2008 Infiniti M Receives Major Upgrades

2008 Infiniti M45 Sport

August 17, 2007 11:33 AM
Filed Under: Infiniti, Japanese

For model year 2008 Infiniti's M series gets some sporting upgrades. Firstly, the M45 gets slapped with an “x” designation like its M35x fraternal twin. That ever mysterious letter “x” means the 4.5 liter V8 gets all-wheel-drive in addition to some revised interior and exterior styling, front and rear bumpers, headlights, grille, trunk lid, taillight design, rear quarter panels, new wheels and new chrome accents.

The M sport sedan on the other hand gets replaced with a Sports Package which includes its own unique front and rear bumper styling package in addition to side sills and colored headlamps. Rear Active Steer (RAS), 19-inch wheels and tires round out the package.

In brief, here are the details at a glance:

New M45x AWD model with intelligent ATTESA E-TS all-wheel drive
Production debut of Infiniti’s Lane Departure Prevention (LDP) system
Revised front and rear fascia, headlights, grille, rear decklid and taillight design, rear fender panels, new chrome accents
New wheel designs
Available Sport Package with unique styling, Rear Active Steer (RAS), 19-inch wheels and tires
Increased differentiation between Sport Package and non-Sport Package vehicles with unique bumpers, side sills, headlight color and wheels
Rain sensing wipers
Infiniti Hard Drive Navigation System with touch-screen, 9.3GB Music Box hard drive for digital music storage and playback and available XM NavTraffic® (requires active XM® subscription, sold separately)
Revised interior and revised aluminum and wood trim
Standard High Intensity Discharge (HID) xenon headlights with Adaptive Front lighting System (AFS) (optionally available on M35 AWD)
Standard climate-controlled seats
New Stone interior color
New white instrument panel lighting with violet accents and white and violet interior lighting
Standard XM Satellite Radio (requires XM® subscription, sold separately)
Six new exterior colors (out of eight total)

Further details on the following pages.

Source: Infiniti

Press Release (Click to expand)

Overview

2008 Infiniti M Receives Major Upgrades, Including First Available Production Lane Departure Prevention System

Just two years after its highly successful introduction, the Infiniti M receives major upgrades for 2008 that include the first-ever availability of Infiniti’s intelligent ATTESA™ E-TS all-wheel drive system on the 4.5-liter V8-powered M45. The new model, designated M45x, joins the M35x to provide buyers with two choices in all-climate AWD performance.

Other enhancements for 2008 include revised interior and exterior styling and added luxury amenities and technologies, including the production debut of Infiniti’s newest safety technology, the Lane Departure Prevention (LDP) system.

The exterior enhancements for 2008 include revised front and rear fascia, grille, rear fender panels, rear decklid and taillight design, new chrome accents and new 18-inch and 19-inch sport aluminum-alloy wheels.

Inside, the new 2008 Infiniti M includes an upgraded Infiniti Hard Drive Navigation System with touch-screen, 9.3GB Music Box hard drive for digital music storage and playback and available XM NavTraffic® (requires active XM® subscription, sold separately), as well as new white instrument panel lighting with violet accents and white and violet interior lighting, standard XMâ Satellite Radio (requires XM® subscription, sold separately) and a revised Stone colored interior.

Also for 2008, the previous M35 and M45 Sport models have been replaced by an available Sport Package, which includes significant visual differentiation from non-Sport Package models – including unique exterior and interior styling, Rear Active Steer (RAS) and 19-inch sport wheels and tires.

In addition to the advanced navigation system, other available M technology includes Bluetooth? Hands-free Phone System, an Infiniti Information Display with 7-inch LCD screen and easy-to-use controls, Infiniti voice recognition and RearView Monitor.

“The Infiniti M is an expression of power, refinement, technology and design – all the things that make Infiniti owners’ hearts pound,” said Mark Igo, vice president and general manager, Infiniti. “The M captures the soul of the Infiniti brand, expressing it in invigorating, forward thinking ways.”

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Comments

abu-fahd

August 18, 2007 2:50 PM

This japanese car is much better than Cadillac or any American car. is it n't???

Rolli

August 23, 2007 5:22 PM

No, it is worse. It is japanese. They copy some ideas to get some profit. The japanese car industry is the evil witch, feeding the american Hensels and Gretels to eat them someday... if you wanna do everything right, buy a german or american car. To buy a japanese car is naive..

mako001

September 2, 2007 5:26 AM

Shouldn't the "most wanted sedan under $45" (Edmunds review) be selling like hot cakes?? It's good, but its competitors are better. Sadly price is never the only consideration.

rsa1945

September 7, 2007 6:31 AM

Will the M45x be able to add the sport package or is that only for the M45?

Ferrariguy

September 12, 2007 11:33 AM

To Rolli, I have respect for what they bring to the table, but to call them evil is ignorant! I think you won't own it because the simple fact that it's "japanese," that's all and you stated that pretty good on your opening sentence. American cars are starting to get better and over the past decades they are the true "evil," in the auto business producing garbage after garbage to push sales neglecting quality, and reliablity, but I guess you don't care for those factors, and by you putting german cars into the sentence along with american cars is abscene!

Reviewer

September 16, 2007 10:20 PM

Since we're determined to avoid a debate on the merits of the 'M', a car that begins with a wonderful engine and moves up to commendable perfomance across a number of areas, as verified by numerous comparisons, I'll note that I have 'trusted' the American carmakers with my money for the last time, after doing so twice and getting SCORCHED both times with total breakdowns, poor resale, etc. EVERY time I've moved back to Nissan/Infiniti, where I started with my first new car, my value and performance has delivered in resale, comfort, insurance premiums, reliability, durability, etc. German cars? - sure, great thrills - just don't cry when you get the repair bill - you asked for it. And by the way, on German cars - why do the old ones look/sound so crappy, even when the start out with such 'premium' value? Old Bimmers really suck (obviously, owners have decided that the repeated, exorbitant maintenance costs exceed the value as they wait on them to die), Old Benzs don't fare so badly cosmetically, but, what do you pay to keep those beasts running? And, always, always, large numbers of them for sale in my large metro area newspaper.

car-lover

November 14, 2007 9:51 AM

it's better than Cadillac.

AHHCAMRY

November 19, 2007 6:53 AM

STUPID STUPID. WHO cares if the car is American or japanese or german. I want the most bang for my buck and when i decide to up grade to a better car i want high as hell trade in value. And baby that's all that matter. Its a fuc*ing shame that american cars r made like crap b cause people like my dad will always buy american. thats y toyota , honda and the sort rival American cars but the american made cars r starting to come around engine wise but interior -look out plastic crap. As far as the tired ol line of foreign cars r expensive to fix . true that but its a rare. i had a 93 camry and it lasted me all the way to 160,000 miles until some jackass t bone me in the intersection and destroyed it. i hardly put money into that car.

ATTESA45

December 8, 2008 4:27 AM

Jappanese car for ever. No caddilac it's so crap

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