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Infiniti QX65

The new QX65 has many of the same design elements as the redesigned QX60, with the biggest difference being its dramatically sloping roofline that incorporates a subtle rear spoiler that hides a standard rear wiper. The Autograph trim’s black roof and satin-chrome window trim further accentuate the styling. If you prefer a less flashy look, the Sport model features a mesh grille insert, gloss-black wheels, black emblems, and a black chrome window surround.

Black trim around its lower edges and large wheels help give it an aggressive stance. The Luxe and Sport trims come standard with 20-inch alloy wheels, with the top Autograph trim stepping up to 21-inch alloy wheels.

Its large grille features thick diagonal lines inspired by a bamboo forest, set off with a standard illuminated Infiniti badge. Across the rear is a full-width light bar with several vertical elements that form vestigial taillights near the edges, even though the whole bar lights up at night. LED lighting comes standard on the front and rear of the vehicle, and plays an animated sequence when the car locks and unlocks.

The QX65 even gets its own special three-layer paint color, Sunfire Red, which incorporates gold-covered glass flake into the finish and recalls a similar red offered on the Nissan GT-R. (Less blinged-out paint colors are also available.)

The new QX65’s interior is largely a carry-over from the QX60, only without the third row of seating and with a fastback roof that trades vertical space for style. The dashboard is the same, with a 12.3-inch driver’s information display, a 12.3-inch central infotainment touchscreen, and a slick touch-sensitive panel with climate and stereo controls. The driver and passenger temperature controls, as well as the on/off volume knob for the stereo, get their own physical knobs. Optional upgrades include a 10.8-inch head-up display, a rear-view mirror camera, and 64-color ambient lighting.

The QX65 features a Google built-in infotainment system, which has native Google Maps, a Google voice assistant capable of handling conversational voice commands, and access to additional apps through the Google Play store. Wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay come standard, along with a wireless charging pad and four USB-C ports for charging. The wireless charging pad features magnets to help keep your phone in place, as well as a fan to keep its temperature down.

An 11-speaker audio system comes standard on the Luxe model, with the Sport trim getting a 16-speaker Klipsch audio system with an 8-inch subwoofer. The Autograph features a 20-speaker Klipsch system with Infiniti’s Individual Audio system, which uses head restraint speakers in the front seats to target audio preferences or phone calls to passengers or the driver. Individual Audio also allows the driver to hear certain things more clearly, such as navigation directions, while quieting the music (but not the passengers).

Audio features are a running theme here: The QX65 features active noise cancellation to keep out unwanted sounds, but it also has Active Sound Enhancement, which amplifies engine noise in the cabin.

The Sport model continues its blacked-out theme inside with a graphite-colored headliner and gloss black trim with a “carbonite” pattern. The top Autograph trim adds even more luxurious appointments, including open-pore wood-tone accents, massaging front seats, and quilting on the dashboard and the perforated leather seats. Additionally, it has an aluminum scuff plate for the rear cargo area and illuminated kick plates in the front and rear.

A sliding, reclining, and folding second row should make it easy to get comfortable and configure seating to maximize hauling space. No third row means more floor space behind the second row, but the raked roof eats into overall cargo space. The specs suggest it’s plenty roomy despite this, with up to 35.8 cubic feet of cargo space behind the rear seats and 67.7 cubic feet with the second row folded down, per Infiniti. If there isn’t enough space inside, the QX65 also boasts a respectable 6,000-pound towing capacity.

Under the QX65’s hood is a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine carried over from the QX60, capable of outputting 268 hp and 286 lb.-ft. of torque. A nine-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters is standard across all trims, which Infiniti says has been tuned for more aggressive acceleration for the QX65.

Each QX65 is fitted with all-wheel drive, though the wide, low-profile tires are clearly geared more for pavement than for scrambling across loose surfaces.

The QX65 includes a number of standard active safety and driver assistance features, including automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, blind spot warning, rear cross traffic warning, reverse automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, lane keeping assistance, a direct driver monitoring system, and automatic high beams.

Adaptive cruise control comes standard, along with the ProPilot Assist active driving assistance system, which combines adaptive cruise control and steering assist to take over acceleration, steering, and braking on longer trips, but it still requires hands on the steering wheel. The ProPilot Assist 2.1 hands-free driving system is available on the top Autograph trim, which takes over steering, braking, and throttle inputs on certain freeways.

A surround view camera comes standard on the Sport and Autograph trims, which also includes an “Invisible Hood View” that allows drivers to see directly underneath and in front of the vehicle as if the hood weren’t in the way.