Well if I were in your shoes I would go to your local infiniti dealership and test drive the q50, to me personally, I do not regret purchasing my q50s, I absolutely love it. This is my first Infiniti and my first car I purchase. Now the only other car I have driven was my dads e60 m5, but that is a different beast. So im not totally sure how this car performs to others. The only thing I dont like about the q50 is how long Intouch takes to be fully operational, but I could live with it.