60 Infiniti Q2017 Red Sport Review: Ho'āʻo Weekend

ʻO ka Infiniti e like me ka poʻe kālai'āina. ʻAʻole makemake nā kānaka a pau iā lākou, ʻaʻole maopopo ka poʻe he aha kā lākou e manaʻo ai, a ʻoiai ʻike ʻoe aia lākou, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike pinepine iā lākou ma ke kino.

ʻO ka nalu mua ʻo Infinitis (maikaʻi, ʻaʻole he "nale" e like me ka dribble) ʻo ia ke kumuhana o ka hoʻohenehene maikaʻi ʻole no kā lākou offbeat, nā hiʻohiʻona ʻAmelika, ʻoi aku ka Bullwinkle-like QX SUV. Akā ʻo kēia Q60, ʻoi loa i kāna ʻāpana Red Sport kiʻekiʻe (ma luna o GT a me Sport Premium specs), me he kaʻa maikaʻi loa. Akā, pono ia, no ka mea, hoʻokūkū me kekahi mau mea hoʻokūkū uku maikaʻi loa ma Audi S5, BMW 440i, Lexus RC350 a me Mercedes-Benz C43.

ʻO ka Red Sport ke kumukūʻai $88,900, he $620 wale nō ia ma mua o ka RC350 akā $18 ma mua o ka Sport Premium. He ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka $105,800 Audi S5 Coupe a me ka $99,900 BMWi, he kiʻi i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ke nānā aku ʻoe i ka papa inoa o nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o Infiniti. ʻO ka waiwai no ke kālā he mea maikaʻi loa ia no ka mea ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka waiwai a me ka hoʻoilina, a i ʻole ma waho o ka US (ka mākeke i haku ai ʻo Nissan i kāna brand premium like me Lexus).

ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona ʻano waho wale nō e hoʻokaʻawale i ka Red Sport mai ka Sport Premium ʻo ia nā tailpipes māhoe me ka hopena matte. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻo ka inoa a me ke ʻano haʻuki koʻikoʻi he ʻili ʻili ʻili wale nō, no ka mea, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia kēia Q60 e kahi ʻenekini V3.0 twin-turbocharged hou 6-lita i hoʻohui ʻia me ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā huila hope.

Ke hoʻi au i ka home i ka pō Pōʻalima, manaʻo wau inā holo ka Q60 e like me kona ʻano?

holo moku Poaono

He kaʻa uʻi a hoihoi ("he aha kēlā?") me ka hoʻopiʻi kūʻokoʻa, e like me ka ʻike ʻia e ka nui o ka poʻe e ʻāʻī ana e nānā i koʻu holo ʻana. Pēlā nō, ʻike wau iaʻu iho e ʻimi ana i ke kaʻa i kēlā me kēia manawa.

ʻO ka mua he pahu kihi me nā kukui liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e hopu i ka maka i nā aniani ʻike hope o nā kaʻa i mua ou. ʻO nā huila chrome ʻeleʻele 19 x 9.0 iniha me 245/40 R19 94W kaʻa holo-paʻa he hiʻohiʻona hoʻolālā ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole ʻoe e nalowale i kāu Infiniti i ka lehulehu.

ʻO ka hope mua e huki i ka nānā.

ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ma ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka kaʻa he 22-ʻaoʻao, ʻaʻole i kū pololei ka huaʻōlelo "practical". A ʻaʻole pono i loko o kēia loiloi.

E hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻohana wau i kēia kaʻa ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi hoʻomaha ʻohana. ʻO ka hoʻolālā o ka Q60 he mea hoʻokele pono ʻole, a ʻoiai he ʻehā mau noho, ʻike wau he mau hōʻailona hōʻailona wale nō nā noho kaʻa.

He ʻoluʻolu loa nā noho mua a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo ma nā wahi kūpono a pau. ʻO nā noho hope, me ʻelua mau kīʻaha ma ke kikowaena lima, ʻoluʻolu akā ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu no ke kanaka ma luna o 5 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe. No ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka lumi wāwae kūpono, pono e hoʻonoho ʻia koʻu noho kaʻa ma kahi kokoke i ka huila ma mua o ka maʻamau me koʻu mau kuli kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā keiki i loko a i waho o ka noho hope, ʻaʻole naʻe he mea kupanaha me ka leve pelu a me kahi pihi hoʻololi noho uila aia ma luna o kēlā me kēia noho mua no ke komo maʻalahi.

Hoʻolaha ʻia ka nui o nā pahu pahu ma 341 lita, a ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o kona mau mea hoʻokūkū (350 lita) ka RC423, ua kūpono ia i kā mākou mau ukana o nā ʻeke liʻiliʻi o ka hopena pule i ka pō, akā ʻaʻole hou.

Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokomo i kā mākou ʻeke i loko o ka pahu 341 lita.

Ma hope o ka cockpit, ua kaupalena ʻia kahi waiho ʻana i kahi pahu liʻiliʻi ma lalo o ke kikowaena lima a me kahi wehe huna i mua o ka mea hoʻololi, a me kahi pahu mīkina lima liʻiliʻi. Hāʻawi nā kīʻaha ʻelua i loko o ka console kikowaena kahi mālama kūpono no kāu kelepona paʻalima, nā aniani a me nā kī. A hiki i koʻu makemake e inu i kekahi mea.

