Video: 2015 Infiniti QX70 Review

The good news though, is that that V6 does still have plenty of power. Thanks In part to a seven speed automatic transmission that kicks down plenty, up shifts very smoothly, really helps out with drivability there. Our test car also has pretty good ride quality here. Even with the sport package in 21 inch wheels, it feels very sophisticated it's firm but still pretty forgiving over bumps and stuff. Still one editor found this SUV feels a little bit cumbersome. Doesn't quite throw itself around as well as some other sportier SUV's out there. I kind of agree with that. If you're really, really going to just drive this like a sports car, it does feel a little bit nose heavy, pushes a little bit in the corners. Now, most SUV drivers aren't going to be doing that. Of course. And for most daily driving duties, the QX70 does feel like a bit sportier SUV definitely fits its premium cache. The cabin in the QX 70 is fairly old school, but that's actually a good thing because there's no capacitive touch buttons or anything here, just ordinary buttons and knobs the center stack a little bit busy, lots to kind of sort through, but all the buttons you'd need here, including physical zoom in and zoom out buttons for the navigation system, a touch pad that you can directionally scroll on nothing that you really have to sort through or try to figure out it's all right there when you need it to be soft touch materials here all the way down to your foot level, which is very nice. It's very consistent look and feel across all levels of the cabin. Our biggest issue of course, is one that's kind of inherent when you look at the outside shape of this vehicle and that's visibility, the side mirrors are very big, but the rear window, very small and the C and the G pillars kind of merged together in a pretty useless rear quarter window all the way back there and there's just kind of a big blind spot As you look over your shoulder. The backseat has good leg room and excellent headroom, but I wonder why if they didn't move the seat another inch or two higher off the floor, because it sits really low to the ground here. So my knees are kind of up in the air a little bit. If it was higher up there'd be obviously a better thigh support and probably enough headroom to support that. Now the backseat doesn't move forward or backwards, but it does recline in a 60/40 split. Unfortunately, doing so requires you to kind of get these shoulder area levers, not the easiest place to kind of twist around and get to let's take a look at the cargo area. Another utility drawback because of this SUV's shape is cargo room. About 25 cubic feet of space behind the rear seat, enough for things like a stroller and stuff like that. About 62 cubic feet if you fold those seats down which is pretty easy to do here thanks to these handles in the cargo area. Still the QX 70 overall has cargo space that's more equivalent to traditional small luxury SUVs like the BMW X three mid-sizers there's like the Lexus RX, The Mercedes-Benz M-Class, those have more space back here. The QX 70 starts around $47,000 goes all the way up to about $60,000, fully loaded with all the factory options that puts it right in the thick of RX and M-Class territory, obvious utility disadvantages versus either of those and other small SUV's actually feel a little more nimble. And so the QX 70 still has some fun baked into it, especially given what it is, but I got to say kind of close to time for a redesign (car engine revving)