INFINITI QX50 2018 Exterior | 2018 INFINITI QX50 Concept

Infiniti’s replacement for the aged QX50, the crossover formerly known as EX35. This is the first production vehicle whose engine will actively vary its compression ratio. With a turbocharger and a variable-valve-timing system that is capable of running the Miller cycle, Infiniti says this 268-hp four-cylinder is 27 percent more efficient than a six with equivalent power.

Infiniti will trade the long-serving rear- and all-wheel-drive FM platform that underpins the current QX50 for a new transverse-­engine architecture spawned from a cooperative agreement with Mercedes-Benz. This new platform has Mercedes roots but is different and larger than the Benz GLA/Infiniti QX30 platform. As of now, it’s not known which Benz will share this platform. The QX50 will be built at Nissan’s Aguascalientes, Mexico, assembly plant..
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