Infiniti ask for another handout. This time from Mercedes.

After begging Toyota for it's Hybrid technology, Nissan is now moving forward and working with Mercedes. Current plants including using Mercedes 1.8 liter Turbo engine in future Infiniti / Nissan models.  This is a good thing.  Because Nissan VQ motors burn oil like nothing.  And they sound like a bunch of prisoners banging on their prison cells.   Those motors PING like there is no tomorrow.  One of the LOUDEST motors I have ever heard.  My friends Acura Legend with 250k miles is more quieter than my 2006 G35 with about 11k miles.

Is Nissan / Infiniti trying to compete with the Toyota FT-86?  

New Small Infiniti to get Mercedes 1.8-liter Turbo

 When reports surfaced last April that the Renault-Nissan (R-N) would share technologies with Mercedes-Benz, the news was a bit surprising, especially considering that Daimler, the German giant behind Benz, has a checkered past in international alliances. (Namely its failed relationships with Mitsubishi and Chrysler.)

But this time it's going to be different, we're told, because bosses from the tri-nation partnership spent "a significant amount of time" working out details of exactly how each will benefit from the technology exchange, according to an insider.

Apart from rumors of a future Infiniti model employing a next-generation S-Class platform and a Nissan V-6/hybrid combination, some of the most exciting news focuses on a small Infiniti incorporating a Mercedes engine. Slated to debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March, the new Infiniti coupe will employ a next-generation B-C-sized platform co-developed by Renault and Nissan that is also destined to form the basis of the next Nissan Tiida and Renault Megane. Taking on almost identical dimensions to that of the Mercedes CLC, the new luxury two-door will be powered by a Mercedes 1.8 liter, four-cylinder CGI turbo that generates 202 hp and emits 171g/km of CO2. This will be Infiniti's smallest luxury car to date.

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