2026 Infiniti QX60 Up Close: Just a Little Bit Nicer

It was just a few short years ago that the Infiniti brand significantly updated its mid-size QX60 three-row luxury SUV, giving it new styling, a new interior, a new transmission, and a massive boost to both its luxuriousness and prestige. And now, for the 2026 model year, the luxury division of Nissan is giving it an update with new styling, new screens, and new software and technology, all aimed at making it more competitive and even more luxurious in the face of increased competition. Has it succeeded? It’s a mild update for the QX60, but it is a successful one.

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That Family Look

If the new QX60 looks a lot more like the just-updated, Nissan Armada-based 2025 QX80, well, that’s entirely intentional. From the new grille and headlights to the illuminated logo, the lower body-colored door sills and the new taillights out back, the whole look is meant to evoke a lower, wider aesthetic to the SUV and bring it in line with the swoopy, cleaned-up looks of its larger brother. Some new colors are available for the QX60, as well, including some two-tone looks, depending on the body color you select. The new styling isn’t a huge departure from the old QX60, but that’s just fine — it’s one of the better-looking luxury SUVs on the market, and despite sharing its underpinnings with the more plebian Nissan Pathfinder, you’d never know they are related.

Something new for 2026 is the addition of a Sport trim level to replace the Sensory trim, which brings blacked-out details to the outside of the QX60, as well as gloss-black wheels and a unique, more sharply pointed grille. New 20-inch wheels replace the old 18-inch wheels as standard equipment on the base Pure trim, with new designs for the Luxe trim, as well. The new Sport trim also looks good, but it is indeed all looks with the Sport trim and not any actual improvements to performance. You’ll look quicker, not be quicker, but sometimes that’s enough.

A Nicer Interior

Inside, the QX60 gets a new look, as well, one that Infiniti says is inspired by the Japanese concept of Shibui, or the “elegance of simplicity.” Not much has changed for the interior except some new colors and materials and a new screen and updated multimedia system. Like the QX80, it’s all touch-sensitive controls in here, not something we generally prefer but something that Infiniti seems to be dead set on perpetuating across the lineup as a way of differentiating its models from the lesser Nissan vehicles on which they’re based. At least the multimedia system is a good one, now Google-based like much of the rest of the world’s systems and offering voice control through Google Assistant in natural conversational format. It does feel a touch more usable and sophisticated than the newest Lexus systems.

The base Pure and Luxe trims get a new TailorFit imitation leather upholstery that’s made of 65% recycled materials in three optional colors, while the top Autograph trim gets semi-aniline leather complemented by laser-etched open-pore wood trim. The Sport trim gets a unique appearance, with all variants wrapped in Dusk Blue upholstery with blue-and-black seats and a black headliner. All QX60s are three-row SUVs, with the Pure trim featuring a standard second-row bench and seating for seven; Sport and Autograph trims get standard captain’s chairs and seating for six.

It’s very comfortable in the QX60, in the first two rows anyway — the third row is on the small side and suitable best for children or very brief trips. Materials quality is a step above what you’d find in a Nissan, but it’s suitable for the category and about on par with competitors like the Lexus TX or Cadillac XT6. The new onboard tech includes a first-ever Klipsch premium audio system — 16 speakers on the Luxe and Sport, 20 on the Autograph — and it sounds pretty fantastic.

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Coming This Summer

From the up-close look we’ve had, it seems like the upgrades that Infiniti has been making across the lineup are trickling down nicely into their volume model, as well. We do hope that eventually the brand will come to see the folly of making all the controls touch-sensitive, but alas, that hasn’t happened just yet. Hopefully the rest of the upgrades to the new QX60 offset that frustrating trend.

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