LIKES
- Luxurious cabin
- Impressive second-row
- Decent towing capacity
- Refined exterior styling
- Good tech story
DISLIKES
- Could use a hybrid
- Too similar to the Pathfinder?
- Captain’s chairs should be more widely available
- So-so mpg
BUYING TIP
- Skip the base QX60 to step up to Luxe or Sensory trim mainly for the additional driver-assistance tech.
With its just-right blend of features and interior packaging, the 2023 Infiniti QX60 is a good choice for families seeking a luxurious SUV.
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Infiniti QX60? What does it compare to?
The QX60 is a luxury three-row crossover SUV with a well-equipped interior. Shop it against the Buick Enclave, the Acura MDX, and its Nissan Pathfinder platform mate.
Is the 2023 Infiniti QX60 a good SUV?
With its family-friendly interior and good set of driver-assistance tech, the 2023 QX60 rates highly. It’s a 6.7 out of 10 on the TCC scale.
What's new for the 2023 Infiniti QX60?
For 2023, the QX60 gains three years of free maintenance and a wireless charging pad.
Inside, the QX60 inches ahead of the Pathfinder with an elegant design including a tablet-style touchscreen and a wide range of paint hues. There’s a lot of Nissan to its switches and buttons, though. That’s something that we can’t say for Cadillac and Audi compared to their mainstream Chevy and VW siblings.
The QX60 makes use of a 3.5-liter V-6 to hustle 295 hp to the front or all four wheels via a 9-speed automatic transmission. Plenty of sound deadening and soft suspension tuning help the QX60 feel more refined than the Pathfinder, though just 23 mpg combined in front-drive form disappoints. A hybrid or even a turbo-4 would make a big difference here.
On the flip side, the spacious cabin offers terrific seating in rows one and two, with decent space for passengers in the third row. A booster or child seat can stay in place in row two when pushed forward for access to the third row, too. Cargo space could be better, but nearly 42 cubic feet behind row two still bests smaller SUVs or sedans.
Standard safety tech includes automatic emergency braking front and rear, lane-departure warnings, and blind-spot monitors, while the ProPilot Assist system that allows for short stints of hands-free driving at higher speeds comes on higher trims.
How much does the 2023 Infiniti QX60 cost?
A price hike this year makes the QX60 less of a value than before. It starts at $50,395, plus $2,000 for all-wheel drive.
We’d skip the base trim for at least the $56,500-or-so Luxe with its driver-assistance tech and surround-view camera system, or we’d step up to $60,000 Sensory that lives up to our luxury expectations with its wood trim and Bose audio.
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Styling
The 2023 Infiniti QX60 wears stately, elegant lines.
Is the Infiniti QX60 a good-looking car?
It’s restrained but solidly upscale. We like the QX60’s dressy exterior and its soothing cabin, the latter of which nudges it to an 8 out of 10.
The QX60’s broad front grille sits above faux skid plates, which correspond with unpainted fender flares and lower cladding for a quasi-rugged look. Leave the mud-plugging to the Pathfinder, though, since the QX60 rides on 18-inch wheels in base form or 20-inchers otherwise. Autograph versions have intriguing two-tone paint that works better here than in some other SUVs. From the rear, the QX60 is busy and the brightwork at the bottom of the bumper looks like an afterthought, though.
In Autograph form, the QX60 looks downright luxurious with its ultra-soft leather and its open-pore wood trim, though even base models have a classy feel to help substantiate the price hike over a Pathfinder.
Performance
A refined ride quality sets the 2023 Infiniti QX60 apart.
Though it may be a close relative to the Nissan Pathfinder, the QX60 is awash in sound deadening and its suspension gains softer tuning to help give it a more luxurious feel. The tweaks work, nudging it to a 6 out of 10 on the TCC scale.
Is the Infiniti QX60 4WD?
It can be. All-wheel drive costs $2,000 on most trims, or $2,900 on the Autograph. The all-wheel-drive system normally sends most power forward, though half of what the engine provides can be directed rearward when slip is detected.
