Consumer Reports: No QX50?

[ralfp]

The 2014 Consumer Reports Auto issue seems not to mention the QX50. Is this true? I took a quick look at my parents' copy yesterday and did not see it.

Given the low sales numbers this is not surprising.

[meanie]

The 2014 Consumer Reports Auto issue seems not to mention the QX50. Is this true? I took a quick look at my parents' copy yesterday and did not see it.

Given the low sales numbers this is not surprising.

Probably doesn't apply to CR, but I think the name change has confused some reviewers. Saw a blurb comparing luxury crossovers the other day which included all the usual suspects: GLK, RDX, X3 and so on with pictures, but instead of the QX50 it had the pictures and specs for a Q50. Seems the reviewer couldn't tell the difference between a crossover and a sedan.

[ralfp]

Probably doesn't apply to CR, but I think the name change has confused some reviewers. Saw a blurb comparing luxury crossovers the other day which included all the usual suspects: GLK, RDX, X3 and so on with pictures, but instead of the QX50 it had the pictures and specs for a Q50. Seems the reviewer couldn't tell the difference between a crossover and a sedan.

You're almost certainly correct that this doesn't apply to CR; they generally seem to be on top of this kind of thing (they pointed out the upcoming name changes in last year's issue).

I think I came across the same site when Googling this (they have a correction at the bottom). Most QX50 reviews that one sees online seem to be updated copies of EX35 reviews from several years ago.

[EXceptional]

Here's the story of the name change...

http://infinitinews.com/en-US/infiniti/ ... g-strategy

[meanie]

Here's the story of the name change...

http://infinitinews.com/en-US/infiniti/ ... g-strategy

Yeah, it may be a "simple" system that does away with the "mine's bigger than yours" convention of incorporating engine size into the name, but it doesn't really have anything organic or meaningful about it. Suzuki tried something similar with naming all of it's motocycle cruisers "Boulevard" a few years back. I don't think it has done anything to improve sales, except perhaps for the Volusia, which had a somewhat odd name to begin with. If Infiniti really wanted to celebrate the roots of the cars they would have brought back the Skyline name for the G. Now THAT is a name with a storied history. But of course they want to pretend they are not really Nissan.

[TomT]

No way I'm buying anything with a Q in it. Guess I will just keep the EX for life.

[ArcticBlue]

I'm with Tom T on that score, for sure !

[CalgaryDan]

In one of the car mags I read that there were zero changes between the 2013 EX37 and the 2014 QX50 other than the naming convention and therefore they had nothing to review.

[meanie]

In one of the car mags I read that there were zero changes between the 2013 EX37 and the 2014 QX50 other than the naming convention and therefore they had nothing to review.

Outside of a few minor electronic interface changes and wheel sizes the only real changes in the car since its inception was moving to the 7 AT and the 3.7 engine. That's it! In 6 years! No mid cycle make overs, no susbtantial option upgrades. While it is true Infiniti did well with the initial design, I think the lack of subsequent attention explains not only the small market share, but why professional reviews of compact lux crossovers often neglect to even mention the EX/QX50 as an option.