THE Infiniti Q70 2.2D, if you’re wondering, is a BMW 5 Series rival, built by premium firm Infiniti that combines luxury and performance in its cars.
The new 2.2-litre diesel – sourced from Mercedes-Benz – provides a real step into the company car market for Infiniti, so SME directors looking for something different from the usual German premium cars, then the Infiniti Q70 2.2d Sport Tech provides an interesting, techno laded alternative.
In Sport mode, the Infiniti Q70 2.2d Sport Tech offers a 0-62mph sprint in 8.9 seconds and a company car tax band of 23% thanks to CO2 emissions of 129g/km – so the cost of leasing this car is fully deductible against taxable corporate profits.
While the Infiniti Q70 doesn’t match its BMW rival punch-for-punch for on-road driving dynamics, its £38,895 P11D price tag is exceptional with such a vast array of gadgets as standard equipment that would put many thousands of pounds on the list price of its German rivals.
And before we older generation motorists get carried away by the ‘driving experience’, latest statistics from the US show that the new generation of technology-savvy ‘young ‘uns’ are changing their cars more frequently just to keep pace with the latest gizmos.
According to vehicle purchase tracking specialists Edmunds.com, the average lease time last year fell to just 36 months and often, in some months, to less than three years – not dissimilar to that of a smartphone.