Infiniti Q70 review

OK, first the good points. The Q70 suits sportier drivers. It’s got four-wheel steer, which makes the car react much sharper in the corners, and the Hybrid version is a quick saloon – 0–62mph only takes 5.5 seconds.

And that’s about it for the good points. For starters, the steering doesn’t back up the sporty chassis. Sure, it’s precise, but there’s not a lot of feel coming back through it. And the ride is way too crashy – it doesn’t so much flow down the road as walk down it, crunching from one bump to the next. Also, neither the diesel or petrol engines are quick enough. Plant your foot in the classic 50–70mph dash, and the non-hybrid petrol wheezes a bit and takes too long to get past the slower motorway traffic. The diesel is quicker and more torquey, but is too gruff lower down the rev range. Which is unfortunately where this sort of engine spends most of its time. Whoops (again).