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Geneva 2012: Infiniti Emerg-E

Infiniti Emerg-E

Phwoar, that’s pretty sexy, don’t you think. It’s the Inifiniti Emerg-E concept and it’s been made to help put the fancy-Nissan product on the map as it extends into new markets.

Well, a 300kW sports car with seductive flowing lines and a 0-60mph time of 4.0 seconds is a pretty good place to start. True, they’re not the most spectacular numbers going around for a car that looks that good, but keep in mind it’s only got a measly 1.2 litre three cylinder petrol engine to supplement the twin electric motors.

The baby engine is rather quaintly called a “range extender”. That’s just as well too, because in all-electric mode you’ve only got around 50km to play with.

Most importantly, though, the Emerg-E made us sit up and take notice. Infiniti is coming to Australia, too, so let’s hope there’s more stuff like this to follow.

If you want to keep an eye on Infiniti product the European division has rather kindly opened their press guff up to everyone, no passwords required: www.infinitipress.eu

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Mark Webber & Sebastian Vettel on the Nürburgring Nordschleife

Red Bull Racing duo Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel took some time out of their German GP preparations to flog a couple of company cars around the awesome Nürburgring Nordschleife.

With an Infiniti M each the pair trade wisecracks as they lap the old circuit. It would appear, even in a gig like this, that Seb gets preferential treatment; his cars had KERS and Mark’s didn’t.

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Mark Webber previews 2011 British Grand Prix

In the above video Mark Webber talks about his return to Silverstone for this weekend’s British Grand Prix. All while he is taking passengers out for hot laps around the Rockingham circuit.

Last year Webber bagged the win at Silverstone in what is considered Red Bull Racing’s home GP. He’ll have his work cut out to beat Vettel on current form, but here’s hoping he can find something extra and claim his seventh F1 win.

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This is what the Infiniti-branded RB7s will look like

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Following last week’s announcement that Red Bull Racing has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with Infiniti here are the officially retouched images showing how the new branding will be applied to the RB7.

We’ll get a proper gander at the new look Red Bulls during the test session currently underway at Barcelona, which was introduced as a stop-gap measure following the postponement of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

There’s more pics and press material after the break.

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Red Bull Racing confirms Infiniti deal

Red Bull Racing RB7 preview

Red Bull Racing has today confirmed a two-year sponsorship deal with Infiniti. However, it won’t quite be implemented as first reported yesterday. That is, it is a pure sponsorship and technical agreement deal only, the RB7 will still use Renault branded engines and feature Renault branding on the car as well.

So, as well as a Lotus Renault on the F1 grid in 2011 we now have an Infiniti Renault, of sorts. Confusing, hey.

A statement on the Red Bull Racing website reads, in part, “As part of the agreement, Infiniti will have high-profile branding on the car, drivers’ clothing and team kit and equipment. Infiniti will also work with Renault to forge future technical collaboration with us. The team will continue to use Renault F1 engines in 2011 and 2012.”

While Andy Palmer, senior-vice president at Infiniti, explains the worldwide reach of F1 was key to this deal, “Over the mid-term, Infiniti will be simultaneously expanding its global presence and broadening its product range. Given these twin ambitions, it is clear Formula One offers us an unrivalled global communications platform, complementing Infiniti’s ethos of Inspired Performance. We are excited to have the opportunity to enter Formula One together with a world-class team like Red Bull Racing Renault.”

[Source: Red Bull Racing]

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To Infiniti and be conned

Red Bull Racing RB7 preview

News is breaking that Red Bull Racing has just signed off on a sponsorship deal with Infiniti that will effectively give the team free engines. Aside from a few stickers on the car, and a £7 million cheque (the same as the annual budget cap for engines), everything else will stay the same. That is, the engines in the new RB7 will still be made by Renault, it’s only the badging that will change.

Infiniti is the premium brand of Nissan, part-owned by Renault, and this deal follows moves to further promote the brand in European markets. It’s understood the deal will be announced at the Geneva Motor Show, possibly as soon as tomorrow.

[Source: F1 Fanatic & BBC]