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Two aging personal luxury coupes...
I came out of my office at work yesterday to find a black '91 Infiniti M30 coupe parked next to my SVX. I couldn't help but take a picture and muse on the similarities and differences of the two cars.
The M30 is also a 2-door 6-cylinder engined GT touring coupe powered by Nissan's venerable VG30E V6 putting out approx. 162 hp & 180 ft/lbs. of torque into a 4-speed automatic transmission. It's RWD as opposed to the SVX's AWD or FWD, and is basically a rebadged version of Nissan's Japan-only Leopard that was added to the Infiniti lineup early on to accompany the clean-sheet-design Q45 in Infiniti showrooms. The M30 was only sold from 1990-92 and only about 12,000 were made, making it somewhat rarer than the SVX. It also came as a convertible. Like the SVX, it never sold very well. It was replaced by the odd-looking J30 sedan in 1993. All that being said, it was the closest thing we ever got in the USA to the coveted Nissan Skyline for a long time. I worked for the local Infiniti dealership from 1991-93 and my boss had a black M30 just like this one. I never cared for it much on the occasions I drove it-- the design seemed bland and dated and aside from reasonable straight-line acceleration, it wasn't very fun to drive. We put aftermarket wheels on most of the ones we sold to try and dress them up a little, and I remember stacks and stacks of the OEM silver-painted directional alloys like the M30 in my picture has that we sold to a recycler for $5 each because no one else wanted them. It's particularly rare to see a black M30 this nice anywhere these days. Oddly, the pearl white convertibles seem to be slightly more common in my area. I understand there are a few M30 enthusiast groups out there though and that it's not uncommon to modify them for drifting... Last edited by davew833; 02-22-2013 at 05:57 PM. |
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Re: Two aging personal luxury coupes...
I like those cars. Yes teh wheels are lame but I really like the car. I can't say that I knew it was rear drive. hmmmm
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Re: Two aging personal luxury coupes...
Got one sitting in my garage
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94 Bordeaux Pearl SVX Lsi B&M cooler with Aux ATF filter. QC Kit Plus 06 Sti Gold Wheels. SOLD 92 Claret WRX 5 speed ECUTune 1AV1 Gold STI Wheels & more. SOLD 92 Teal SVX LSL lowered with Konig. SOLD 92 Black SVX LSL with B&M cooler & Aux filter. Small Car Shift Kit. Gone 94 Red SVX L FWDwith LSL Leather Interior. SOLD 92 Teal SVX LSL....with B&M cooler & Aux filter. Small Car Shift Kit. SOLD 95 Polo Green........With Trany Problem. GONE Almost complete Rear Wheel Bearings Job with Pictures in my locker My Locker http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/user.php?pearlm30 |
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Re: Two aging personal luxury coupes...
So unassuming, clean generic design. It grows on you. A great potential performance "sleeper".
Gene
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Gene and Ben 1992 SVX LS AWD 110K - Liquid Silver 1994 SVX LSi AWD 128K - White Pearl (daily driver) 1994 SVX LSi AWD 95K - Emerald Pearl (sold) 1992 SVX LS-L AWD 115K - Dark Teal 4.44 swap (sold) |
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Re: Two aging personal luxury coupes...
A very nice example of one too. You should post some pics.
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'94 Laguna Blue LSi ~159k.......JDM ultra short-geared 3.900 STi Version 7 6-speed w/ Cobb shortshifter, ECUtune 244,8.1mm/256,9.1mm i/e cams, group N motor mounts, '97 grille, JDM clear corners, Momo JDM Legacy GT steering wheel, apkarian's LED tails, silver STi BBS wheels, PWR radiator, redstuff pads f/r, drilled/slotted rotors, bontragerworks rsb #18, Koni/GC 450f/375r coilovers, Megan Racing adjustable lateral links, KMac c/c plates, Stebro exhaust, ECUtune 1v5, Optima battery in the trunk where it belongs. Turbo project '97 Ebony LSi ~137k #036.......Power mode mod, JDM clear corners, BBS wheels. AUX/pocket mod Now a mod "over there" ............Photo album |
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