Infiniti M35h Hybrid - Car and Driver (blog)
Unfortunately, those controls are consistently too hair-trigger quick to achieve perfection, the throttles overly snappy, the brakes too grabby, and the steering too twitchy for the sort of relaxed driving we don’t do often but a well-balanced car... Aside from the obvious defining characteristic—the stopping and starting of the engine—the electric power-steering systems fitted to hybrids typically deprive the driver of any communication through the wheel, and regenerative braking systems... In the Infiniti M35h , which pairs a 302-hp version of Infiniti’s 3. 5-liter V-6 with a 67-hp electric motor—those two opposing extremes cancel each other out beautifully, lending the M35h a more refined personality than the rest of the M lineup. Infiniti fits uniquely tuned shocks and anti-roll bars to the hybrid, and the 245/50-18 Michelins have a touch more sidewall than the tires on most of the Ms we drive, giving the hybrid an ever-so-slightly calmer ride than the rest of the family. Although the hybrid’s 1. 4-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery, electric motor, and ancillary systems add weight, where that weight goes is actually beneficial to the M. Source: www.caranddriver.com
