To Infiniti and beyond

A CAR company new to the UK is hoping luxury car lovers will go to Infiniti and beyond with their latest model, which it announced prices for this week.

The Infiniti M37, a Japanese take on the likes of BMW's 5-Series, Audi's A6 and Jaguar's XF, will cost from £35,150 when it goes on sale in British showrooms for the first time later this summer, but for that you get a silky V6 engine sending 316bhp to the rear wheels, a safety feature designed to spot vehicles in your blind spot and the knowledge that almost no one else in the company car park will have the same car as you.

Infiniti, a Nissan-owned company operating in a similar way as Lexus does under Toyota's wing, was only launched in Europe two years ago but has proven a sales hit both in Asia and America, where their saloons, coupes and off-roaders have been sale since the 1990s.

The petrol-powered M37 will be followed by a diesel-driven M30d, arriving in October, and a hybrid M35h next spring.