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Inside, you can be sure this meets all luxury needs and wants from creamy looking and feeling leather seats to mocha burl trim on the dash, console and steering wheel. I’d lose the wood on the wheel and stick with leather. Even with the heated steering wheel turned on that wood is nippy on cold mornings.
The dark currant red test truck also added a $2,450 theater package with dual 7-inch monitors on the back of the front headrests, along with two wireless headphones a wireless remote and 120-volt power outlet, plus auxiliary input jacks). Add to that a power hatch, power third row seats that you can power down for more storage and adjust the rear seat angle for comfort, and two quick-release buttons on the console to quickly lower and spring the second row seats forward so third-row folks can crawl out.
There’s all the usual luxury stuff too, like satellite radio, a super sound system, sliding visors, heated and cooled front seats and heated second row seats, foot well lights in the second row and headlight washers, all part of that $5,800 option package. Naturally the interior is especially comfortable. Seats are fairly flat, but well cushioned, and it’s super quiet inside. Additionally, it’s easy for adults to crawl into the third row, although those seats are real hard.
Sadly, climbing aboard or departing the vehicle is tough. The step-up is huge, but there’s a foot rail or running board. Problem is, some designer decided to partially recess it (no doubt for looks), so it’s hard to get a full foot on the rail as you climb out, especially if you’re wearing boots. That’s really tough for older riders and even some younger ones complained. Add in some moisture on a rainy day and you have the recipe for someone falling.
Pricing? Well, the Infiniti is just barely more than the GMC Yukon Denali, starting at $59,800 compared to $58,900 for the Denali. Yet with all the bells, whistles, sensors and such the test ute hit a monster $72,560. That’s skewing way toward the luxury end.
You could buy a nice mid-size ute for 60% of that, so you only need to go this big if you need to haul more folks and tow a big trailer too, and if you need to be coddled and cushioned with a load of luxury extras.