Forget those VPLs chaps, because Infiniti will be exposing its IPL at the Paris motor show - the Infiniti Performance Line G Cabrio concept.
The show concept is said to provide a tantalising vision (oo-er!) of a new range of Infiniti models to extend the Japanese brand's reach further into the performance car market. The Paris debut follows the unveiling in the USA in August of the first production Infiniti Performance Line variant, the G Coupé, with which the IPL badge has been launched in North America. (OK... so is it only us who think that's funny?)
The Paris show car gets new 19-inch split-rim 7-spoke graphite-finish alloy wheels, and also sports a new front bumper section and blacked-out grille and headlight surrounds. There are sculptured sill extensions, a slightly lowered body and bootlid spoiler.
Inside, we're told the centre console is finished with black lacquer while the dashboard area above the glove box and doors are adorned with KACCHU, the name given to the armour used by Japan's feudal warlords, or samurai, in the Middle Ages, no less. They're small iron plates woven through textile to provide not just great strength but also flexibility and light weight. (Have we tuned into the Discovery Channel by mistake?)
Under the bonnet of the IPL G Cabrio Concept sits Infiniti's 3.7-litre V6, boosted by 18hp to 333hp via a high-flow dual exhaust system that is also designed to sound more fruity than the standard item. The running gear has been upgraded, and sports suspension with 10% stiffer springs and recalibrated dampers have been fitted.
A decision on launching IPL Infinitis in Europe will be taken later after reaction to the IPL Concept has been considered, the company says.
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