Infiniti and Nissan

[UK_G35]

Hello all.

As you may tell from my username I am from the UK and have had my 6MT coupe for about seven months now.

I am to relocate back to the UK in the next few months and wish to take my car with me.

One of my main concerns is servicing the car. I know that Infiniti and Nissan are sister companies but am wondering how much of the 6MT coupe's parts are Nissan. Is the car made from the same engine parts as the 350Z etc? I understand that body parts are going to have to be relocated from the States.

Any help/comments greatly appretciated.

UK_G35

[GZire]

Hi UK.

As far as the engine goes, the VQ35 is an engine that is used in many a Nissan, so it's not really a problem getting parts for it.

Infiniti and Nissan are not sister companies. Infiniti is a rebadged Nissan here in the US. The marketers change the name and jack up the price. Same goes for Acura/Honda and Lexus/Toyota.

The problems that I can see you running into are those related to you having a left hand drive car in Europe. If the majority of the cars around you are right hand drive then there could be compatibility issues.

[ironrice]

Yup Gzire is right. Infiniti is Nissan.

[bobtex]

I agree with that too. GZire is right. The VQ35 engine is all the same. It's on the Gs, Zs, Maximas, Altimas, I35 (Nissan Maxima in Europe) and so on. There was a guy from Germany here on the forum who was saying that having HID xenon light without having headlight wipers is a problem in Europe.

GZire, you mean the problem is having a left hand drive car in the UK (Ireland too), right? Don't confuse the British Isles with Continental Europe (right hand drive - left hand drive)

[GZire]

I was thinking UK was taking his left hand drive car over to the British Isles (are those guys right or left?). Any way if the cars over there are right hand drive, then his left hand drive car may have issues with parts availability.

[chenga]

Yes, the UK is a left-driving country. They use right-hand drive vehicles as a result. Here is a list of left-driving countries; most of the use RHD vehicles. There are more than twice as many right-driving countries (Like USA, Canada, Germany, France) as there are left-driving countries (Like UK, Japan, South Africa, Australia).

1. Anguilla
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Australia
4. Bahamas
5. Bangladesh
6. Barbados
7. Bermuda
8. Bhutan
9. Botswana
10. Brunei
11. Cayman Islands
12. Christmas Island (Australia)
13. Cook Islands
14. Cyprus
15. Dominica
16. East Timor
17. Falkland Islands
18. Fiji
19. Grenada
20. Guernsey (Channel Islands)
21. Guyana
22. Hong Kong
23. India
24. Indonesia
25. Ireland
26. Isle of Man
27. Jamaica
28. Japan
29. Jersey (Channel Islands)
30. Kenya
31. Kiribati
32. Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
33. Lesotho
34. Macau
35. Malawi
36. Malaysia
37. Maldives
38. Malta
39. Mauritius
40. Montserrat
41. Mozambique
42. Namibia
43. Nauru
44. Nepal
45. New Zealand
46. Niue
47. Norfolk Island (Australia)
48. Pakistan
49. Papua New Guinea
50. Pitcairn Islands (Britain)
51. Saint Helena
52. Saint Kitts and Nevis
53. Saint Lucia
54. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
55. Seychelles
56. Singapore
57. Solomon Islands
58. South Africa
59. Sri Lanka
60 . Suriname
61 . Swaziland
62. Tanzania
63. Thailand
64. Tokelau (New Zealand)
65. Tonga
66. Trinidad and Tobago
67. Turks and Caicos Islands
68. Tuvalu
69. Uganda
70. United Kingdom
71. Virgin Islands (British)
72. Virgin Islands (US)
73. Zambia
74. Zimbabwe

Originally Posted by GZire

I was thinking UK was taking his left hand drive car over to the British Isles (are those guys right or left?). Any way if the cars over there are right hand drive, then his left hand drive car may have issues with parts availability.

[VQ35Sleeper]

If I remember correctly, there is a dealer in Birmingham, and Southhampton (prior residence) Perhaps you can find one close to your area, and speak with a representative. If I'm not mistaken, the website should be www.nissan.co.uk

[Edge]

Originally Posted by chenga

Yes, the UK is a left-driving country. They use right-hand drive vehicles as a result. Here is a list of left-driving countries; most of the use RHD vehicles. There are more than twice as many right-driving countries (Like USA, Canada, Germany, France) as there are left-driving countries (Like UK, Japan, South Africa, Australia).

1. Anguilla
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Australia
.
.
.
72. Virgin Islands (US)
73. Zambia
74. Zimbabwe

There are that many countries in the world?... And twice as many driving on the other side!!!... How can we ever unite?! And are there more countries? -- maybe some that are LHD and left-driving; some that are RHD and right-driving... and some that doesn't have cars?

[GZire]

Yeah it's the whole metric vs. english units system all over again.

[bobtex]

Originally Posted by GZire

Yeah it's the whole metric vs. english units system all over again.

GZire, allow me to disagree with you LHD vs RHD vehicles does nothing to do with metric vs. english units system. But I see what you're saying. It's more like British (Empire) driving habits vs. the rest of the world driving habits.

BTW, the metric system is definitely better than the english one.

[Ru_G36c]

"Drugs have taught an entire generation of American kids the metric system"
--P.J. O'Rourke

[UK_G35]

All the drugs in the world couldn't help me learn the imperial system so I'm glad we went metric.

Cheers for all the help guys

[chenga]

Burma is a RHD right driving country.

Originally Posted by Edge

There are that many countries in the world?... And twice as many driving on the other side!!!... How can we ever unite?! And are there more countries? -- maybe some that are LHD and left-driving; some that are RHD and right-driving... and some that doesn't have cars?

[Edge]

Oh My God! I hope they have laws against passing on two lane roads. I had done that before here when I worked on some Japanese cars. It's a nightmare!