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signals.
mirrors get integrated LED turn
have been added, while the exterior
and daytime-running lights also
double-arch front grille. LED fog
sill design, and Infniti's new
lowered fascias, an upgraded side
new front and rear bumpers,
Cosmetic design changes include
makes for a smoother ride.
QX50. The longer wheelbase also
buyers had with the outgoing
cramped second-row seating—that
addresses the top complaint—
of cargo capacity. This efectively
3
, including an additional 2.7-ft
3
ft
volume has been increased by 8.3-
in knee room. Overall passenger
of rear legroom and a 3.9-in. gain
wheelbase by 3.2 in. adds 4.3 in.
China last year. Stretching the
chassis that was introduced in
rides on the extended wheelbase
The main diference: The QX50 now
for the 2016 model.
this year, with a mild freshening
to a few hundred units per month
anemic sales, which have fallen
partially jumpstart the QX50's
meantime, it hopes to at least
redesign is coming soon. In the
Infniti says a long-overdue full
the last eight years.
aging platform and styling over
been virtually no changes to the
focused on other models. There's
attention it received while Infniti
for the QX50 was the lack of
nomenclature, a bigger problem
lack of customer awareness of the
change hurt sales initially due to
QX50 two years ago. Although the
Infniti renamed the EX as the
Q-centric branding initiative,
the EX35 in 2007. As part of its
crossover vehicle when it launched
brands to market with a small
Infniti was one of the frst luxury
QX50 ADDS ROOM AHEAD OF REDESIGN
u Although the QX50—then known as
the EX35—was early to the premium
crossover segment in 2007, its
popularity has languished as it
was little changed, something
that Infniti is beginning to
rectify with the 2016 model.