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02-09-2011, 03:20 PM
Filed under: Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/), Geneva Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/geneva-motor-show/), Hatchback (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/), Infiniti (http://www.autoblog.com/category/infiniti/), Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/category/mercedes-benz/), Luxury (http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/web630-infiniti-genf.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/infinti-etheria-teaser/)
Infinti "Etheria" teaser - Click above for high-res image
Compact premium is where it's at these days for luxury automakers, and everyone's getting on board. Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi) has the A3 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/a3), Volvo (http://www.autoblog.com/make/volvo) the C30 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/c30), BMW (http://www.autoblog.com/make/bmw) the 1 Series (http://www.autoblog.com/model/1+series), Lexus (http://www.autoblog.com/make/lexus) recently joined the party with the CT 200h (http://www.autoblog.com/model/ct+200h), and Mercedes (http://www.autoblog.com/make/mercedes-benz) is revamping its A- and B-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/31/report-entry-level-mercedes-benz-range-to-include-coupe-suv-an/). Infiniti (http://www.autoblog.com/make/infiniti) has long been rumored to be working on a challenger of its own, and recently confirmed (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/07/infiniti-bringing-new-entry-level-car-concept-to-geneva/) that it will be unveiled in concept form at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/geneva-motor-show/) in March.
Unfortunately, little in the way of actual details were released to accompany the silhouette teaser pictured above - and when we say "little," we mean bubkes. The concept is designed to slot in below the G (http://www.autoblog.com/model/g37) line. That's about it.
Fortunately, Motor Trend has stepped in to fill in some of the blanks, citing inside sources who believe that the car will be a two-door called the Etheria (in concept form anyway, as the production model will likely go alphanumeric to fit into the rest of the range), built atop the Renault (http://www.autoblog.com/category/renault) Megane/Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/make/nissan) Tiida platform.
The milestone, however, comes in under the hood, where the Etheria is tipped to carry a 202-horsepower, 1.8-liter turbocharged CGI four sourced from Mercedes-Benz, marking the first tangible application of the industrial partnership formed (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/07/officially-official-renault-nissan-and-daimler-announce-allianc/) between parent companies Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance. We'll find out soon enough if MT is on the money, so stay tuned.
[Source: Motor Trend (http://wot.motortrend.com/infiniti-teases-small-entry-level-etheria-coupe-ahead-geneva-30139.html)]Report: Infiniti Etheria concept to roll into Geneva with Mercedes power (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/09/report-infiniti-etheria-concept-to-roll-into-geneva-with-merced/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/web630-infiniti-genf.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/infinti-etheria-teaser/)
Infinti "Etheria" teaser - Click above for high-res image
Compact premium is where it's at these days for luxury automakers, and everyone's getting on board. Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi) has the A3 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/a3), Volvo (http://www.autoblog.com/make/volvo) the C30 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/c30), BMW (http://www.autoblog.com/make/bmw) the 1 Series (http://www.autoblog.com/model/1+series), Lexus (http://www.autoblog.com/make/lexus) recently joined the party with the CT 200h (http://www.autoblog.com/model/ct+200h), and Mercedes (http://www.autoblog.com/make/mercedes-benz) is revamping its A- and B-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/31/report-entry-level-mercedes-benz-range-to-include-coupe-suv-an/). Infiniti (http://www.autoblog.com/make/infiniti) has long been rumored to be working on a challenger of its own, and recently confirmed (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/07/infiniti-bringing-new-entry-level-car-concept-to-geneva/) that it will be unveiled in concept form at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/geneva-motor-show/) in March.
Unfortunately, little in the way of actual details were released to accompany the silhouette teaser pictured above - and when we say "little," we mean bubkes. The concept is designed to slot in below the G (http://www.autoblog.com/model/g37) line. That's about it.
Fortunately, Motor Trend has stepped in to fill in some of the blanks, citing inside sources who believe that the car will be a two-door called the Etheria (in concept form anyway, as the production model will likely go alphanumeric to fit into the rest of the range), built atop the Renault (http://www.autoblog.com/category/renault) Megane/Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/make/nissan) Tiida platform.
The milestone, however, comes in under the hood, where the Etheria is tipped to carry a 202-horsepower, 1.8-liter turbocharged CGI four sourced from Mercedes-Benz, marking the first tangible application of the industrial partnership formed (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/07/officially-official-renault-nissan-and-daimler-announce-allianc/) between parent companies Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance. We'll find out soon enough if MT is on the money, so stay tuned.
[Source: Motor Trend (http://wot.motortrend.com/infiniti-teases-small-entry-level-etheria-coupe-ahead-geneva-30139.html)]Report: Infiniti Etheria concept to roll into Geneva with Mercedes power (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/09/report-infiniti-etheria-concept-to-roll-into-geneva-with-merced/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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