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The official unveiling of the 2009 Infiniti FX in Geneva is just a few weeks away, but prototypes are out and about as we speak, and one of Brenda Priddy's minions caught a copper-colored example in Los Angeles yesterday. While the head and taillights are taped off, not much is left to the imagination. The car's basic overall shape remains the same, but a more pronounced grille opening dominates the protruding nose. It's flanked by angry-looking reshaped headlamps that stretch backward onto the fenders. It's certainly a departure from the more reserved look of the current one's schnoz. The tape running the length of the body obscures a character line that's been seen in other photos.
Out back, pointier taillamps mimic the reshaped lighting up front, and the integrated spoiler on the rear hatch is now body-colored, as opposed to the blacked-out piece on the current car. Brenda also reports that the new FX is slightly longer than the one it's set to replace. An FX37 with at least 300 horsepower is expected, as is as a step-up model sporting a 5.0 or 5.5-liter V8 making something in the vicinity 375 - 400 horses. We'll be in Geneva to bring you the news as it happens. [Source: Brenda Priddy & Co.]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
almost Dr. G.. @ Feb 9th 2008 2:39PM
i would love it if these things came with a 6 speed manual :) im a huge fan of the previous gen FX bc it is so unconventional relative to the bland M-class and X3 and not fwd like the RX. Great relative value for the price too.
Franz @ Feb 9th 2008 9:33PM
I agree. The old one was such a wonderful car... all it needed was a manual tranny to be damn near perfect. And the noise the FX35 made was pure music.
zreeb @ Feb 9th 2008 2:44PM
Aw man, those pictures last month were real!
It's fugly.
zreeb @ Feb 9th 2008 2:45PM
ACK!
giallo @ Feb 9th 2008 3:05PM
That thing looks great! I Love the black stripes! Will there be a convertible available?
2004m3driver @ Feb 9th 2008 3:38PM
pretty damn fast too
Jerk Face @ Feb 9th 2008 3:39PM
*barfs*
dwightB @ Feb 9th 2008 3:59PM
:sigh:
Eh, not horrible, but not great either.
I think I prefer the current iteration over this one though. This one looks like someone tried to customize an FX... and well, that was the result, lol.
Tagg @ Feb 9th 2008 4:05PM
Whats with the Leno chin bumper? Maybe its the angle but it seems that it sticks out a foot fromt the grille and lower fascia.
Brett- BMW Advo @ Feb 9th 2008 5:04PM
not to say ive liked the Infiniti FX but I will say that they ruined the design with this new model.
Johnny082 @ Feb 9th 2008 5:39PM
The reason I lovedddddddddddddddd the first FX was its very sexy, yet elegant profile nd styling, this though it tooooo angry lookin.
Why is it that every car these days seems to be pissed off?
Reader @ Feb 9th 2008 5:43PM
We live in a pissed off world these days :P
I'm a fan of Infiniti automobiles, but not this one. The end just screams station wagon (even if that's what a CUV is, I don't want them to look like it).
Anti-believer @ Feb 9th 2008 5:58PM
Someone at Infiniti and Nissan is real upset, 'cause it is showing in their work.
mikew @ Feb 9th 2008 6:43PM
All I can see are the metal braces
mk @ Feb 9th 2008 7:26PM
The fx has gone and gotten itself looking mighty hideous.
It was unique before. It is ugly in the spy shots.
asolar @ Feb 9th 2008 8:17PM
I like the front end, but not the back end.
mikew @ Feb 9th 2008 9:22PM
Oops, that was tape.
tim Colyer @ Feb 9th 2008 9:24PM
My grandson called the FX the ninja turtle, because that's what it looked like. Now it's an angry ninja
turtle. At least it looks japanese.
FamilyGuy @ Feb 9th 2008 9:58PM
Horrible, just horrible.
Jon @ Feb 9th 2008 10:01PM
Still ugly.
I don't understand Infiniti's design style with these new models. I'm sure I'm not the only one.