The 2025 Infinity QX80 Autograph is big in every single way. Big in physical size, big in interior luxury, big in horsepower, big in visual impact, and certainly big in price tag. Infinity needs the QX80 to succeed, not simply to help pad the bottom line but to shoulder it like Atlas with the Earth on his back. The redesign of the formerly whale-looking QX80 into something much more refined, taught, and sharp certainly hit the notes that buyers in 2025 are drawn to in this segment of full-size luxury SUVs. Gone are the odd curves and frankly strange headlights of the previous generation and here are clean, dare we say almost sleek lines that radiate a kind of authority and power as well as the definite feel of money and you’ll need plenty of it for this edition of the QX80. The wholly appointed Autograph edition came with a window sticker price of over $114,000.

Size matters when you are in this league of big money SUVs. Sure, there are exotic high performance SUVs that command even more money but for the usual purpose and position of rigs like this, he who rides largest, wins and the new QX80 seems and strikes us as even more imperious and massive as the old one. Just look at the size of the doors in this side shot. The graceful lines of the headlights wrapping the front corners are good, the subtle Autograph logos on the rear flanks are a classy and nice touch. The lighter tone of the roof is also quite a refined and upscale touch.

The previous generation QX80 used a 5.6L V8 and a seven speed automatic. It wasn’t a barge but it was certainly a vehicle that was testing the limits of that V8 every time you hammered the gas and it let you know it. This new QX80 is packing a 450hp twin turbocharged V6 that’s backed by a nine speed automatic transmission. For the sheer size of this monster, the performance is pretty impressive. It will run to 60mph in less than 7 seconds and will actually run in the 14s at the drag strip. These are not breathtaking numbers but they mean that for a massive rig, this thing can hustle. It’s not effortless, but it’s also not straining itself to the maximum like the old 5.6L V8 was doing.

The nine speed automatic transmission is very good in this application, is never hunting for a gear and it keeps a very torque rich twin turbocharged engine right in its power window at all times. The transmission is the real star of this show.

Here’s what you are spending your six figures on, the over the top interior in the QX80 Autograph. From the loads of technology, the amazingly comfortable seats, the expansive room inside the beast, and the high quality materials, if the idea is to let people know you spent all the dough, this does it. The one thing that we kept thinking about when we were driving and experiencing the QX80 was how it stood up to brands like BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, and others. The simple fact is that this rig does stand in that ring and in some cases actually supersedes them in respects. Allowing the rear passengers the touchscreen control of their HVAC, the biometric heating controls that actually monitor passenger temperature and adjust things accordingly, the deeply sculpted dash and small lower touch screen, it’s a tour de force of interior design and execution. Nothing was spared in terms of materials, looks, and execution and it shows.

The neatest thing about the 2025 QX80 Autograph is the fact that it is completely unapologetic about what it is and who it is intended for. It’s a moonshot of a rig for Infinity and one they need to both succeed and act as a halo to bring people in for the lower trim level but also high margin examples off the QX80 that they sell. There are loads of people who have the willingness to spend north of $110,000 on a large SUV. We may not be among them but the fact they knew they had to build this one means that there’s plenty of market out there.

Is there such a thing as a $114,000 Infinity? There is now. Does it represent luxury, status, and authority like those other brands we mentioned? In its delivery yes, bit getting people into actually experience it will be the hard part for Infinity. If they can win that battle, this monster will absolutely stand shoulder to shoulder with the competition and in some ways, maybe a head above.