Paul Eisenstein Special to The Detroit News Published 1:22 PM EST Jan 14, 2019 Detroit — Nissan's Infiniti luxury brand hoped to debut its QX inspiration on Monday at the Detroit auto show, but it looked like it had a case of stage fright. The news conference to announce its unveiling started, but a mechanical problem with the vehicle prevented company officials from rolling it out to be seen by the international media. Despite the glitch Monday, Nissan’s Infiniti brand has a history of rolling out some exotic concept cars. But it also has a record of transforming them into striking production vehicles like the current QX50 crossover. So, it would be foolish to dismiss the new QX Inspiration Concept as just another fantasy car. The new model has a crossover-like body and a fully electric drivetrain. That’s no surprise considering current market trends – and the fact that Infiniti officials have laid out plans to “electrify” virtually … [Read more...] about Infiniti concept EV breaks down on way to debut
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Infiniti QX Inspiration Concept offers hint of the future
Paul Eisenstein Special to The Detroit News Published 11:51 AM EST Jan 14, 2019 Nissan’s Infiniti brand has a history of rolling out some exotic concept cars. But it also has a record of transforming them into striking production vehicles like the current QX50 crossover. So, it would be foolish to dismiss the new QX Inspiration Concept as just another fantasy car. Following in the tire tracks of the Q Inspiration sedan concept unveiled at the North American International Auto Show on Monday, the new model shifts to a more crossover-like body and a fully electric drivetrain. That’s no surprise considering current market trends – and the fact that Infiniti officials have laid out plans to “electrify” virtually their entire lineup by 2021. Read: Steph Curry's Infiniti concept slam dunk ahead of Detroit auto show “The Infiniti QX Inspiration marks the beginning of a new generation of Infiniti cars and establishes a direct blueprint for the … [Read more...] about Infiniti QX Inspiration Concept offers hint of the future
Steph Curry’s Infiniti concept slam dunk ahead of Detroit auto show
Henry Payne The Detroit News Published 6:32 PM EST Jan 11, 2019 NBA basketball superstar Stephen Curry got the Detroit auto show reveals rolling from California on Friday with a sneak peak of the Infiniti QX Inspiration concept that will debut in Cobo Center Monday. The viral selfie — which the Golden State Warrior guard posted to his Facebook and Twitter pages — is an indication of how social media is changing auto shows. Automakers are increasingly debuting products way beyond the traditional show floor in order to get exclusive attention. Like Infiniti's assist to Curry and his 8.2 million Facebook followers and 13 million Twitter followers. "I got a nice little sneak peek of the QX Inspiration — they brought it in my driveway. This is absolutely insane," said Curry. He's an Infiniti spokesman who has done a TV ad with a QX50 crossover. The QX is an electric concept that follows the sexy Q Inspiration sedan that Infiniti brought to … [Read more...] about Steph Curry’s Infiniti concept slam dunk ahead of Detroit auto show
‘Avengers: Infinity War’: Concept Art Reveals Alternate Final Battle
Avengers: Infinity War. In it, we get to see many more of the Avengers in the final fight. What we see isn’t all that dissimilar from what happened in Iron Man’s fight with Thanos. The artwork in question shows Captain America, Hulk and Black Widow attempting to hold Thanos down and remove the Infinity Gauntlet before Thor delivers what he thinks is going to be the killing blow. Thanos then looks up and snaps his fingers, much to the horror of everyone around him. Also read: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Concept Art Shows Thor With Jarnbjorn You can see the image in question below: From the look of things, the final battle with Thanos was a far more desperate affair. In the ending that made it on screen, Thanos easily swatted most of the Avengers aside as he made his way to Vision for the Mind Stone. He was, however, unable to stand against the power of Stormbreaker as the weapon was able to break through the power of the Infinity Stones and slam the axe into … [Read more...] about ‘Avengers: Infinity War’: Concept Art Reveals Alternate Final Battle
‘Avengers: Infinity’ Concept Art Reveals A Much Different Nidavellir Sequence
New Avengers: Infinity War concept art offers fans a glimpse at just how different the scene on Nidavellir nearly was. Avengers: Infinity War is a film that features a story spanning all across the galaxy, so there are quite a few different locations shown throughout. One of those locations is Nidavellir, the planet on which the Dwarves used to reside. Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Groot (Vin Diesel), and Rocket (Bradley Cooper) journey to the planet to forge a weapon called Stormbreaker, which is presumed to be strong enough to slay the Mad Titan Thanos (Josh Brolin). Also read: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Concept Art Reveals Grotesque Red Skull Designs Thor arrives at the planet expecting to be greeted by a whole population full of Dwarves, full of life, but instead, it’s a desolate location that is only populated by the lone Dwarf Eitri (Peter Dinklage), whose hands have been destroyed by Thanos, much like the rest of the Dwarves were. Thanks to a new piece … [Read more...] about ‘Avengers: Infinity’ Concept Art Reveals A Much Different Nidavellir Sequence