I dare to say that I have never placed Nissan at the top of my list for both styling or quality. Although ever since the strategic partnership in 1999 between Renault and Nissan things have changed especially in the styling aspect. (Infinity is Nissan's upscale brand name)
Here is a wonderful example of that, the 2017 Infinity QX30:
As you can see from the pictures there is a very close resemblance to the styling job done on the Nissan Murano.
First of all this SUV is not built in Japan, not France, not the US, wait for it, Sunderland, England.
It is powered by a 2 Liter turbocharged four cylinder that produces 208 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. The engine is coupled to a 7 Speed dual-clutch automatic transmission with available AWD (up to 50/50 split)
Safety features include: Around View Parking cameras, Intelligent Parking Assist, Adaptive-Cruise-Control radar and an AWD system capable of a 50/50 torque split.
Sounds impressive but there's already tons of competition in this space, especially from earlier entrants such as the Lexus NX, Audi Q3, Mercedes GLA and Buick Encore
The QX30 goes on sale in the second quarter of 2016, will there be a demand? That as well as the starting price remains to be seen.
Pictures from Google images, full article can be found on caranddriver.com by following this link:
http://www.caranddriver.com/infiniti/qx30
Another great related article on thecarconnection.com, follow link:
http://www.thecarconnection.com/overview/infiniti_qx30_2017
