BY HAITHAM RAZAGUI | 19th Nov 2018
JAPANESE luxury brand Infiniti is struggling to emerge from obscurity in Australia, but it does have one big, attention-grabbing model up its sleeve: The hulking QX80 SUV.
At $110,900 plus on-road costs and with a climate-crushing 5.6-litre V8 petrol engine behind its gaping air intake, this is hardly a model for the mainstream.
But the QX80 represents more than 10 per cent of Australian Infiniti sales and its popularity is growing, which the brand desperately needs as much as it does an attention-grabbing flagship that gets people curious about the badge on its nose.
And you know what? We found driving the QX80 to be something of a guilty pleasure.