BMW's Purves says luxury focus in New York was no accident

Is it an accident that luxury cars dominated this year's New York International Auto Show?

Some of the most desirable name brands-- Acura, Audi, Infiniti, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz -- have new vehicles on display. Many of the cars have extravagant performance capabilities, such as the 507-horsepower Mercedes E63 AMG sedan and the Lexus LS 600h Lgas/electric-hybrid sedan, which has more power than a Corvette or a Porsche 911.

BMW's U.S. chief Tom Purves was checking out the overhauled Infiniti G35 sedan from Nissan Motor, which will compete against BMW's recently overhauled, entry-level 3 Series model. The Nissan stand was one of the hottest at the media preview, housing both the handsome new Infiniti and the re-done Nissan Altima sedan, which will go on sale this fall. The Altima is Nissan's top-seller, as well as the most profitable vehicle to come out of the Renault-Nissan alliance.

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Official AutoSpies.com 2006 New York auto show photo gallery

dblo7 - 4/20/2006 4:26:29 PM

+1 Boost

Lol...that dude must be on the MIB list of imported Aliens. New G35 looks too much like the M...not a good move.