How fast is the Infiniti QX60?
A familiar 3.5-liter V-6 powers the QX60. Here, it’s rated at 295 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque, small bumps over the Pathfinder. The same 9-speed automatic transmission delivers power either forward or to all four corners. There’s decent power from a stop accompanied by only a muffled growl.
Underneath, the QX60 rides on a fully independent suspension that has been tuned for a soft ride, even accounting for the big 20-inch wheels fitted to all but the base version. Certainly not tuned for spirited driving, the QX60 relishes open-road cruising.
It’s a great mile-eater, but not a corner carver.
All that sound deadening conspires with laminated glass for a hushed experience at highway speeds, too.
With all-wheel drive, the QX60 sees its towing capacity amp up from 3,500 to 6,000 lb.
Comfort & Quality
Few luxury SUVs are as family-ready as the 2023 QX60.
Sharing its base with a mainstream family hauler helps set the QX60 apart from some luxury rivals. The 2023 Infiniti QX60 offers up huge space in the first two rows, has good cargo space, and ensconces everyone in nice leather trim.
It’s a 9 out of 10 on the TCC scale.
The power-adjustable front seats have good support in base form. Stepping up to the Sensory trim buys massaging seatbacks and bases. Row two is accessed via wide-opening doors, and passengers will find a plush bench. Only the range-topping Autograph offers up captain’s chairs, an odd oversight. The second row slides forward with ease to allow decent access to the third row. Of special note is the fact that families can leave car seats attached to row two when it’s nudged forward, a rarity.
With row three down, however, that cargo area grows to a more substantial 41.6 cubic feet, and the second row flops down for a maximum of 75 cubes.
Interior trim and materials are good for the price, especially in Sensory versions with their open-pore wood trim. Only a smattering of buttons and switches shared with the Pathfinder downgrade the look, though.
Safety
The 2023 QX60 has a mixed safety record, but it comes with plenty of tech.
How safe is the Infiniti QX60?
A four-star frontal crash-test rating from the NHTSA balanced by a Top Safety Pick award from the IIHS and a wide array of collision-avoidance features means the 2023 Infiniti QX60 earns a 7 out of 10 on our scale.
The feds have yet to calculate the QX60’s rollover risk, though, so for now it misses out on an overall score.
Features
The 2023 Infiniti QX60 comes well-equipped, bolstered this year by standard maintenance coverage.
The 2023 Infiniti QX60 sees a big price hike this year to $50,395 to start for the base Pure trim. That’s a $2,500 bump from last year, though Infiniti now includes three years of scheduled maintenance and a wireless charging pad in addition to LED exterior lighting, real leather seats, a panoramic sunroof, and a 12.3-inch touchscreen for infotainment. Wireless Apple CarPlay is balanced out by wired-only Android Auto. Sorry, Google fans.
All-wheel drive costs $2,000 more.
Factoring in a 4-year/50,000-mile warranty with that new maintenance spiff, good standard features, and a big infotainment screen, we wind up at an 8 out of 10 for features.
Bypass the QX60 Luxe for the Sensory trim if you want a proper luxury experience. At a hair under $60,000, it ain’t cheap, but you’ll find a motion-activated tailgate, a 17-speaker Bose audio system, massaging front seats, a surround-view camera system, and a few other niceties.
How much is a fully loaded Infiniti QX60?
The QX60 Autograph starts around $64,000, which buys softer leather, a head-up display, and a black roof, plus it’s the only way into second-row captain’s chairs.
Fuel Economy
The 2023 Infiniti QX60 slurps down premium unleaded.
Is the Infiniti QX60 good on gas?
Some rivals are less gluttonous. The 2023 QX60 is estimated at 21 mpg city, 26 highway, 23 combined with front-wheel drive. AWD versions rate a similar 20/25/22 mpg. All models need premium fuel.
The QX60 trails the Volvo XC90’s 25 mpg combined, and even the Cadillac XT6 can hit 23 mpg with all-wheel drive.
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