Infiniti's QX Sport Inspiration is still attractive, in Paris, and now gray

Yes, crossovers tend to be boring. But this one is pretty! Then we remember it’s going to turn into the front-drive-based QX50, so we automatically lose some interest. But the wheels will be driven by
Infiniti’s new VC-Turbo engine, which is kind of exciting!

And for the 2016 Paris show, those wheels are bigger – 22-inchers in place of the 21s that the
QX Sport Inspiration concept debuted with in Beijing earlier this year. (It’s hard to tell a difference in the photos, but you can bet the imaginary ride of this concept will suffer, imaginarily.) The 22s are also painted bronze now along with the brake calipers, and the whole vehicle gets a coat of matte gray paint to replace the silver it was originally shown with. There’s also some new brown leather in the previously very black and white interior. It’s still pretty black and white, actually.

Then there’s the variable-compression-ratio VC-Turbo engine that will power the production QX50. We’re getting a better look at this 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo
in cutaway form at the Paris show, and it continues to fascinate. It’s a pretty neat thing, with a movable stroke position that allows it to vary the compression ratio between 8:1 for performance and 14:1 for efficiency (when the turbo isn’t needed). That might not sound terribly cool, but it’s a pretty big step forward in the march of efficient power. So yeah, crossovers can be boring, but at least this concept and the production car that will soon follow it have a few things going for them.

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