Cadillac chief Johan de Nysschen suggests his former employer, Infiniti, may not bring the Q50 Eau Rouge concept to production now that he isn’t around to see the project through.
“I heard a rumor that Noboru Tateishi is going to cop-out and shelve the Eau Rouge project now that I’m not there to pressure him,” de Nysschen wrote in a Facebook post, as quoted by Jalopnik.
“I heard a rumor that Noboru Tateishi is going to cop-out and shelve the Eau Rouge project now that I’m not there to pressure him,” de Nysschen wrote in a Facebook post, as quoted by Jalopnik.
Tateishi is Infiniti’s corporate vice president in charge of vehicle test technology, one of the executives that allegedly maintains veto power of projects such a the Q50 Eau Rouge.
“Tell any Cadillac or Audi engineer ‘build me a 560hp sports sedan’ and you have to reign [sic] them in,” de Nysschen added in his post. “At Infiniti, it seems easier to push water uphill. More enthusiasm for ‘driver’s aids’, apparently, than ‘driver’s cars’, in some quarters, it would seem.”
Infiniti has not yet publicly confirmed production plans for the Q50 Eau Rouge, however the model has been repeatedly highlighted in various marketing campaigns that appear to corroborate rumors that it will be developed.
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