Vettel handed keys to his own Infiniti FX
Current Formula 1 world champion and Infiniti’s Director of Performance Sebastian Vettel has taken delivery of his new company car, a car with his name on it: the Infiniti FX Vettel Edition.
“I’m proud to now own the Infiniti that I helped design. It has great performance, responsive handling and fits my daily life perfectly. The FX Vettel Edition is great fun to drive and I like that it is totally unique, I am sure many other Infiniti owners will feel the same way,” said Vettel.
Delivered to his home in Switzerland and bearing the designation 001 (of just 150 made), the high performance SUV is the most powerful model in the Japanese brand’s arsenal. Given a world debut at last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the project marked the start of Vettel’s close involvement with Infiniti.
His role has since included multiple development and comparative test drives as well as participation in engineering briefings with Infiniti teams around the world. This include direct driving input into the steering and braking performance of the forthcoming Infiniti Q50 saloon.