Note to the Lexus SC430: it is now beyond over for you. Infiniti, Nissan's BMW-hunting luxury brand, has unveiled the 2009 Infiniti G37 Convertible, a retractable hardtop 4-seater that preserves the Coupe's good looks even with its 3-piece folding metal roof neatly tucked out of sight, as you can see here. Power from the 3.7L V6 will be in excess of 320 horses, and numerous comparos against the BMW 335i convertible are inevitable. You can practically hear the buff mags reserving track time as we speak. Sunny Los Angeles will be the venue for the car's formal unveiling in November, and likely a fertile ground for sales when the time comes.

.... a retractable hardtop 4-seater that preserves the Coupe's good looks ....

ultimate douchemobile?

nothing has needed to die harder than the SC430.

From what I've read, the SC430 is not going to be replaced, and instead, Lexus is going to make a coupe and convertible version of the IS.

In the transition from coupe to convertible, the G has lost every single ounce of aggression and now has all the excitement of the Camry Solara. It comes off as an old lady car, like what a 50-something upper-middle-class southern californian housewife would drive down to Rodeo Drive at 23 miles an hour.

In the transition from coupe to convertible, the G has lost every single ounce of aggression and now has all the excitement of the Camry Solara. It comes off as an old lady car, like what a 50-something upper-middle-class southern californian housewife would drive down to Rodeo Drive at 23 miles an hour.

Well the convertible's definitely going to be slower and softer than the coupe/sedan no matter how you slice it...

4-seat convertibles never convey a sense of sportiness. The closest two I've seen to doing so are the RS4 and the M3, and both of those cars are dynamically far inferior to their hardtop counterparts anyway. I doubt Infiniti's going to crack the performance conundrum that large convertibles always face. Plus regardless of whether or not they do, I still think it looks lamer in side profile than the sedan or coupe.

Uhh how's it bogus? Infiniti displayed it themselves at Pebble Beach...the pic that is.

PEBBLE BEACH, California — The world got its first official look at the 2009 Infiniti G37 convertible on Saturday, as the automaker unveiled a photo of the car at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The G37 convertible, with a three-piece automatic retractable hardtop, will go on sale in the spring of 2009.

Infiniti is not known for a slow striptease of its products, including photo debuts. But it appears to have felt compelled to show something well in advance of the Los Angeles auto show.

"We've had a lot of bad photos out there," explained Infiniti spokesman Kyle Bazemore to Inside Line on Friday when asked about the G37 convertible. "We want consumers to see how beautiful the car is. So many people have tried to Photoshop it out on the Internet using a photo of the G coupe. We want to make sure there is an accurate representation of it."

Uhh how's it bogus? Infiniti displayed it themselves at Pebble Beach...the pic that is.

I've always heard that the G sounds better from the outside than the inside. This should solve that problem nicely.

Maybe its just the angle...but the rear looks excessively high.

Such a bad time for this car to be released! Nobody is buying luxury cars these days. We've got in the office and I must say, in person, the car looks much more sorted out... its slightly edgier than the SC, but there is noticeable bulk back there ( i would imagine there would have to be)