REPULSIVE HISTORY

Infiniti is Nissan’s luxury brand, but the latter has been in bed with other European premium manufacturers before – most infamously with Alfa Romeo. That resulted in the 1983-87 Arna, based on the dismal N12 Pulsar. What could be more alluring than an Italian-assembled Japanese hatch with an Alfasud powertrain and a Datsun rear axle? Though sales understandably tanked, some 53,000 were built before Fiat took ownership of Alfa Romeo in 1987.