Originally posted by velfarretokyo
Inventories can be misleading. They may have just taken delivery of a boatload of cars - or maybe the system hasn't been updated on a timely basis. In my area, granted we only have 1 Infiniti dealership, you have to wait for any FX or G35C model. And the G35 sedans still sell pretty well they say.
Its a shame the Q isn't doing better, as its a very nice car. The M was just a horrible mistake, but as they, its just a placeholder til the new one comes in 2 years. Hopefully they will make it a grue 5-series/GS competitor.
Like the article said, they're not trying too hard to increase the sale number. I'm sure they can do it with lower prices but they just don't want to. The M45 is not hurting them too much I think because they already made up the cost of R&D with the sales in Japan. That's probably another reason why they're not trying to hard to push the sales number of the M either.
If you noticed, all new models from Nissan/Infiniti are selling well, while old models are severely lagging. I'm sure when they redesign the laggin models, it'll sell just as well. Just make stretch the FM platform for the M35/45 and it'll sell just fine and it'll cost them much less to make too.