Infiniti goes Q-razy in model renaming shakeup

Of all the world's quality automakers, Infiniti has long qualified as the quirkiest. Launched by Nissan in 1989 to quarter the queue for luxury vehicles, Infiniti's quixotic quest often falls short of its quotas despite quick and quiet quadracycles. Infiniti's new Queequeg announced today that its quenching its quarrying for quid by renaming all its models based on one letter. Any queries which?

The new convention sees Infiniti unifying behind the letter Q — hearkening back to the original Q45 — and a two-digit number, like all the fancy home addresses. The G37 becomes the Q50; the M56 the Q70, etc., etc., while the SUV and crossover models get the additional X. The changes will roll out quickly as model year changes hit, and the two digits have nothing to do with engine sizes, but seniority; a hypothetical Q30 will just cost less than a Q90.