If you need to haul eight passengers in exceptional comfort there’s no longer any need to select a traditional luxury suv to do so, as there now exists panoply of high-end crossovers with three rows of seating that do their best to mimic the dynamics of a large sedan out on the road. If you plan to do any towing, however, or want to haul the entire contents of your living room with you on the next camping trip, then a full-size, truck-based sport-utility vehicle like the 2015 Infiniti QX80 is still a strong choice.
With so few competitors – the Lincoln Navigator, the Cadillac Escalade, and in a broad sense the Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Lexus LX570 all vie for a similar customer – Infiniti would have been forgiven for letting the QX80 march forward with the plodding pace of a soon-to-be-extinct thunder lizard. The Japanese luxury brand has flipped the script on that narrative, however, investing in the QX80 a level of technological prowess and interior refinement that imparts the well-deserved title of ‘flagship’ onto this mammoth beast.
