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Advanced Front Mid-Ship Platform
The Front Midship Platform design was introduced in the 2003 Infiniti G35. It is a big reason for the huge growth in Infiniti sales, because this platform is a GREAT platform and this platform design underpins all our vehicles except the QX56.
From greatcarstv.com/reviews:
Using an advanced front midship platform -- the "FM" in the platform designation stands for front midship – the power plant is placed behind the front axle, delivering 54 percent of the weight up front and 46 percent behind (in the 2008 Infiniti M35). The weight distribution, along with an increase over the previous model’s torsional rigidity and independent, double-wishbone front suspension and multilink rear, creates a machine that handles better than most muscle cars and equal to that of many flat-out sports cars.
One of the technologies that keeps the VQ engine on the top of the industry:
Variable Flow intake Video
The Infiniti VQ V6 engine has many components and sub-sytems which have enabled it to be listed among Ward’s Automotive’s Top 10 Best Engines in the World for 13 years in a row. Among them none is more important to the long-term performance of the motor than the 2-stage cooling system. Essentially, coolant, returning to the engine from the radiator, enter both the heads and the block simultaneously. Cooled water gets to the upper and lower parts of the engine quicker and at a more uniformily cooled temperature.
2-Stage Cooling System Video
A great Infiniti Dealership Service Diagnostic system
Electronic Concentrated Control System
QX56 Auto-Leveling Rear Suspension
Anti-Lock Braking Systems (ABS)
Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD)
Adaptive Front Lighting System
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Xenon Headlights
Bluetooth
All Infiniti models have available Bluetooth wireless connectivity technology. Many of our customers consider this the best technology in their cars. Simply said, when you talk on the phone in you car, with Bluetooth, your signal and sound are as clear as your cellphone permits (usually excellent) and you never take your hands off the wheel. (Editor’s note: take away my nav, take away my 306 horsepower, just DO NOT take awy my Bluetooth!!)
From: howstuffworks.com
There are lots of different ways that electronic devices can connect to one another. For example:
- Component cables
- Electrical wires
- Ethernet cables
- WiFi
- Infrared signals
When you use computers, entertainment systems or telephones, the various pieces and parts of the systems make up a community of electronic devices. These devices communicate with each other using a variety of wires, cables, radio signals and infrared light beams, and an even greater variety of connectors, plugs and protocols.
The art of connecting things is becoming more and more complex every day. In this article, we will look at a method of connecting devices, called Bluetooth, that can streamline the process. A Bluetooth connection is wireless and automatic, and it has a number of interesting features that can simplify our daily lives.
How Bluetooth Creates a Connection
Bluetooth takes small-area networking to the next level by removing the need for user intervention and keeping transmission power extremely low to save battery power. Picture this: You're on your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone, standing outside the door to your house. You tell the person on the other end of the line to call you back in five minutes so you can get in the house and put your stuff away. As soon as you walk in the house, the map you received on your cell phone from your car's Bluetooth-enabled GPS system is automatically sent to your Bluetooth-enabled computer, because your cell phone picked up a Bluetooth signal from your PC and automatically sent the data you designated for transfer. Five minutes later, when your friend calls you back, your Bluetooth-enabled home phone rings instead of your cell phone. The person called the same number, but your home phone picked up the Bluetooth signal from your cell phone and automatically re-routed the call because it realized you were home. And each transmission signal to and from your cell phone consumes just 1 milliwatt of power, so your cell phone charge is virtually unaffected by all of this activity.
Bluetooth is essentially a networking standard that works at two levels:
- It provides agreement at the physical level -- Bluetooth is a radio-frequency standard.
- It provides agreement at the protocol level, where products have to agree on when bits are sent, how many will be sent at a time, and how the parties in a conversation can be sure that the message received is the same as the message sent.
The big draws of Bluetooth are that it is wireless, inexpensive and automatic. There are other ways to get around using wires, including infrared communication. Infrared (IR) refers to light waves of a lower frequency than human eyes can receive and interpret. Infrared is used in most television remote control systems. Infrared communications are fairly reliable and don't cost very much to build into a device, but there are a couple of drawbacks. First, infrared is a "line of sight" technology. For example, you have to point the remote control at the television or DVD player to make things happen. The second drawback is that infrared is almost always a "one to one" technology. You can send data between your desktop computer and your laptop computer, but not your laptop computer and your PDA at the same time. (See How Remote Controls Work to learn more about infrared communication.)
These two qualities of infrared are actually advantageous in some regards. Because infrared transmitters and receivers have to be lined up with each other, interference between devices is uncommon. The one-to-one nature of infrared communications is useful in that you can make sure a message goes only to the intended recipient, even in a room full of infrared receivers.
Bluetooth is intended to get around the problems that come with infrared systems. The older Bluetooth 1.0 standard has a maximum transfer speed of 1 megabit per second (Mbps), while Bluetooth 2.0 can manage up to 3 Mbps. Bluetooth 2.0 is backward-compatible with 1.0 devices.
Why is it called Bluetooth?
Harald Bluetooth was king of Denmark in the late 900s. He managed to unite Denmark and part of Norway into a single kingdom then introduced Christianity into Denmark. He left a large monument, the Jelling rune stone, in memory of his parents. He was killed in 986 during a battle with his son, Svend Forkbeard. Choosing this name for the standard indicates how important companies from the Nordic region (nations including Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland) are to the communications industry, even if it says little about the way the technology works.
VDC
Infiniti’s electronic stability control system
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