Infiniti is planning a range-topping high performance coupe and it will be inspired by the Essence concept from Geneva 2009.
The automobile is due within six years. However, a saloon version could arrive first, along with a hot variant produced by a new Infiniti performance division to rival AMG.
Company president Johan de Nysschen said: “An Infiniti halo automobile is important for our future. It should have a strong emotional character and is likely to be a powerful and exciting coupe.” He then added: “I would like to see commercialisation of the Essence concept towards the back end of the decade.”
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However, de Nysschen quashed rumours Infiniti would produce a Porsche Cayman rival based on the Emerg-E concept from Geneva last year. “We won’t do a small a small sports automobile as that is a declining sector.”
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The details come as Infiniti laid out bold plans to increase its product line-up by 60 per cent and double its range of engines in a bid to increase global sales from 200,000 to 500,000 by 2020.
De Nysschen explained: “By 2016 we will start firing quickly with new product and revamps of current cars.”