Variable-compression engine meets crossover: Infiniti QX50 review

Enlarge / The Infiniti QX50 in Hermosa Blue. (credit: BradleyWarren Photography) In a world full of similarly priced compact luxury crossovers, one way to differentiate yourself is with what’s under the hood. That’s the approach Infiniti has taken with the all-new 2019 Infiniti QX50. What might otherwise be yet another $ 50,000 crossover becomes intriguing […]

2019 Infiniti QX50 vs. compact luxury SUV rivals: How they compare on paper

With apologies to the EX35, or whatever it was eventually renamed, Infiniti has been without a proper, competitive entry in the compact luxury SUV segment. You know, the segment that’s growing faster in sales and entries than any other? To say the 2019 Infiniti QX50 is long awaited would therefore be an understatement. At first […]

2019 Infiniti QX50 with Variable Compression Ratio Engine Driven!

– There’s a new kind of engine under the hood of the new Infiniti QX50. Like many of its competitors, it’s a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four, but what goes on inside is radically different from anything that’s come before it. For the first time in a production vehicle, there’s an engine that can change its compression […]

Official EPA Numbers and Pricing Announced for Infiniti QX50 With VC-T

– The biggest news surrounding the new-gen 2019 Infiniti QX50 is the introduction of the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder variable-compression engine, or VC-T for short. It is a breakthrough in gasoline propulsion technology that Infiniti hopes will offer an appealing, efficient alternative to those who are still resisting the electrification surge. The EPA mileage ratings have just gone official: The front-wheel-drive […]

Infiniti's variable compression engine in the 2019 QX50 is the first of its kind

The world’s first variable compression ratio engine is here, in a production car. That car is the 2019 Infiniti QX50, debuting this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The midsize crossover has seen a refresh that has brought it an all-new platform together with new driver assist features, but it’s the engine that’s the […]

Infiniti unveils a semi-autonomous QX50 for 2019

After nearly a year of teasing, Infiniti finally debuted its newest QX50 crossover at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show on Tuesday. The vehicle features not only an inline-4 engine capable of adjusting the length of each cylinder’s piston stroke on the fly, it’s also the first Infiniti to incorporate Nissan’s ProPilot semi-autonomous driver assist […]

2019 Infiniti QX50: Crossover Proportions, Radical Propulsion

– After two decades of development, amassing some 200 patents along the way, Infiniti is the first automaker to move the vaunted concept of a variable-compression-ratio engine out of the engineering labs and into production. The first of many Infiniti vehicles that this 2.0-liter VC-Turbo engine will power is the all-new 2019 QX50 compact crossover. […]