Infiniti Q60 Red Sport

Part scarlet fervour, but steering misses the turn.

- Tony O'Kane

FOLLOWING on from its underwhelming debut in turbo four-pot 2.0 GT guise late last year, Infiniti has thrown more coal into the Q60 coupe’s engine room in the form of a potent twin-turbo, direct-injected V6.

Driving the rear wheels, the Q60 Red Sport’s turbo six brings some much-needed excitement to the Q60 family, with strong low-end pull courtesy of a 475Nm peak torque figure that begins at just 1600rpm, and a linear power delivery maxing out at a segment leading 298kW. That’s more than rivals BMW 440i and Merc-AMG C43 Coupe, and for way less coin.