Infiniti QX50 Concept Revealed Ahead Of Official Detroit Debut

However, the company is also known for doing overhauls in a big way. That rings true on the QX50 Concept because on the design front, the SUV departs abruptly from its predecessor, which was an attempt to make a sporting SUV that bore a slight resemblance to a passenger sedan. Not so in this concept. While the "driver-centric, passenger-minded" cabin is luxurious, especially with an accommodating cab forward design that affords more interior space, the exterior effortlessly pulls off the rugged but elegant look. The other two stars of the QX50 Concept are out of plain sight, consisting of the long-awaitedvariable compression ratio enginefrom the automaker and a suite of autonomous features.

One such feature we can expect is the predictive forward collision that makes it possible for the QX50 to mimic the Tesla Model X thatrecently used its future-telling powers to brake seconds before a crash even happened. These systems will take a backseat to the driver, adopting the role of a co-pilot that navigates annoying stop-start highway traffic and generally helping with all of the mundane but important driving tasks. Like Lexus, Infiniti has been around since 1989, but if it hopes to use the new QX50 to catch up to the lead its Japanese counterpart has, it will need to stick as close to the QX50 Concept as possible and lend its technology to the rest of the family.