That's very exciting! Looking forward to seeing some pictures and hearing about how you like it. be sure to report back once you have the chance to spend some time getting to know it.
I have a problem to upload photos which are over the size. Any solutions?
I am gonna take the car tomorrow afternoon. Will update some photos tomorrow.
Finally the car is here. Unfortunately, something is missing, which is the electric front seats... It should be standard for City Black Sport, but I have no idea why it is not in my car... I am going back to Infiniti Birmingham to solve this problem. The car may need to be swapped. Otherwise, it is all good.
Compared to A-class, the car is comfortable, interior is much better, suspension is a bit soft, quieter than the A. Today I tried the auto parking system, and it worked well. In general, it is a good car, also in some point it is better value.
There is an update. I have been told today, City Black Sport version should not have memory powered front seats. It was a mistake on configurator, brochure etc. So, I am going to swap to Premium Tech.
One of the problems for me is we need to swap drivers between me and my partner frequently. Also I have felt that Q30 is not a hot hatch, it is a premium small car. Additionally, I have a Q50S Hybrid AWD as well. When you use to those high tech functions you would expect these on your other cars. Originally, I wanted to put every specs into the Q30S, but actually they do not allow even I build my own. Premium Tech version and City Black Sport version are totally different high end. If you want sport pack, you lose some high tech specs such as blind spot warning which is very useful. If you go for Premium Tech, you lose the whole sport things such as the break, sport suspension and etc. If the car is located as a hot hatch, I would 90% go for sport version.
For sure it's not a hot hatch, but it's a hatch not a luxury sedan ! event the A45 AMG doesn't come with electric seats.
The perfect balance is the sport package with some tech specs wich i did, i needed the 360 camera due to the lack of visibility and it come with the 2k tech pack, blind spot i don't use it, and in my case to get the blind spot warning, it comes with a 5k safety package if i choose the premium tech trim, as my driving habits let me keep an eyes on my side mirrors i don't mind to don't have it, my previous juke has BSW i was always turning it off, i will have lane departure but it's annoys me more than anything, i will turning it off too.
Why i asked you do you really needs electric seats it's because, this feature can cover losing the rest ? i mean it's not only about spec it's also about handling, even if it's not a hot hatch, i drove a Q50S also, and the Q30 premium is softer than a Q50 ! wich is ridiculous.
Q30 line up is huge but logical, if you go for a sport spec trim, you don't look for electric seats, if you go for a comfort spec trim you lose alcantara and sport seats to get more comfort wich include electric seats.
Ya, I totally agree. I am still waiting their reply and see which one I go for. I have not had a good chance to try the premium, but it is quite soft... I have felt the sport is still a bit soft as well...
If the luxury feel and features are what you're looking for in the Q30 then maybe the premium trim will be the one for you. Did you get to test it out yet for comparison?
Actually I did, but not a decent drive.
The suspention is a bit soft than the sport version but it is good for bumpy road. On corner, it is enough because you will not drive this car too fast.
The brake, the sport version uses Brembo brake. During the normal driving, you will not feel many different. When the brake gets hot, you will notice the different. It depends on how you use the car really.
The interior, personally I prefer nappa leather than the alcantara. It is more luxury and easy to clean as well. Alcantara after certain time the fur will be gone and look ugly.
The seats from premium are more comfortable than the sport one.
Exterior, I prefer the sport one.
At the moment I have done around 2500 miles on my Q30S. It drives alright. But the car is not really "sporty" even the suspension is not stiff enough, the car is too high as well. I had 2015 Subaru STI before, that is a sport car!
Just about everyone I know who has gone premium in the past has no complaints and there are people coming from Mercedes, BMW, one even from Maserati, so that sure says a lot about what Infiniti has accomplished.
I went to Infiniti Birmingham today. The replacement car has finally been built by myself. It is a premium tech, copper colour and nappa brown interior, nearly add all options but not the safety pack and roof rails. The car should be built around May or June... For me it is a long wait...
Personally I see this car between crossover and hatchback, so I prefer the premium trim a bit more. Althrough I will not have the sport seats, sport suspension, brembo brakes and etc, the premium tech will give me different experience.
Can't really compare the Q30 to the 2015 Subaru STI since the Q30 is more of a crossover than a sports hatch but you still got to build the best Q30 you could.
that's actually a good thing to factor in since not everyone will drive normally, after all we are buying a car this high end for a reason and for some people better power to put down could be one of the reasons.
And if you live where there are a lot of hills that can be a factor too. 10 mpg is pretty substantial though. I'd be surprised if it could all be accounted for by factors aside from the engine itself.
Due to the difference in weight we should be able to see slightly better city MPG, highway MPG is where most car shine and we should be even with the GLA their.
Well North America will technically only get the QX30 because the Q30 name was axed. So the QX30 will be dubbed the QX30 AWD. I'll be going for that since I need the AWD for winter driving and it's what I prefer.
Personally, I think QX30 is better choice. As a hatchback, Q30 is a bit hight. So I segment Q30 as a crossover not a hatch. In UK, QX30 only comes with 2.2d at the moment, and the price is started from just below 30k.
I thought the QX30 2.2d AWD was going to be renamed something else, didn't know it would be missing from the U.S lineup completely. Doesn't make sense for Infiniti to leave it out of one market. Maybe the QX30 2.2d AWD Europe will be called the same thing in the U.S?
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