This Is How The 2003 Infiniti M45 Fused Muscle And Luxury 

Yeah they are cool cars. Fun to drive with that 4.5 engine.

You lucked up. Please take care of it.

Cool, thanks for telling us about it.

Underrated, indeed.

Yeah this M45 and the Fuga-based M45 are underrated.

I STRONGLY disagree!! Back in the 90s and early 2000s, Infinitis were just as good as Lexus'. Nissan marketed them TERRIBLY!! Therefore, they never gained the popularity that Lexus did. BMW and Mercedes always own "the most popular" luxury car segment and keep the prices high, but anyone who knows anything about reliability knows the German brands can't touch the Japanese brands when it comes to reliability! Back in the day, Lexus and Infiniti always topped the charts for reliability in Consumer Reports. Later on, after Nissan merged with Renault, their reliability started to falter on some models...especially anything with that brand murdering CVT transmission!!! Anyway, the question of which is better is they're both really good. I've owned MANY Infinitis in my 50 years. 4cyl, 6cyl, and 8cyl. They're the best vehicles I've ever owned!

Whoa sorry to hear that about the Q50. FX45s look cool and are fun to drive too. I drove one myself, it got a lot of attention. If Infiniti ever made a 4-door coupe like the CLS, that thing would be beautiful.

​@MotorMaster_Stunticon so true. I get compliments on the FX almost daily and most think it's a new vehicle. 😅

Strongly agree.

Good catch!

Yeah and they are becoming increasingly rare too!

Cool thanks for sharing that.

Awesome bro. Yeah these are cool cars, glad you found one for a reasonable price.

Cool, thanks for sharing!

Dang. 150 on the Skyway? Interstate 275 is always too crowded to speed on.

I work in retail, at night like 1am literally no one on road on a Tuesday. The Howard Franklin or Gandy was my favorite. One night there I ripped the whole air deck off the bottom at high speed unfortunately, and kinda took it easy on it after that, 😂

Amazing videos btw!

Had an opportunity to get either, and owned and loved an 03 GS430. Love and admire both GS430/400 & m45 but toyota has 40%market share in japan for solid reason- reliability. Renault sadly did not benefit nissans reliability at all-90s pre Renault may have been their peak on some levels, but that may be subjective (I also owned a 99 altima for the last 100k of 235kmiles that was every bit as reliable as my 300k mile lexus, seperated from both prematurely by no fault of the vehicles)

Yep I like ‘em too. Many say they look bland but I always thought these were polarizing like the last Q45. 340-hp from a NA engine back then way crazy and these were quick. Palm Beach eh? Nice.

Yeah that Nissan President was similar to the JDM Toyota Century. Too bad we didn’t get the Y32 Gloria in the U.S. they looked really good. Thanks for watching again.

*couldn't

It was indeed different. Many thought it was outdated. To be fair, the Y34 Gloria debuted in Japan in ‘99. So that means it was probably actually designed back in ‘96 or ‘97. By the time it got to the U.S., it was already a bit old, similar to the original Leopard-based 1990 M30.

They’re out there.

Thanks for watching. No, not in Michigan. The image came from a viewer.

LOL too funny! I recognized the Better Health store, Qdoba, and Jets Pizza that corner is about 1/4 mile from my house @@MotorMaster_Stunticon

That close eh? That’s quite a coincidence!

Yep. I own a Maxima and love it.

They made the “M” for three separate generations. The first in 1990, based on the JDM Nissan Leopard. The second in 2003 based on the Nissan Gloria. The third generation based on the Nissan Fuga.

Agreed

Nah, I cover cars that should be mentioned and indirectly involves the subject vehicle.

Dang! Too bad you didn’t get to drive it at its relaunch.