- Oh my goodness, gracious, great balls of fire.
I'm proud of you.
We did it!
(hands clapping)
We are finally talking about it,
and it only required 200 comments,
three letters, and a personal attack
while I was walking out to my car.
- Can you please just do the G37/G35?
That's what the people want!
Give the people what they want!
(person off-screen chuckling)
- And approximately 14 Dms,
but hey!
We listen,
all right?
Just not as fast.
You hear that, Rebecca?
I'm Alex, Alex that I find on the Instagram,
cat-having, sometimes car paging.
Today we're going to be talking about
the car that people have owned
because (scoffs)
350,
370Z,
what are we, teenagers?
The car that has laid waist at car shows
and seen the stands.
The car that is inherently out of the gate
not actually that pretty,
but then, with a few modifications,
it starts to look like your favorite high school crush.
Today, we are talking to you,
ladies and gentlemen,
about the Infiniti G35/G37.
(upbeat hiphop music)
(car revving)
(Alex buzzes his lips)
(person off camera laughs)
So hype.
The intro's so hype.
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The Infiniti G series is Infiniti's take
on the compact executive car scene
that started all the way back in 1990 to 1996
and then again from 1998 to 2016.
A little hiatus was taken, if you will.
Anyway, based on the Nissan Primera,
the Infiniti G was a rebatched version
of Nissan Skyline,
which is why you'll see people out there saying
they own a Nissan Skyline,
and it causes a whole bunch of crap talk
in the forums and things like that.
It's a weird topic.
Listen, I'm not going to get into that
civil war of a battle,
but there it is.
The first generation was a very typical-looking 90s car.
It was an entry-level luxury car
that was powered by an SR20DE,
inline four cylinder.
Because of the fancy Infiniti name,
the car itself featured fancy non-peasant features
that European and Japanese variants add
or those non-peasant items,
(buzzes lips) power locks,
mirrors, a Bose stereo,
cruise control, floor mats, and leather.
It did also have some legit nice things,
like a theft deterrent system,
moon roof, keyless entry, and dual air bags
for safety,
in case you were sending it
through the fricking hills of Japan.
Just kidding,
America, because we had the stuff,
and they didn't have the stuff.
This is the one time we had some neat (beeps).
The G20 had some lovely updates,
including a sportier style,
better suspension, and actually looked pretty nice,
all things considered.
It didn't really matter
because just like the African social spider,
the G20 ended its production in favor of a new,
sleek,
wide bubble butt variant called
the Infiniti G35.
Let's go.
The G35 was a badge engineered export variant
to the V35 Nissan Skyline,
and it's true,
I'm going to keep saying it,
whether you guys decide to put the badge on the back...
You do you, boo-boo.
The G35 was praised like a little brother for just breathing
even though it was priced quite a bit more
than its previous variant.
And officially transition the G series
into a more Focus sedan,
sports coupe,
premium market.
They moved the engine towards the rear of the engine,
made it help its weight distribution
up to a 52/48.
Not bad when you really think about it.
The manual variant received a slightly different engine
that had variable valve timing
on both the intake and exhaust camshafts,
without kick it a nickel, in terms of power.
In 2005, the G35 was given a sportier interior.
They even gave it an MP3 playback feature.
How neat is that?
But then, they got rid of the brembos,
the cool things that everybody hyped about
because they were on a stock car.
You might be sad about that,
but they did have some pretty insane, premature wear,
enough so that they got a little bit in trouble
by this thing called the law.
The biggest talking point about these cars
would likely be their
(clears throat)
(hands clapping)
impressive engines.
The VQ35 isn't inherently a bad motor.
It's just a little bit of a quirky one.
After-market exhausts and such
don't necessarily help it at all.
In fact, not many like the tune it screams.
This has to do with the straight pipe design,
cam profile timing,
and just how the motor was built.
It's just not the sound that a lot of people
are looking to hear.
So what does it sound like?
(makes trumpet sounds)
(car repeatedly revving)
Then the fourth gen V36 came out in 2007,
and angels cried that the car featured
a redesigned VQ35HR dual path intakes,
(breathes in loudly)
larger crank bearings,
(breathes in loudly)
increased compression ratio
and a whole bunch of goodies
that make these two years worth the purchase.
If you're looking to pick up a G35,
just letting you know.
And if you want to sound really smart,
just remember those things I told you.
That's all you got to know.
Infiniti really started to kick it a nickel,
as they started to get into the 2007 and 2008 years,
with revisions being done to the car pretty much everywhere.
But then the new kid on the block came around.
Get the hell out of the way, 35,
because 2009 marked the introduction of the G37,
which is likely one of the best-looking coupe VIP cars
out there for the price
and featured a brand new 3.7 VQ37HR.
