Infiniti QX60 Hybrid Gone From 2015 Lineup

Sometimes a hybrid model just doesn't work out. Such is the case with the Infiniti QX60 Hybrid. Released for the 2014 model year, it was a one-hit wonder.

Like its Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid sibling, which has also been dropped for the 2015 model year, the QX60 Hybrid traded a 260-horsepower 3.5-liter V-6 for a 2.5-liter four and a mild-hybrid system making a total of 250 horsepower. While V-6 fuel economy topped out at 20 miles per gallon city/26 mpg highway/22 mpg combined, Infiniti claimed a 24-percent improvement in overall fuel economy for the Hybrid model and EPA ratings of 26 mpg city/28 mpg highway/26 mpg combined.

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Unfortunately, we weren't impressed with the hybrid system in either the Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid or the Infiniti QX60 Hybrid. It didn't deliver the power we would want in a seven-passenger crossover SUV, and our sister site, Green Car Reports, found that the Pathfinder Hybrid failed to meet its 26-mpg combined EPA rating during a lengthy real-world winter test.

GCR asked Nissan for a Pathfinder Hybrid last summer to repeat the test in warmer weather, which is usually kinder to hybrid fuel efficiency, but the company declined to make one available.

In response to a GCR article noting the demise of both the Pathfinder Hybrid and the QX60 Hybrid, Infiniti USA reached out with the following statement explaining that the QX60 is indeed gone, but it could be revived:

We base our production upon retailer orders and consumer demand worldwide. The Infiniti QX60 remains in production for several global markets, including China and Mexico.