Infiniti's overhauled M37 V-6 sedan is a brilliant blend of style, personality, comfort and performance. Of course, for $50K or so, it ought to be pretty good. But it's extraordinary even when price is considered.
The M56 V-8 model, though ...
The M56 rear-drive test car earned our unyielding enmity by including an options package that had lane-departure warning. Stray from the very center of the lane and: beep, beep. The lane warning had an off switch, but you had to use it each time you started the car. Infiniti says you can turn off the feature permanently using a control accessed by the navigation screen.
We emphasize the aggravation of the lane warning system because it symbolizes a larger issue: an error in presentation, or perhaps simply an irony. The lower-price M37 is such a well-done, satisfying machine (based on our time in a preproduction rear-drive model) that the much higher-price, well-optioned M56 seemed overdone, gratuitous, crass.
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