2017 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400AWD

2017 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400AWD Review
The 2017 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400AWD

Kudos to Infiniti for putting resources into this car, especially when the whole world seemingly wants to “drive truck.” It’s almost a throwback: a low-slung sled that now makes even more of a statement, since crossovers have become so ubiquitous. The Infiniti has the striking impact of recent Lexus designs, with more coherence outside. The Q60 interior’s sweeps of form and color—blued carbon fiber on doors and dash—are fetching and the general level of quality is high, too.

Its twin-screen interface looks good even if it’s not intuitive. Infiniti’s resources seem to have gone into multiple new engines and chassis revisions; a 208hp four and 300hp and 400hp twin-turbo V6 are superb and combine nicely with the legacy 7-speed automatic. The top dog, labeled Red Sport, lays down a marker in the junior hot rod ranks that BMW M Sports and AMG-light Mercedes have staked out. A sub-5-second 0-60 augments well-honed suspension calibrations.

The Q60 breathes with the road yet is well tied down (at least when equipped with the adjustable Dynamic Digital setup); the brakes are stout, too. The only demerit is the fly-by-wire steering. While dramatically improved over the system that came in the original Q50 sedan, it still has some odd feedback and lacks the transparency of a conventional setup—which is thankfully still standard, as long as you forsake some of the optional safety systems. The Q60 Red Sport may not be quite as refined as a BMW 440xi or Audi S5, but it has perhaps the most style in the class and dynamics to match the best.

The 2017 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400AWD INterior


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