INFINITI vs Lexus

Players in the Luxury car market try catering to the same basic instincts of luxury car buyers, giving them style, premium materials, comfort, and performance. INFINITI, the Nissan's luxury brand, and Lexus, Toyota's luxury brand, of are no different.

While each brand has its loyal legions of followers, there are some pretty significant differences in how the two deliver their brand of luxury; while you may have an easier finding a Lexus owner willing to re-car into an INFINITI, you'll see it's difficult to find an INFINITI owner willing to re-car into a Lexus.

A Stark Difference

Exterior Lines

One of the biggest hurdles of any manufacturer that brands both a luxury car and a consumer brand is to draw a big, bold line between the brands. Let's face it, there's nothing more distracting from creating a luxury brand image than having the luxury model look like a flashed up consumer model with fancier trim.

INFINITI goes to great lengths to make sure there is a distinct brand image to INFINITI, well separated from the more commercial Nissan. It goes as far as employing one of Italy's leading designers as the chief executive of the brand design, but also make sure that the design team is sourced globally in geographically diverse locations.

This genetic cross pollination makes for some of the most stunning and elegant INFINITI designs on the planet. It's hard to look at an INFINITI and see a Nissan under the skin, but look at a Lexus ES for example, and you see a clear relationship to the Toyota Camry.

Interior Luxury

Like style, a luxury car has to create an environment that presents the epitome of class. With features like flowing instrument panels, graceful curves inside and out, and accents and trims that look and feel like they've been born of the fashion studios in Milan rather than auto design studios around the globe, INFINITI presents a classier design.

Lexus just seems to have trouble shaking that Toyota look and feel in this arena, and it's evident when you see that the body and interior lines as well as the materials used in Lexus manufacture share many of the same characteristics as Toyota.

An Emphasis on Performance

Lexus doesn't consider performance as a standard feature until you break a pretty high cost threshold. Even the LS, with its max 386 horsepower and a sticker price of $72,520, only marginally exceeds the entry level INFINITI Q40's 328 horsepower.

To be sure, apples to apples the LS and the Q40 are differently sized, but in a rating of power and performance you see that the INFINITI has performance as part of the design criteria. For a fair example, consider the Lexus IS which stickers at $36.550 only has an output of 204 horsepower. If you're looking for 0 to 60 in 12 seconds, 204 Horsepower is all you need. INFINITI provides you with more standard performance features with every model designed to give you an exhilarating acceleration curve, precise, tight handling, and standard power.

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Experience the Different for Yourself

An INFINITI from Fort Myers INFINITI isn't just a luxury car, it's a luxury car that sets itself apart from the crowd with ease. While you can find brands that compare with its performance, you'll find it hard to find a brand that brings you the style, flair, and sheer statement of fashion as an INFINITI, certainly not in a Lexus.

We'd like to invite you into our show room and see for yourself the difference an INFINITI makes. When you're looking for something more than just luxury, you will want to see an INFINITI.