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  • There’s been a renaissance of sorts lately in the large, luxurious body-on-frame SUV

  • segment with all-new or refreshed models debuting from a number of manufacturers. But when it

  • comes to the ultra-luxury faction, this new Infiniti QX80 Limited raises the barawash

  • in fine leather and wood thatll have you seeing Bentley.

  • 2015-Infiniti-QX80-LimitedWhether it’s a Lexus LX, Cadillac Escalade, or any other

  • luxo-utility of similar avoirdupois, not a single one can match the styling grandeur

  • of the ornate QX80. Though it’s anything but reserved, I’ve always appreciated Infiniti’s

  • ability to design a vehicle like this with a touch of retro elegance, avoiding the boxy,

  • butch look of the others. And now for 2015, the QX80’s updated appearance further harmonizes

  • its brutish gracefulness with a new front fascia, grille and LED lighting.

  • But that’s not the headline, per se. Nope, that belongs to this new Limited Package valued

  • at $10,000. When you check that box, every other one on the order form automatically

  • populates to generate one fully-loaded model with no options other than colorof which

  • 3 are exclusive to the Limited, including this Mocha Almond. It’s only available with

  • all-wheel drive, and after a few nominal accessory add-ons like the roof rail crossbars and illuminated

  • kick plates the sticker crosses $90 grand, landing here at $91,245. And when it says

  • Limited it means it, with this version virtually built to order with dealers getting less than

  • 1 per month. Any skepticism I had prior to taking delivery immediately vanished as soon

  • as I opened the door. This isn’t the typical mythomania propagated by the auto industry

  • what you see here is the real deal. The range of rich, earthy colors, silver accents

  • and real wood appointments is a feast for the eyes and executed with a hand-crafted

  • level of quality.

  • This cabin truly is gorgeous with its Truffle Brown semi-aniline leather and matte-finish

  • wood. And it feels and smells as authentic as it looks. Sure, there are a few overlooked

  • momentssuch as the lack of interior LED lighting, the absence of Blu-ray and the yesteryear

  • central gauge displaybut all-in-all this is a QX80 worthy of the Limited badge.

There’s been a renaissance of sorts lately in the large, luxurious body-on-frame SUV

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