2005 INFINITI QX56 consumer reviews

I shopped X5 and Navigator for comparison and they didn't come close. At over 50,000 miles, this has been a wonderful ride! Navigation is intuitive, comfort features abound, interior has been thoughtfully designed for driver and passenger comfort. Fold the two rear rows of seats down and there's room for an orchestra AND the third row stows in the QX' floor, not in the corner of your garage. Infiniti service has been top notch. Go drive one -- you'll love it!

We owned the 2001 LT Suburban, and can not believe the difference in our QX56. I can not think of one thing that I liked more in the Suburban than the QX. Why is their not more QX's on the street??

After test driving this vechile I had to have it. It is the most comfortable car I ever drove. All the standard features was amazing. My kids can now ride comfortably and enjoy a movie on their way to school.

We owned a Yukon before we purchased the QX56 and had considered the Escalade and LX450 when we bought it. While the overall vehicle has been very good, and the ride also very good, it still has some jitters and noise on the highway that were not experienced in the other vehicles. Most of the time, the QX56 has felt very smooth on the road and has been extremely comfortable on long hauls to Mammoth. So for 'Comfort' above, I gave it 5 stars with this caveat; at times, the ride and feel on the freeway can feel a bit jittery and at times inferior to the ride we experienced with the Yukon. Similar comment goes for the rating on Interior Design - we love the inside of the QX56, the second row of seats is limosine-like, the split A/C control in the front is terrific, good cubby holes and shelves on the sides, but one item - if you do use your SUV to haul stuff from Home Depot on the weekends, the interior of our QX56 has not fared as well as the inside of the Yukon did. Yukon had hard plastic sides in the rear, while the QX56 has leather/leatherette sides; beautiful finish but the inside finishes of the QX56 have suffered slightly from this normal usage. Navigation System - while the Infiniti nav-system 'joystick' used to enter a destination eliminates the finger smudges on the screen, we prefer the entry system for the Lexus nav-system on our small car. Handling - this is a big vehicle. It is not as big as a Yukon XL/Suburban, but my wife loved driving our Yukon before and now finds the QX56 sometimes a bit intimidating. Same width, and the extra 8 inches in the wheelbase and length doesn't sound like much, but for some reason seems very noticable, and you feel the difference in turning radius.