2025 Infiniti QX60 Luxe Black Edition Review

This week I have for you the 2025 Infiniti QX60, a 3-row luxury SUV that was lightly refreshed for 2025, but outwardly has remained largely unchanged since a major redesign in 2022.

Exterior 

Starting with exterior, the headlight design looks great, I love the 20” wheels, the front and rear LED taillights, and the Harbor Gray exterior.

It has a rear spoiler, and as always, I wish they had tucked the wiper under the spoiler, but I do love the illuminated Infiniti logo in the beautiful black mesh-like grill.  I am not enamored with the rear bumper to be honest. If it is supposed to look like quad exhaust, it doesn’t.  However, all-in-all, I find the exterior looks to be pleasing and I love this color a lot.

You can get the new QX60 in a variety of different trims.  You start with the Pure, next is the trim I have, the Luxe, which is the second-least expensive.  From there you go up to the Sensory, and finally the top-of-the-line Autograph.  My tester has a new package for 2025, the Black Edition, which is only available in the Luxe trim level.  Outside, the Black Edition gives you gloss black 20-inch wheels, black roof rails, grille surround, and exterior emblems, and on the inside you get a black headliner, an illuminated Infiniti emblem in the front grille, and illuminated kickplates.  It also comes with a 17-speaker Bose stereo that is terrific.  This addition runs $1,900 and I think it’s a great buy at that to spice up the most affordable of the packages.

Powertrain 

Here’s the big change for 2025, and it’s under the sculpted hood: Gone is the V6 we’ve come to know and love, and it is replaced by a 2.0-liter inline 4-cylinder equipped with a VC-turbocharger. The VC-Turbo can automatically adjust its compression ratio based on driving conditions and accelerator input, which allows it to balance performance and efficiency. The system is designed to be more fuel-efficient and powerful than non-VC engines.  It also has greater towing power, with the 2025 QX60 having a standard towing rating of 6,000 pounds, which is impressive.  It is mated to a 9-speed non-CVT regular automatic with shift paddles, and my test vehicle comes with all-wheel drive. 

Interior

Open any door to reveal a truly outstanding interior.  The contoured and heavily-stitched leather power seats are just beautiful. They are heated and air conditioned as well.  The interior attention to detail is impressive, especially across the dash into the door panels. Lots of stitching runs across the cabin with soft-touch materials everywhere.  I love that there is no gloss black to smudge and get your fingerprints on.

There is a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster that you can configure from the steering wheel.  You can get a lot of information from the driver info center and access settings for all the safety systems.  There is a large round tachometer on the left side, and a large round speedometer to the right side, with digital speed also displayed.  Gauges are colorful and easy to read and set back in the dash to eliminate glare. 

Center dash is another 12.3-inch touchscreen that operates the Bose sound system, voice recognition, the navigation, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, Android Auto, wireless Apple CarPlay, and real-time fuel prices, traffic, weather, and sports scores. If you prefer not to use the touchscreen there is a knob on the center console to scroll through all the functions of the infotainment system.  There is also a knob for the sound system volume and two knobs for the dual climate controls. 

The pass-through under the center console is also impressive and a great place for a lady’s purse. The center console holds the pushbutton start, a switch to disable the start/stop, shortcuts to the interactive screen, the Auto Hold, and the drive modes.  Choose from Personal, Sport, Auto, or Eco.  Each one makes a big difference in the drive and handling of this SUV, and on this SUV, Sport mode is a necessity, at least for me.

The QX60 has a great stubby shift handle and to the right of that is a wireless phone charger, and two cupholders.  To sum it up, Infiniti made the front compartment comfortable, intuitive, and everything is easily within reach.

Moving to the second row, there is a bench seat for three adults that slides forward and backward, and the seats recline.  The seats are heated, there are window shades to keep the sun out, and second row passengers can control their own temperature, have a USB, USB-C, a fold down armrest, and a power outlet.  The two seats fold and flip easily for 3^rd row access.

Third row seat room will be good for two average-sized adults and there are USBs for them also, but leg room is fairly limited.  This third row is best suited for kids.

Utility   

Cargo area is ok and the third-row seats fold down manually, but there are power buttons to raise them back up.  With all seats folded down, there is 75-cubic feet of cargo area, but there is also a very large storage area underneath it that would be great for storing valuables.

Standard Features 

This Luxe edition virtually comes with everything you can think of including a panoramic moon roof, power liftgate, remote start, power tilt wheel, electronic rearview camera mirror, front and rear parking sensors, trailer hitch and wiring hookup, power mirrors, memory seats, heated steering wheel, and much more.

Safety

On the safety front, you get forward collision warning with emergency braking, lane departure warning, blind spot monitoring, a terrific rearview camera with rear cross traffic alert, and rear automatic braking.  You also get Pro Pilot Assist, which is a hands-on driver assist system that combines Nissan's Intelligent Cruise Control and Steering Assist technologies and includes a stop and hold function that can bring the vehicle to a full stop, hold in place and can bring you back up to speed when traffic starts moving again.  It works terrific.

Ride and Drive  

This SUV is incredibly quiet inside, and the ride and handling are about as good as anything I’ve ever driven. There is something you should be aware of though.  If you have a heavy foot like I do, acceleration is a bit frustrating.  I much preferred the old 6-cylinder in this fairly-heavy SUV.  There is enough turbo lag to be noticeable, and it is better in Sport mode for sure, but it left me wanting for more power.  If you drive normally, it will be fine, but you should take a good test drive before deciding this is the one for you.

Verdict

Fuel economy is 22 in town, 27 on the highway, and 24 overall, but I am getting slightly more. MSRP is $62,980 on this ultra-loaded SUV and that is a great value for what you get.