

For 2017, this was updated with direct injection. The QX60's original 3.5 liter VQ35DE V6 engine produces an output of 265 hp (198 kW) and 248 lb⋅ft (336 N⋅m). Drivetrain and engine Infiniti QX60 3.5L VQ35DE V6 This results that the QX60 would not be available in RHD markets as it would only be available exclusively in LHD markets. The QX60 had previously been under consideration for the Australian market, but the numbers for right-hand-drive re-engineering and local homologation failed to add up and get approved by Australian authorities unlike its Nissan Pathfinder sibling. In 2012 Nissan announced that the Pathfinder would also have the same platform as the QX60 for the 2013 model year. Design work was done through 2009, by Naoyuki Ohkoshi under Shiro Nakamura. The QX60 was the first three-row crossover to be released by Infiniti. A concept version had been debuted at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance event, while the production model was unveiled at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show. The Infiniti JX35 was announced in April 2012 in the United States as a 2013 model. While the number previously denoted engine displacement (for example, 35=3.5L engine), the new number, 60, is largely to do with its place in the product lineup, with larger numbers usually corresponding to more expensive vehicles. In keeping with Infiniti's naming scheme for 2014, in which cars begin with Q and SUVs begin with QX, the JX was renamed to QX60. It is underpinned by an elongated Nissan Murano platform also used by the Nissan Pathfinder. The Infiniti QX60, called the Infiniti JX until the 2014 model year, is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV with three-row seating produced by Infiniti, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Nissan.
