The Infiniti Q30 is a sister model to the Mercedes-Benz GLA, which is also based on the Mercedes-Benz MFA platform, but is produced at Nissan's plant in Sunderland, England.
 
The Infiniti QX30 is a product for the European market, and the domestic SUV market is gradually heating up, and the QX30 will also come to China at the end of 2016.
 
In addition to sharing the engine and chassis, the QX30 and Mercedes-Benz GLA share the most common things such as car keys, steering wheel, instrument cluster, air conditioning buttons, seat adjustment, and window control. And its own part is very perfunctory, the sense of technology of the dashboard is much worse than that of GLA, and the car multimedia system can't even recognize Android phones, and it doesn't support Apple's CAR PLAY, which really makes people feel uncaring.
 
The Infiniti QX30 has a sharper profile than the GLA, but it's actually more of a sedan looking for comfort. Comfort is the main appeal of the QX30's suspension tuning, which handles fine bumps and large potholes more appropriately than the GLA, and the steering feels lighter, making it suitable for female owners.
 
In addition to the chassis tuning, another smart move for the QX30 is that it does not use sports seats like the Mercedes-Benz GLA, its seat comfort is relatively high, the padding is also soft, and the headrests can be adjusted forward and backward, although the space remains the same, the comfort is quite improved compared to the GLA. Although the problem of the short GLA cushion has also been inherited, the QX30 set of seats feels much more comfortable to sit on, the body support is in place than GLA, and the softness and hardness of the padding material are just right.
 
But the QX's "intentions" seem to be only aimed at Europeans, its starting price in the UK is 29,490 pounds, equivalent to about 260,000 yuan, it basically follows this pricing policy in the Chinese market, in the face of the lengthened BMW X1 and the newly built CDX, I don't know where the QX30 pricing comes from. And it is also the only model in the domestic Infiniti series that does not enjoy four years of free maintenance during the warranty period, compared with Lexus has been generous in China for 6 years and 200,000 kilometers of free maintenance, it is inevitable to feel that Infiniti does not have much hope for the performance of this car in China.
 
In short, QX has high appearance, exquisite materials, comfortable driving and performance, but to buy a compact SUV with general brand appeal at a price of more than 200,000 or even more than 300,000 yuan, it still needs to be carefully considered, not to mention, its sister model, Mercedes-Benz GLA, which has stronger brand appeal, is still more preferential than it.
Infiniti QX30 test report