The 2025 Infiniti QX80 Ditches V8 and Picks Up Concept Styling

by Chris Teague

Published: March 21st, 2024

the 2025 infiniti qx80 ditches v8 and picks up concept styling

Concept vehicles don’t often make it to production unchanged, but the new Infiniti QX80 looks an awful lot like the QX Monograph concept the automaker showed late last year. The new SUV was recently revealed with boxier styling, more interior space, and an updated interior design with more tech and high-end materials.

Infiniti ditched the outgoing QX80’s V8 in favor of a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V6. The new setup produces 450 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque, and sends it to the rear or all four wheels through a nine-speed automatic transmission. Optional air suspension can raise and lower the SUV by 1.2 inches on the highway to conserve fuel and up to 2.8 inches when parked for easier entry and exit.

The 2025 QX80 comes with dual 1.3-inch displays and a smaller third display for climate and other controls. It gets neat features like a new biometric cooling system that can detect when second-row passengers are feeling hot and direct air toward them. An available Klipsch reference Premiere stereo brings 24 speakers and 1,200 watts of power. Speakers in the front headrests let front passengers hear alerts from the navigation system or take a phone call without disturbing people in the back seats.

The new QX80 goes on sale this summer. Pricing for the Pure RWD trim starts at $84,445 after a surprisingly steep $1,995 destination charge. The Luxe RWD trim starts at $91,545, and adding four-wheel drive to either trim costs $3,100. Stepping up to the Sensory trim brings the price tag to $102,640, and the range-topping Autograph trim costs $112,590. The top two trims come standard with four-wheel drive.

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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Joe65688619 on Mar 22, 2024

I have a 2018 QX 80 (purchased new for $58K). Before that a QX56. Both did some pretty heavy duty towing and family hauling and no mechanical issues (the QX80 had some electrical gremlins that were fixed under warranty). Aside from the Armada, they were amongst the cheapest body-on-frame SUVs with towing capacity. I can't imagine they'll get the premium they are asking with the pricing, esp on the top trim lines.

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Alan on Mar 22, 2024

I'll wait for a Patrol Ti-L or even Ti. I like the engine, but I wonder what efficiencies has be gained? Maybe this engine in a hybrid setup would give stonking performance and better FE.

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