2025 Infiniti QX80 Full-Size SUV Coming and Starting at $84,445

• The 2025 Infiniti QX80 has been updated for the third generation and builds on the QX Monograph concept model.
  
• The redesigned QX80 ditches the low-powered 5.6-liter V8 and hustles thanks to a turbocharged 3.5-liter V6.
• Infiniti says the 2025 QX80 will start at $84,445 — a 10% discount — when it goes on sale this summer.

After a pair of facelifts, and more than a decade on the assembly line, Infiniti is introducing the next generation of its QX80 three-row SUV.

While this QX80 still retains its top-of-the-line frame design, the V8 won’t make the change until 2025. But there’s an all-new sheetmetal, which also has an equally fresh cabin experience. Oh yeah, there’s also a big bump in the base price.

While we knew the V8 was coming and we learned some details about the V6 earlier this year—it’s still worth noting. This 3.5-liter V6 sends 450 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque through a nine-speed automatic transmission.

Despite being down a pair of cylinders, this turbocharged V6 bests its predecessor’s V8 by 50 hp and more than 100 lb-ft of torque. Infiniti says the nine-speed automatic—sending power to the rear wheels or the four-wheel drive system—offers a 40% wider gear spread than the outgoing seven-speed transmission.

Joining the underground shakeup, Infiniti completely changed the QX80 for ’25. This trend should come as no surprise to those familiar with the QX Monograph concept. Although, to the surprise of some, the exterior style of the concept has almost been translated exactly to the new shell of the QX80.

With almost every production concept car, there are minor concessions to distracting pieces such as the fuel doors and door handles, but the overall design is executed perfectly.

Still, this boxy style doesn’t add the Range Rover’s elegance to the Infiniti. Narrow daytime running lights sit just under the hood, with the actual headlights flanking the grille. At the rear, a long LED light bar helps to show the width of this new QX80.

With the mirrors folded down, this QX80 is 92.5 inches wide. Combine that with 211.2 inches of overall length, and you can appreciate this SUV’s big footprint. Slightly longer than the Chevrolet Tahoe, Infiniti added an inch to this QX80 during the redesign. Supporting that height is a 121.0-inch wheelbase.

Handling all of this is a standard set of 20-inch wheels, which can be optioned with 22-inch wheels. Managing those large rollers is a pair of wishbone control arms in each corner.

Coil springs come standard, but adjustable air suspension is available. Infiniti also adds a dynamic digital suspension system that takes inputs from sensors around the QX80 to better match the damping force on the road surface.

Unfortunately, for some, Infiniti is also steering the QX80 away from hydraulically-assisted steering and toward an electronically-assisted module.

The interior of the QX80 leaps into modernity. A pair of 14.3-inch screens are standard and manage your media and instrument needs. This 14.3-inch digital instrument screen is configurable and has three preset layouts.

There is also a 9.0-inch touchscreen that sits in front of the center console and is responsible for controlling your climate controls, heating and driving mode.

But wait, there’s more. Infiniti is adding heated third-row seats as an option on the latest QX80, and massaging seats will be available in the second row. Infiniti is also adding what it calls Biometric Cooling, which uses an infrared sensor in the headliner to adjust the climate control when it detects an overheating passenger in the second row.

Also on the inside, Infiniti says the QX80 gets a new 170-degree front camera system mounted on the grille to provide a wider view on 14.3-inch screens, which will help see closer to other cars in parking lots.

There’s also “Invisible Hood View,” which helps people see clearly what’s in front of the QX80. The digital rearview mirror provides another monitor of the view and can help overcome the problem of tall second- and third-row occupants blocking the way of the mirror.

Infiniti also adds an in-car camera so front-row occupants can look at the people in the second row without turning their heads. After leaving the car, you can also use the smartphone app to view the cameras inside the QX80 to see if you’ve forgotten anything important in your car.

Further expanding the list of technologies are the QX80’s driver assistance systems. The standard system is Infiniti Pro Pilot, which includes adaptive cruise control and center lane keeping. The system also uses navigation data to help adjust speed around curves and intersections. The more advanced Pro Pilot 2.1 system boasts hands-free driving in certain highway conditions, according to Infiniti.

All in all, this is a big step forward for Infiniti and the QX80, and there’s one more step in store for buyers: price. The ’25 Infiniti QX80 will start at $84,445, up from the current starting price of $76,840.

About 10% of this covers some new features, and follows the upward trend of car retailing. But the current generation QX80 finished 2023 near the bottom of the luxury SUV segment (with less than 13,000 US sales), so it’s hard to predict how buyers will respond.

Topping the QX80 charts is the Autograph 4WD model, which will set you back $112,590 when it goes on sale this summer.

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Wesley Wren has spent his entire life around cars, whether it was dressing up as his dad’s 1954 Ford for Halloween as a kid, tinkering with cars in college or collecting nostalgic pieces of history—and a lot in between. Wesley is the current owner of a 1954 Ford Crestline Victoria, a 1975 Harley-Davidson FXE and a 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie. Oh yeah, and a 2005 Kia Sedona.