First view of Mercedes 2.0 turbo in the Infiniti Q50

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Here’s the Infiniti Q50 that the majority of Malaysians are going to pick when the brand’s C-Class fighter is eventually launched here in Malaysia.

As an alternative to the big gas-guzzling V6 engines that debuted with the Q50, they’ve gone and sourced Mercedes-Benz’s M274 2.0 litre petrol engine for the four-cylinder Q50. Benefits include cheaper road tax, abundance of torque, and potential fuel savings.

This engine will be mated to a Mercedes-Benz 7G-TRONIC PLUS 7-speed automatic gearbox, which sends power to the rear wheels. The engine has a compression ratio of 9.8:1, and will have direct injection with piezo injectors to complement the turbocharger. In Infiniti’s tune, the 1,991 cc four cylinder engine codenamed M274 will do 214 PS at 5,500 rpm and 320 Nm of torque from as low as 1,250 rpm up to 3,500 rpm.

Curiously, power is actually a few PS higher than Mercedes-Benz’s “250” tune, but torque is lower at 320 Nm versus the equivalent Mercedes-Benz C 250’s 350 Nm. This might be deliberate to put some distance between the torque figures of the 2.0 litre Q50 versus the 3.7 litre V6 version that only has 365 Nm.

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  • ABTguy on Mar 05, 2014 at 11:28 am

    Mercedes powered Infinity, emm…. I better stick to C-class at least it’s a proper Mercedes.

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    • yup, especially with the latest coming c class with its great looks in and out..unless the infinity is 100k cheaper, but thats not possible..

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  • heybadigol on Mar 05, 2014 at 11:45 am

    Is there a reason why MB was chosen, rather than say Audi or BMW, who also make small capacity turbos? Or why not Renault, seeing that both of them are involved with the Red Bull F1 team and Renault do make small capacity turbos as well? Anyways, a German/Japanese alliance isnt such a bad idea.

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    • Renault owns Nissan/ Infiniti, and Renault has an agreement with Daimler to use each other technology to save cost.

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      • w204 C63 on Mar 05, 2014 at 2:52 pm

        No, Renault doesn’t owned Nissan, Renault-Nissan is an alliance. Anyway, it’s great to see Inifiniti downsizing too, and hopefully Lexus too, with its rumored 2.0T for the IS. That way, we will see more of these Q50 and IS on the road, other than the usual 3 series, C class and A4.

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        • Wikipedia: ‘The Renault-Nissan Alliance has evolved over years to Renault holding 43.4% of Nissan shares, while Nissan holds 15% of Renault shares.
          On 7 April 2010, Daimler AG exchanged a 3.9% share of its holdings for 3.9% from both Nissan and Renault. This triple alliance allows for the increased sharing of technology and development costs, encouraging global cooperation and mutual development.’

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          • W204 C63 on Mar 06, 2014 at 12:21 pm

            The strategic partnership between Renault and Nissan is not a merger or an acquisition. The two companies are joined together through a cross-shareholding agreement. The structure was unique in the auto industry during the 1990s consolidation trend and later served as a model for General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroën,[5] PSA Peugeot Citroën and Mitsubishi, as well as Volkswagen and Suzuki,[6] though the latter combination failed.[7]

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      • longjaafar on Mar 05, 2014 at 3:21 pm

        Renault does own shares in Nissan. that is why Carlos Ghosn has a very big role in Nissan.

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        • W204 C63 on Mar 05, 2014 at 11:08 pm

          Nissan owns shares in Renault too. Owning shares doesn’t automatically makes you the owner of the company. I own shares from Google and Apple too, but that doesn’t mean I own both companies. Carlos Ghosn is the CEO of Renault-Nissan, it just so happens that he was the CEO of Renault prior to the alliance had formed.

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  • Thats nice, except that it still doesnt look luxurious at least to me.
    If given the option to choose either C180 or Q50, I still take the C180 ignoring all those torque differences

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  • seancorr on Mar 05, 2014 at 4:34 pm

    This engine will sell in numbers I think considering it will be the cheapest model they have but the interior design language is not my taste.

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