2017 Infiniti QX30 Review

You can tell that a vehicle segment is important when the luxury brands come along and start to colonize. Just a few years ago, compact crossover vehicles were a niche. Nobody really believed that there was a market for them. Big was in. Would an Escalade driver ever want to drive a compact crossover?

Turns out that compact crossovers draw from two directions at once. Large and mid-size SUV drivers step down into compacts; sedan and hatchback drivers step up into compact crossovers.

Infiniti already had a pretty broad range of crossovers and SUVs, from the QX50 all the way to the QX80. But they saw that there was room at the bottom for a compact crossover.

I got a chance to drive the new 2017 Infiniti QX30 at a recent event in Seattle, and I reviewed the luxury compact crossover for Autobytel.com..

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Jason Fogelson

Jason Fogelson is a freelance automotive journalist and editor. He has covered cars, trucks, SUVs and motorcycles for a variety of print, web and broadcast media. His first book, “100 Things for Every Gearhead to Do Before They Die,” came out in 2015. Jason served two terms as President of the Motor Press Guild, and is a member of the Midwest Automotive Media Association and the Automotive Press Association. He also writes music, theater and film criticism, in addition to the occasional screenplay. Jason lives near Detroit, Michigan, with his wife, two dogs, two cats, 25 guitars, his motorcycle, and his pickup truck.

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