![]() ![]() The Enclave's displays are brightly colored and more intuitive, with more smartphone-connected capability built into them. Luxury features from navigation systems to voice-controlled infotainment systems keep the race tight too. It's likely that it won't in the current format either. The Buick gets the same score from the feds, but hasn't gone through the same battery from the IIHS. It's a Top Safety Pick+ by the IIHS and gets a five-star overall score from federal testers. In safety, there's a clear winner between these pricey 'utes. Both have enormous cargo capacity, with somewhat high cargo floors balanced off by power tailgates and excellent small-item storage. Its second-row seats slide and fold up to make third-row access much better than the Enclave, while both have reclining second-row bench seats, which in the Enclave can be swapped out for captain's chairs. Outside of that extreme duty, it's the Infiniti that holds the edge in flexibility. ![]() The Infiniti's only a seven-seater, and its rearmost bench seat sits low to the floor, with less headroom, than the one in the eight-seat Enclave. If it were always put to eight-passenger use, the Enclave would outpoint the QX60 every time for sheer capacity. The QX60 may be shy on output, but drives with more involvement it has better steering than the Enclave, which has a more hefty feel but a better sense of ride control than the Infiniti. The Buick's more relaxed drivetrain has more V-6 power, and a conventional automatic transmission with better shift logic this year than before. The QX60 sounds more urgent, possibly because its continuously variable transmission vaults the V-6 into the meat of its powerband and leaves it there for a more gutsy feel and a little more powertrain noise. Both the Enclave and QX60 rely on big V-6 engines for output, and both have a sole transmission. Inside, the Infiniti's dash has muted wood trim and a minimum of cutlines, the premium feel dialed up with luminescent gauges and marred just a little by inexpensive plastic "chrome" on the shift-mode selector and seat-climate controls. That signature detail points the QX60 forward distinctively, while other SUVs just round off the rear and leave it at that. The QX60? It's what the Mercedes R-Class always wanted to be, a harmonious shape that fits a crossover body into a design language that's shared by other new Infinitis, down to the highly sculptured front fenders and the arrow-themed rear pillar. The Enclave's been with us longer, and only mildly refreshed for the 2013 model year-but it's a curvy, classy shape that's aged very well, and now has an interior with the universally high-quality trim it's wanted since launch. On the styling front, both the Enclave and the QX60 have winning looks, but the Buick looks just a little better. ![]()
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