….. a Mercedes designed engine
….. that will be built in a Nissan factory
….. in the USA by american workers
….. that will find it’s way to both an Infiniti and a Mercedes product…
Wow, my head is spinning… I guess trying to explain the complexity of this to people like paddyoh about ditching Jeff Bridges would be too hard :)[/quote]
Nissan filed for the G22d, G30t, and G35h trademark. AFAIK, Nissan will use the Mercedes 2.2L diesel, but they’ll develop their own V6 and the G35h will be the same system in the M35h. If the trademark covers all of the G model, it seems like the G22d will be competing against the 328. It’ll get much better gas mileage but we’ll see if it can compete with the performance. The G35h will give you both performance and MPG. I’m most interested in seeing what the G30t will be.
Also, the next G will be using the next C-class’s platform as well, not just the engine. Mercedes also claimed their next C-class will get 20% better MPG by losing weight and increasing aerodynamics. The next G was supposed to be out this year, but they had to postpone it due to this deal, since the C-class is on a different cycle and it wont come out until 2014.
Nissan also confirm that they’ll build more of their cars in the US, at least the one that will be sold in the US. This is due to the Yen being too strong. It would be funny if Nissan build more cars in the US for the US market than GM :-D.
