PEBBLE BEACH, California: The Infiniti QX65 Monograph sportback SUV concept expands the brand's Artistry in Motion design language into the two-row, midsize segment.
Revealed recently at The Quail during Monterey Car Week, QX65 Monograph expresses Infiniti's future intentions with a daring, unapologetic stance, dramatic proportions and elevated detailing.
It is immediately identifiable by its fastback roofline, which dramatically arches over the body and plunges down toward the rear of the vehicle.
This sleek and seamless upper body contrasts with the robust lower body.
The wheels are pushed to the corners of the vehicle and the fenders emphatic, giving QX65 Monograph a confident, purposeful and dynamic stance.
The QX65 Monograph is finished in a colour-shifting satin paint called Twilight.
An evolution of the Akane shade seen on QX80 Monograph, this new paint mimics the red and gold hues of the moment when twilight fades into night.
Initially appearing reddish-purple, the colors soon give way to shimmering gold as the light plays upon the concept's surface.
These unexpected flashes of color are courtesy of a highly precise, multi-layer paint process.
Elsewhere on the concept, Twilight contrasts beautifully with gloss black details on the roof rails and wheels, as well as artfully chosen bronze accents for the "spear" that outlines the dramatic arch of the roofline and the grille.
Its grille, like other Infiniti models, was crafted to resemble Japan's bamboo forests.
Yet for the sportback SUV form factor, designers gave the grille a wilder, stirring texture that resembles those same forests agitated during a storm.
Headlining the grille is extended digital piano key lighting, wrapping nearly the full width of the concept's nose.
A signature of Infiniti design, these LEDs enhance the sense of the vehicle's wide stance, while offering a sense of Kabuku – the extraordinary – when they create a dazzling light show across the concept.
The 22-inch wheels feature elevated detailing, with multiple layers of delicate spokes that twist and wrap together.
Extravagantly three-dimensional taillights similarly allude to the concept's sense of speed.
The full-width LED array extends from the body of QX65 Monograph and features several vertical extensions.
These were inspired by the tailfins of jet aircraft.
