't Sebastien Vettel involved with EAU ROUGE ??
@@bigden2755 one of those guys 😉
🔥🔥
The pen is re...The pen is re re re...THE PEN IN MY HAND IS RRRRRRRROYAL BLUE!!!
Nicholas Rodrigues lmfao
im pretty sure this is the platform for the New Z thats coming out in the next few years
There is a lot of product shifting happening at INFINITI right now...mainly moving towards electrified powertrains, which is a reason some of the vehicles are rotting on the vine.
However, and unless they shift course again (lol, it is INFINITI afterall), the 50/60 twins appear to escape that fate. Their new platform is already in development and if the Z is going into production, it will ride on this new platform.
Infotainment and weight. Matter of fact bring back the 300zx with that motor.
Z1 Motorsports threw in this engine into a 370Z, pretty bad ass
Curious on 1/4 mile time
I'm trying to decide between the the Q60 red sport, the Alfa Romeo Gulia or the Porsche Cayman 718
What did you get
@@sryofcrwsntme9517 I got the C8 Corvette and the Alfa Romeo. Check out the videos on my channel
@@vip_supercars3652 ok I've had 2 c8's. Looking at gr86 rn, pure drivers car but maybe to slow?
Surprised he was praising the "balance" of the car with the insane amount of understeer he was getting. Hell the only time I saw the car rotate was while turning under hard braking
Come check out Infiniti of Bayside, queens, NY if anyone wants to look more into the q60 or our other models.
heavy? i own one and they are one of the lightest cars out there... takes off like a rocket
i have a q60. love everything except when it rains. Does not handle well in the rain or slick conditions.
ditch the stock tires. they suck.
Much better then stinger
Hiram Rosa Jr definitely
@@Norrr3 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Price?
My new dream car. I love the fact that its quiet. I dont like loud annoying ass cars
how can you not
I didn't think they were such porkers. Keep doing more of these videos. I'd love it if you get to do older cars and some domestics too.