So... this week we're looking at two crossovers, to see which is best!
The comparison is a bit unfair, because one of the vehicles had a much bigger, much more powerful engine - but the underdog did put up a good fight, and as a whole, won us over. Allow us to elaborate!
Styling: Both the Infiniti QX55 and the Genesis GV70 fall under the coupe-SUV segment, and hence have sloping rear roof lines. If you're looking for practicality, the QX50 and the GV80 would be a better fit for you.
Both vehicles look very nice - the C-pillar of the GV70 remind us of the Porsche 928 while the QX55 is (in our opinion) an overall prettier design (feel free to tell us in the comments below, how wrong we are)!
Interior: Both vehicles have well-designed and well-built interiors, but neither is perfect. The tech in the GV70 is incredible, but its seats gave us back ache - which meant, we were only happy with it on short trips! The seats in the QX55 are among the best we have ever used, which made long drives much more manageable, but the infotainment tech is quite dated!
Powertrain: Genesis offers the GV70 with a choice of two engines, a turbocharged four-cylinder or a twin-turbo 3.5L V6 (375 hp)- our tester had the latter. Power is sent to all-wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission. Infiniti only offers the QX55 with a turbocharged 2.0L inline-four cylinder (268 hp) that features variable compression ratio. Power is fed to all-wheels via a CVT gearbox - which is not ideal!
Acceleration: In our test, the GV70 3.5T did a zero to 100 km/h run in 5.44 seconds. The much less powerful QX55 did a 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) run in 6.43 seconds - just a second off the mighty GV70; that's impressive!
Price: Base price for the GV70 is $53,100 - whereas you'll need $54,895 to get into the QX55.
Verdict: Both are good vehicles, and while we enjoyed the power of the GV70, the comfort of the QX55 won us over!
Words By: Nauman Farooq
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