You heard a lot people talking about the recent alliance between Daimler and Renault-Nissan, but what will this bring to the Infiniti->ke36 line-up? According to Japan's Best Car magazine the Infiniti M->ke269 and Infiniti G->ke1264 replacements (known as the Nissan Fuga->ke2986 and Skyline->ke1997 in Japan) will share a foundation with the Mercedes E-Class->ke373. This may be a little hard to believe, but it is not completely crazy. Look at Volkswagen and Porsche. That seemed to be an unlikely pairing as well and they have done it. The platform sharing between Mercedes and Infiniti are just rumors for now, but we will keep chugging ahead until we get some sort of confirmation or refutability of this development.

What we do know about this alliance so far is that it will bring the development of a new rear-wheel drive platform for small cars and the sharing of diesel and petrol engines between the two groups. Also, a small Infiniti CUV based on the next generation of the Mercedes A-class->ke452 is also a possibility.

Sounds to us like this could mark the start of a productive friendship. Especially if we get to see some high-speed Mercedes engines in cheaper Infiniti models.

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