{"id":494102,"date":"2010-03-31T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/31\/2011-infiniti-qx56-priced-56000-new-york-auto-show\/"},"modified":"2010-03-31T12:18:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T16:18:00","slug":"new-york-2010-2011-infiniti-qx56-priced-identical-to-2010-model-at-56700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/494102","title":{"rendered":"New York 2010: 2011 Infiniti QX56 priced identical to 2010 model at $56,700"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: New York Auto Show<\/a>, SUV<\/a>, Japan<\/a>, Infiniti<\/a>, Luxury<\/a><\/p>\n

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2011 Infiniti QX56 – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

\nAfter a quite entertaining piece of both gravity and physiology-defying strangeness from some smiley Cirque de Soleil performers (Infiniti is the official sponsor of Cirque de Soleil), Infiniti’s<\/a> product boss Carlos Tavares took the wraps off the all-new QX56<\/a>. Based not on the Nissan Armada<\/a> chassis (like the previous QX56) but instead on the heavy-duty Patrol<\/a>, the new QX56 is a large, eight passenger “5-Star Luxury” body on frame SUV. That said, Infiniti managed to shed over 100 pound of flab compared to the 2010 QX56.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the 2010 iteration, the previous QX56 is roundly regarded as one of the most awkward and ungainly looking luxo-barges, well, ever<\/em>. In fact, if we were to put together a museum exhibit about the uncontrolled and obnoxious wild excesses of the just-ended SUV craze, the old QX would get top billing right next to a Hummer H2<\/a> and the Cadillac Escalade EXT<\/a>. The new QX56 changes all that. It’s world’s better looking. We’d even go so far as to state that it has a certain Middle Eastern chic to it. Put it like this: if you had to cruise around your kingdom checking oil wells what would you rather be driving? <\/p>\n

Infiniti is billing the QX56 as an eight-passenger private jet. Mr. Tavares must have said the word “luxury” a dozen times in his ten-minute presentation. Judging by our time with the all-new 2011 M37 and M56<\/a>, we can declare then when they want to, Infiniti is fully capable of building a world-class interior. In the 2011 QX56, even the third-row reclines. Oh, they’ve also seen fit to stuff seven-inch color displays into the backs of the front head rests. <\/p>\n

Hardware-wise, the QX56 is a body-on-frame full-size SUV sporting the same 5.6-liter variable-timing, direct-injection V8 as the M56, although in QX-trim it “only” makes 400 horsepower. However, while Infiniti had no official word on torque, they did explain the new QX56 can tow 8,500 pounds. And the big boy’s seven-speed automatic allows it to get an almost, kinda respectable 20 mpg on the highway. <\/p>\n

Most noteworthy is the inclusion of a Hydraulic Body Motion Control system that Infiniti claims reduces body roll by 40%. It uses an X-corner fluid distribution system (similar to how the Audi RS4 is suspended) that moves suspension fluid from the left front damper to the right rear, and vice-versa. Infiniti also claims the system is so effective that new QX56 has less body roll than the BMW 5 Series. Either way, the QX56 goes on this sale this summer, starting at the exact same price as the old one, $56,700. Make the jump<\/a> to read the press release.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: New York 2010: Infiniti QX56<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gallery: 2011 Infiniti QX56<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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