Infiniti Finished in the UK and Western Europe

EwanBlack

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Ewan
Official - due in part to new EU emissions regs - they are currently reduced to only having the Q30/QX30, and Q50 Hybrid to sell. All other models are gone. Nissan/Infiniti have said that due to extremely poor sales of the 30's - combined with the EU regs - they are to stop production in the UK entirely of the 30's , and pull out of UK/Europe totally from 2020, which gives them 1 year left to arrange for suitable warranty cover - which if I had to guess, will probably be supplied by Nissan dealers.

Pretty sad really when you see Toyota's luxury arm Lexus going from strength to strength, and yet Nissan/Infiniti never really took off here. Poor management and investment in new models that were capable of meeting EU regs was in my opinion the largest reason for the brand's failure here. Of course now that Nissan's CEO has been replaced, the collaboration they had previously with Renault and Mercedes for engine and platforms will in all probability go to the wall.

Infiniti have reacted far to slowly to the growing trend for hybrid or purely electric vehicles, as BMW, Audi and Mercedes walk all over them in Europe.

The Q60 lasted all of 2 years, couldn't meet any of the new emissions regs - and was dropped.
All variants of the Q50, except the Hybrid were dropped
No replacement for either the QX50 or QX70
And lastly sales of the Q30/QX30 were dismally poor.

My local Infiniti dealer in Glasgow has more used cars from other manufacturers in it's showroom/forecourt than they have new Infinitis to sell.

It's just so sad :(

RIP Infiniti!.
 
I couldn't agree more Ewan, sad to see them go too. I have had great service from Infiniti Glasgow, and briefly contemplated selling my current car, once I heard the news. I had seen it coming for a while, as whenever I queried about the new QX50 appearing in the UK, was never given any timescale. However, sticking with it as so much value for money and a great owner/driving experience after my previous Porsche Cayenne. I chose the QX70 S over another Porsche or RX450H, only reason to regret that choice, is the fact that they will be no more in the UK. Still, at least they will continue to be a rare sight on our roads....:cool:
 
At least for me is no big deal. They were not in Romania anyway and the service was done by Nissan dealers. The bright side: more exclusivity for us EU owners :)
 
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