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According to foreign media reports, the QX55, Infiniti's medium-sized sedan SUV, had planned to make its official debut in the first half of this year and go on sale at the end of this year, but Infiniti will postpone production for five months due to operational efficiency problems.

At present, the QX55 has not yet been officially unveiled, but officials have released a trailer for the car. From the appearance, the QX55 model can be regarded as a QX50 sedan version of SUV, which is located between QX50 and QX60, and will compete with BMW X4 and Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe after its launch.

From the exposure of the road test spy photos, the rear of the QX55 roof uses a slip-back shape, the front still continues the family style of the middle grid, the protruding waistline appears to be full of power. The car is expected to be built on the same platform as the current QX50.

In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with the same VC-TURBO 2.0T turbocharged four-cylinder engine as QX50, with a maximum power of 200kW and a peak torque of 380N ·m. The transmission system is equipped with a CVT continuously variable transmission, which offers two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, and the price is expected to be higher than that of the QX50.

The listing of QX55 is expected to boost Infiniti's market sales, with figures showing that Infiniti sold 117708 vehicles in 2019, down from 149280 in 2018. Of this total, only 35035 vehicles were sold in the Chinese market, an increase of 21.36% over the same period last year. At present, Infiniti has only QX50 and QX50L models on sale in China, and Infiniti's sales are mainly Infiniti QX50 with a cumulative sales volume of 21976 vehicles for the whole year.

In the context of the decline in the auto market, the major car brands are not easy. At present, second-tier luxury brands in the domestic market are gradually polarized, with good sales of brands such as Lexus, Cadillac and Volvo, while Acura of Honda and Infiniti of Nissan are marginalized.

Infiniti sales are not hot, the biggest reason is that it does not pay attention to the development of the domestic market, coupled with service and product problems, Infiniti as a luxury brand is constantly "falling prices."

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