Used Infiniti M35 Specs and Information:
Use moderation in all things, the old saying goes. That applies to car-buying habits, Infiniti's M-series being a case in point. While this M35 was in our possession recently, most of the comments we heard from acquaintances ran along the lines of, "The V-8 model must be pretty cool, eh?"
No, power loonies, this one is plenty cool enough with a V-6. If you're looking for a large four-door sports-luxury vehicle, the M35 is as much as you need. The 3.5-liter V-6 pushes the car around with relative ease, never feeling overmatched, and its acceleration proves entirely adequate, consuming the quarter-mile in 14.8 seconds at 96 mph and getting to 60 mph from standstill in 6.1 seconds.
Plus, the M35 is a little lighter than the M45, and that takes a bit of weight off the nose (53 percent versus the V-8's 54), which might affect the handling a smidgen. Certainly, if you buy the Sport model with its revised suspension and 19-inch wheels and tires, you're probably interested in handling as much as anything. So it would be nice if we could tell you that the M35 offered better roadholding, but our nearly molten skidpad in the desert offered up only 0.83 g of grip with the M35 (versus an M45's 0.85).
Nonetheless, the M35 is a great car with which to assault canyon roads. Those big 19-inch Bridgestones telegraph their grip on the pavement with considerable clarity, and the sport-tuned chassis maintains a fairly flat stance. Sport Ms have the company's active-toe-control system operating at the rear axle. This helps turn-in response and effectively damps the tail happiness we've seen in G35s, which share similar suspension technologies.