This is how the 1990 INFINITI M30 served as Nissan's luxury division's entry-level offering 

It’s funny how Infiniti switches their names around. The M30 was a coupe then turned into a M35/37/56 Midsize Sedan, The G20 was a FWD luxury Sentra SE-R then a RWD G35/37 now all of their cars are named “Q” like the flagship used to be! It’s obvious they are all over the place😵‍💫

My mom owned one. A rare golden coupe. Super cozy. It was sent to a junk yard though once my brother blew up the engine. I was pissed.

i still own my 92 m30 drop i luv it a lil upset i wish i still had my 90 q45 they are good cars to me.

I was at the LA Auto Show the year Infiniti launched. At the M30 display, I overheard someone say "I'd rather have a Thunderbird" which had also come out with a new model and was on display. It was also a coupe but larger and more suited to the American taste. Plus, the Leopard was already a few years old as you mentioned whereas the Thunderbird sported a crisp, new styling. Leopard was a more upscale car but people didn't know the difference. Another unfortunate thing was that the M30 was fitted with an outdated, bland, generic Nissan dashboard, not the stylish, updated one Leopard had. Infiniti just quickly slapped together the M30 to sell along side their flagship the Q.

I owned an m30 in college, back in 2002-04. I really loved that car, and kinda wish I still had it!

Great vid! Yeah the M30 did look like a Stanza coupe since it was a mid 80s bodystyle lol. I always thought it was platform related to the z31 300zxs from 84-89 since it had similar drivetrain and rwd. Haven't seen a M30 in 5 years myself, but I think its been longer since I've seen a J30.

Had a m 30. The suspension was deemed obsolete and nobody had any replacement parts. I found a set of shocks for 1500 apiece. I paid 3000 for the car.

You did a great job. I liked the footage used to explain the M30. I liked the fact you mentioned the Toyota Soarer. I have seen them here on You Tube. They had cloth interiors and digital gauges in the home market. I noticed a lot of the Japanese models offered digital gauges in the home market, but when they were exported, they lost the cloth interiors and digital gauges. They tried to upscale them. You should see the Nissan President. It came here as a Infiniti. There are many others imported they changed slightly. Thank you for another informative interesting video.

I noticed that the q45 looks like a bigger or sedan version of the 240sx especially the tail lights and the M30 is kinda like the luxury version of the 240sx

Great video as usual my friend! Very informative, I've never seen one in person. I actually prefer the pre-refresh Japanese market as opposed to the one we got. I think more power would have definitely helped it sell too

I bought a M30 drop top in 92 for my wife. Though it had its share of problems with the convertable top, the car itself was trouble free and got nothing but compliments from people for the eight years of ownership. In fact it's the only car I've ever owned that I wish I had held on to. A real rare bird and head turner.

No manufacturers had more confusing product portfolios than JDM Nissan and Toyota.

Wait an M-what? 😂 I never heard of these let alone saw one. Also, what on earth was that hideous thing before the JDM Honda Legend coupe? I can’t unsee what I saw 2:43

Im buying one its a convertible too ill let yall know how it goes rebuilding this beauty

I’ve always been quite fond of those early G20 sedans. They were underpowered and the styling was regarded as boring, but there’s beauty in subtlety, and the later ugly-azz over-styled G35/37 models proved that Nissan’s design had lost focus.

First Infiniti model on this channel, hopefully Infiniti can make a comeback and be relevant again because they've been failing, losing and struggling for the last 10-15 years.