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1997 Infiniti QX4 Review: Interior

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1997 Infiniti QX4 Review

The Pathfinder goes uptown.
Interior
With a base price of about $36,500, plus an Infiniti emblem you expect

posh, and that's exactly what you get in the QX4. Creamy leather, power

adjustability on almost everything that adjusts, plenty of woodgrain, excellent

audio, automatic climate control and a big center console with enough elbow

space for both front seaters to use without territorial squabbles.

The front bucket seats are as comfortable as they are attractive, and

the whole interior reflects a level of quality that's appropriate for this

brand name. Which is to say high indeed.

In fact, if it weren't for the high seating position, it would be easy

to think you'd just climbed into a luxury sedan, an impression that's reinforced

by the driving experience.

This is a sumptuous and pleasant place to be as the miles roll by--provided

you happen to be in one of the front seats. The rear seat is another story.

There's just barely enough space back there for adult-size people, or at

least for people with adult-size legs.

The Pathfinder's exterior dimensions expanded in its redesign, but its

rear seat legroom didn't, which is unusual considering the emphasis placed

on this commodity in other designs, such as the best-selling Ford Explorer.

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Something else that didn't make total sense to us was the QX4's running

boards. The idea is to make it easier to deal with a sport-utility's higher

step-in, but once you've stepped up you find yourself ducking and bending

to climb in. But, it works nicely if you're short.

About the only redeeming virtue we can think of for these add-ons is

that they make it easier to get at stuff you've loaded onto the roof rack. Next Page



1997 Infiniti QX4