The G37 was the answer to people complaining about the G35.
Don't like the fact that above 6 KRPM
the car sounds like it's running out of air?
Or perhaps a box of English girls
are shaking around in your trunk,
get a G37.
Don't like the fact that the G35
has a mid-2000-esque soft and sleek look
and prefer the angry adult look?
Get a G37.
The G37 was introduced back at
the New York International Auto Show,
and people fell in love with it.
The VQ37 would come at 328 horsepower and 7000 RPMs,
and it sounded like it'd actually do it, which was nice.
It was much more responsive,
smoother engine operation,
and a calmer clutch engagement.
It started to feel like a properly-refined car.
Give it a few years,
and people started to bring them inside,
start modifying,
give them a home.
Come here, little guy.
It's going to be okay.
I'll take care of you, I promise.
The most recent G37s featured various trims,
like the IPL, which was the closest thing you could get
to a higher performance variant of the G37.
Now, while the car was popular,
the G37 didn't make any splashes
in the good old car-automotive world
against the big boys.
It didn't necessarily smash its competition,
like the A5 or the 328,
but people still bought it.
But hey,
enough history;
we're done with that.
So you want to own a G35/G37.
Well grab your air suspension kit there, bud,
and three-piece wheels, and let's get into it,
starting with the good old G35.
The G35 is an iconic car in the current scene.
A lot of people end up snagging these cars
versus their 350Z counterpart
because of the fact that it's a slightly more
luxury variant of the car's platform.
That, and people liked the body style
because it feels like it's a little bit longer.
The car itself isn't entirely bad to get into either,
with most pricing being comparable
to some nicer N350Zs.
Carrying the same thickness, with two Cs,
the G35 can get quite wide
with the right set of wheels and air.
Junior at the shop managed to get 12 and a half wides
on a G35 with air suspension setup
at just some specks and a dream.
The biggest issue with the G35
is the fact that they dated pretty hard and pretty fast.
They suffer for some common VQ issues,
such as odd noises and feeling exasperated at high RPMs.
It has an oddly aggressive clutch-style driving experience.
It makes you feel like you should be
in a 350Z versus an Infinti.
The headlights are known to fade over time,
and the Infiniti paint can have a hard time staying alive.
If you do plan to grab a G35,
it's important to try and snag one
that has been garage-kept, manual,
and of course, good old maintenance is up-to-date.
Maybe try to get it from your old nan, Griselda,
or something, I don't know.
Otherwise you'll find yourself either repainting the car
or wrapping it since the platform
just doesn't seem to do the honest
against that blazing, bright star in our sky.
If you're looking at what people run,
it's almost all air suspension,
usually with works if you have the budget,
or Odd Hans have gotten extremely popular
on this platform.
For those that need the wide sizing
without the insane price.
Toyo proxes and Achilles ATR Sport 2s
are all over these cars.
Usually with an after-market lip,
we know tint and those
angry little eyebrow headlight things
that make it look newer.
Moving into the G37, on the other hand,
and you start to spend a few more dollars
for a few more goodies.
The car gets a little bit more aggressive,
and what people do with them is equally more aggressive.
Arrow will start popping up all over these cars,
and the wheels depend on the suspension.
We see a little less air suspension as we
get into the G37s and more about
swift lowering springs and BC racing coilovers.
Out of the two gens,
the G37 has started to take the cake.
Funfetti vanilla cake is my favorite,
if anybody stops by.
Bring some beer, bring some Funfetti cake, I'd love it.
It's not something that seems to follow
the hype of the coupe though,
when you're comparing it to the sedan.
The most important thing you can do here,
get close,
get really close,
get the demon eyes.
It's what every G37 has,
and you have got to do it if you have one.
And if you have a G37 that doesn't have the demon eyes...
(scoffs)
The G35 and G37 platform are the answer
to the car culture's question of,
"Yo!
"Could we maybe get something that's
"Tuner-ish, but nice,
"But not actually German?"
And then Infiniti was like,
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. "We can show you... Yeah, yeah.
"Here's the G35."
And then they're like,
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. "But could we maybe get it
"Where it doesn't feel like it'll shake apart?"
And voila!
And Infiniti was like,
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
"Here's a G37.
"Have a good time there, bud."
They do have a strong history
in the car scenes, being nice,
sporty, JDM-style show car.
They aren't super fast,
nor are they inherently slow.
They carry a resemblance from their sister companies,
which means the parts aren't
inherently, crazy expensive anymore,
and maintenance isn't a total drag.
But they are a little bit quirky.
So would you own one?
That's up to you to decide there, bud. Drop a comment below,
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We will see you guys later.
Peace.