When we last chatted with you about the Infiniti Q Inspiration concept, we left off with the hope that it would usher in a new era of Infinti production cars. Lord knows Infiniti needs it. And it looks like we’ll be getting some electrified version of it within the next five years.

Infiniti brought one of the most intriguing concept cars to the Detroit Auto Show this year, in part because it was one of the only actual concepts revealed, but also because it’s a beautifully sculpted package that finds a tricky balance of design and new engineering. Here’s what its designer had to say about the…

This is mean, but not inaccurate: Infiniti hasn’t done anything truly interesting in a good while. Nissan’s luxury brand spent years faltering as it tried to stand apart in a crowded field, with plenty of weird false starts like the canceled high-performance Q50 Eau Rouge along the way. But while it’s just a design…