New Nissan Cima – the long wheelbase Infiniti M35h

New Nissan Cima – the long wheelbase Infiniti M35h

The Cima luxury nameplate is back, after Nissan announced in 2010 that had stopped producing the Japan market Cima and President. No V8 engine this time around, and if the curvy looks are familiar, yes, it’s a long wheelbase version of the Infiniti M, or Nissan Fuga in Japan.

To go on sale in Japan later this month, the new fifth-generation Cima is based on the current Y51 Fuga/Infiniti M. The 5-Series rival’s 2,900 mm wheelbase has been extended by 150 mm to make the Cima, which is traditionally chauffeur driven.

New Nissan Cima – the long wheelbase Infiniti M35h

The Cima’s “first-class hospitality” features soft, premium semi-aniline leather and wood grain panels coated with genuine silver powder, which gives them a mirror finish.

There’s also the “Forest AC” air con system, ventilated/heated seats and a powered ottoman-style legrest. A Bose 5.1 Surround Sound System for the rear seats with 16 strategically placed speakers does ICE duties. Seven-inch VGA displays are installed in the front seat headrests.

New Nissan Cima – the long wheelbase Infiniti M35h

More comfort comes in the form of overhead reading lights for the two rear seats, rear illuminated vanity mirror, electrically operated rear sunshades, and switches in the rear center armrest for audio/air con/seats.

Rear door “auto closer” shuts the doors tight with minimum effort from the user, also applicable to the boot. Sound-absorbing tyres (first time for a Nissan) and Active Noise Control tuned for the rear cabin ensure silent progress.

New Nissan Cima – the long wheelbase Infiniti M35h

Under the hood, the Cima uses the Infiniti M35h‘s “Intelligent Dual Clutch Control” (one-motor two-clutch) parallel hybrid system. It combines a VQ35HR V6 with 306 PS and 350 Nm with an electric motor with 68 PS/270 Nm. Connected to these are a lithium-ion battery and a seven-speed automatic gearbox.

The Cima achieves both a 20% improvement in fuel economy over 2015 standards and SU-LEV certification, emitting 75% less exhaust emissions than 2005 standards. This means that under the Japanese system, the Cima is fully exempt from automobile acquisition tax and automobile weight tax.

New Nissan Cima – the long wheelbase Infiniti M35h

We will never get the Cima here, but the RM500k Infiniti M35h is pretty much the same car without the extra long wheelbase.

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Danny Tan

Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • shawal on May 07, 2012 at 4:15 pm

    all these long-base models are to compesate for something….

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    • PakAbu on May 08, 2012 at 10:25 am

      The word you’re looking for is “shortcoming”.

      :mrgreen:

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    • case c on May 08, 2012 at 9:08 pm

      Are you going to comment the same with Mercedes and BMW with long wheelbase cars

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  • karsperskaii on May 07, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    looks like mr president car…..

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  • Mr. M on May 07, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    Is it just me or the dashboard looks pretty similar to the accords?

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  • civic fan on May 07, 2012 at 7:02 pm

    long wheelbase ? thats for apek ! Nissan never comes out with attractive + stylish design . i dont know y ! just oldish design . A old design of BMW would easily beat this .

    Hey improve la !

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  • orange on May 07, 2012 at 7:15 pm

    on the contrary i see nissan has its own originality in their car’s design not like other ‘branded japanese marque’ that seem to copy some ‘branded german marque’ on their flagship model …

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  • Monicker on May 07, 2012 at 9:36 pm

    whatever china lack in size seem to make it up with this car

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