Anyone care to share user experience w/ either the Infiniti QX60 or Audi Q7?

for a woman's vehicle. i find the qx60 to have an excellent blend of convenience, economical, and still fairly affordable.

Inifiti



ETA: Hmmmm, the picture for the Infiniti QX60 apparently is for the 2015 Pathfinder. Don't know why it has that. Same body maybe?

Audi



Both have good crash ratings, but the Audi has a safer child seat anchor.

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Had a friend return one after a month because they couldn't fit the car seat in it.

I do need to check out the MDX again. Forgot about those.

My wife got the 2017 qx60 a little over a month ago. The leg room is really nice. It beats the Tahoe we turned in. Second row is very roomy and space can be split with the 3rd row if needed. Although the 3rd row already has more room than our Tahoe did.

It had that minivan look to me at first, but now I see that in every crossover. I can't complain about it so far. I think we probably bought the same model you are looking at. Sticker was around 52 as well. Includes the birdseye view camera, the radar, 13 speaker bose system (which is actually pretty damned good), etc. Doesn't include theater and deluxe tech packages.

We didn't look at the Audi due to starting price, and to be honest, weren't looking to spend that much on the Infiniti. We were looking at the base model and comparing it to the MDX. MDX came with a lot of the sensors standard. Infiniti matched the sensor packages which came with all those other add-ons and did it at the price of the base MDX. Don't know how, as they had to lose money, but if you have a chance, get with Sewell infiniti in Houston.

I didn't drive the Q7 to compare. We had a VW TDI and although they made it right with the settlement, we just took a break from that brand (VW/Audi/Porsche.....if we could afford Porsche ). They do look really nice though.

The only 3 row luxury SUV's in the same price range are the MDX and the QX60 really. You may be close with an high end QX60 compared to a base Q7 or X5, but that's not comparing apples to apples. I will say, the MDX had nice seats, but otherwise, the interior did not make you think you were paying for a 45k+ vehicle. Very underwhelming. Also, they don't even come with spare tires!

Be sure of the Q7 you are looking at that price is not the 4 cyl. I can't believe they put a 2.0 T in that vehicle. Had a 14 Q7 TDI, did well for the 45k we had it. Be warned though, Q7's eat brakes. My wife was extremely easy on them and we got 40k. Have friends that wives are tough on them and they get like 20-25k at $1000-$1600 a set.

How is the cargo space behind the 3rd row between the MDX, QX60, and similar comparables? Will be in the market soon. Could you fit a stroller and maybe a small ice chest?

Look out for the CVT (variable transmissions) on the Infiniti and Nissan vehicles. There is a class action lawsuit about it regarding the "juddering" issue at low speeds.
We almost got one and that scared us off. Infiniti seems like they refuse to fix the root cause. Beautiful vehicle otherwise.

The new Q7 is amazing. It is the best "driving" SUV outside of the X5M or Porsche Cayenne. Car and Driver rated it the best dad SUV about 6 months ago. The QX is different league (comfortable cruiser) with a less modern interior.

QX60 and pathfinder specifically. Think it was certain years