ʻO ke ʻano o loko ka manaʻo mua me nā noho a me nā puka ʻoluʻolu i uhi ʻia i ka ʻili, a me kahi ʻōnaehana leo Bose 13-speaker maikaʻi loa (e like me ka Audi). He hana maikaʻi ke kaʻa no ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka ʻenekini a me ka walaʻau alanui i kahi kani kani ʻole.

Eia naʻe, hōʻike hou ka nānā ʻana i nā koho hoʻolālā kānalua. ʻO ka manaʻo koʻikoʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻāpana kalapona kalapona-style plastic kala a me nā apo ʻilika makamae a puni ka speedometer a me ka tachometer. ʻO nā paʻi paʻi pālua, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kekahi, he paʻi ʻē aʻe no kahi kaʻa haʻuki nani.

Aia ma luna o ka pale media ma lalo.

Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia ka Q60 me kahi papa inoa nui o nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau, me nā kukui LED aunoa a me nā DRLs, kahi moonroof mana, ʻelua touchscreens (8.0-ʻīniha a me 7.0-inch hōʻike), sat-nav, a me kahi kāmela nānā hoʻopuni. 

Aia nō hoʻi ka wehe ʻole ʻana, ka huila uila hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia, ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ke aniau ʻelua, ka mana hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia a me ka wela o nā noho hoʻokele a me nā noho kaʻa, nā pedal alumini, a me kahi huila i uhi ʻia i ka ʻili.

Haʻuki Sābati

Ma ka pepa, hāʻawi ka Q60 Red Sport's 298kW/475Nm mana mana mai kāna ʻenekini twin-turbo V3.0 6-lita i alakaʻi nui ma luna o ka mīkini 350kW/233Nm V378 RC6 a hoʻohiki i kahi leʻaleʻa koʻikoʻi. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Sport Plus mai ʻeono mau ʻano hoʻokele kaʻa a hāʻawi i ka hoʻopiʻi maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka hana a me ka lawelawe ʻana. ʻO ka overtaking i kēia kaʻa he mea hoʻohui nui a maʻalahi hoʻi.

Ua lako ka Q60 me ka 3.0-lita māhoe-turbocharged V6 engine e hoʻomohala i 298 kW/475 Nm o ka mana.

Eia naʻe, ʻoiai ka wikiwiki o ka wikiwiki, ua manaʻo wau ua hoʻopunipuni ʻia. No kāna hana maalea a pau, ʻaʻole hiki i ka Red Sport ke hoʻohauʻoli a hoʻopuka paha i kēlā ʻakaʻaka lapuwale aʻu i manaʻo ai.

Ua manaʻo wau ua hāʻawi ka leʻaleʻa hoʻokele maʻemaʻe i kahi hoʻonohonoho ʻoi aku ka nani, ʻoi aku ka ʻōnaehana hoʻopau. ʻO ke kaʻa ʻana ma ke ʻano Sport Plus me ka puka makani i lalo i hāʻawi ʻia i ka lohe ʻoluʻolu. ʻAʻole ʻo C43 ka ʻāʻī a me ka hoihoi.

Ua hele mai ka'u Q60 Red Sport me (koho) direct adaptive steering (DAS) me ka ho'ohana 'ana i ka 'enehana mana uila. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka manaʻo hoʻohālikelike e pane koke i nā hana a hana maikaʻi loa i ke ʻano Sport Plus, kahi e ʻike nui ʻia ai ka manaʻo hoʻokele a me ka pane. Eia naʻe, nele i ka pilina a me ka manaʻo o kahi hoʻonohonoho mechanical e hoʻokō i nā ʻāpana German EPS a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kekahi. 

ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ka Q60 Red Sport kahi helu hoʻokūkū ANCAP, akā ua loaʻa i ka Q50 nā hōkū ʻelima kiʻekiʻe loa. Hele mai ia me kahi pae koʻikoʻi o nā lako palekana holomua me AEB, Blind Spot Warning a me Lane Departure Assisted Steering. Aia ʻelua mau kuʻina ISOFIX ma ke kua a me ʻelua mau wahi hoʻopili kelepona luna.

He ʻoluʻolu ka noho hope no nā keiki, ʻaʻole naʻe no nā mākua.

Ma hope o ke kaʻa ʻana ma kahi o 300 km i nā lā ʻelua ma ke alanui ākea, ke kūlanakauhale a me ke kūlanakauhale, ua hōʻike ka kamepiula ma luna o ke kaʻa i ka awelika hoʻohana o 11.4 l / 100 km. ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka Infiniti i ʻōlelo ai he 8.9 l/100 km (ka hoʻokele hui). 

Kēia kaʻa i ka nani sculpted profile e uwa sporty hana, me ka maopopo makemake e hou a me ka maka. ʻOiai maʻalahi ka wikiwiki a hoʻohauʻoli pau ʻole, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka ʻike hoʻokele holoʻokoʻa kahi pane hoihoi. ʻAʻole kēia he kaʻa haʻuki Kelemania. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo kāna kaʻa liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka maʻalahi e paʻakikī ke kapa ʻia he coupe nani, no laila ʻaʻole ia he Lexus.

Inā ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka hana haʻuki iā ʻoe, hiki ke kōkua ka hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa o ka Q60. Ma kēia kumu kūʻai, pili ia i nā coupes ʻelua-puka kiʻekiʻe loa, akā ʻaʻole i nā mea āpau.

Ua kūpono anei ka S5 no kou ʻohana? Inā ʻaʻole, manaʻo paha ʻoe? E haʻi mai iā mākou i kou manaʻo ma nā manaʻo ma lalo nei.