Infiniti FX45

November 21, 2005 - The luxurious FX45 from Infiniti is by far the sweetest SUV we've driven all year. Though just over three years since its introduction, the aggressively-styled, swoopy ride still cranes necks as one motors down the street, still causes the heart to pitter-patter each and every time you drive even the shortest of distances. For the brief week I had it (four days technically … IGN Cars Master and Commander Justin rolled in it earlier in the week, no doubt impressing and confounding his bandmates and skateboarding buddies messing up the downtown areas what with their hackey sacs and the punk rock musics), there was a desire to run even the most mundane of errands. I even offered to run to the store for my elderly next door neighbor, a deed not unpunished as she later sent me back when I bought the wrong kind of pecan cookies. Introduced in 2003, the FX line from Infiniti has won over the hearts of many a SUV buyer with some incredibly bold styling, heaps of power, and boatloads of originality. To be sure, nothing on the road quite approaches the profile of the FX. Many people we spoke to while we had the truck stated that they didn't at all appreciate the design when it first came out. Time though and a fiendish pursuit of upgrades and tweaks from the designers at Infiniti have evolved the vehicle to a near-perfect mixture of pure aggressiveness and restrained luxury. It is just the right mix of sport and power and suppleness. It is a singular achievement in automotive design.