2022 Infiniti QX60 Rated at 6,000 Pounds Towing Capacity

There are a few things about the new luxury SUV we already know. The thing is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 that has been rated at 295 hp for this application. It will come paired to a brand new 9-speed automatic transmission, and this combination made the company’s engineers confident some impressive towing could be achieved compared with what it offered before.

Following intensive testing of the SUV’s capabilities, Infiniti announced this week the towing capacity sits at a maximum of 6,000 pounds (2,721 kg), up by 20 percent compared to what it offered before, and higher than what some of the beefed-up versions of its competitors, like the Acura MDX, have to offer.

Of course, you don’t get that much towing power on all QX60 versions, but only on select ones. Infiniti says this rating is specific on select grades, but we’ll probably have to wait until the unveiling to get the full picture of what that means.

“We make sure to tow up to the 6,000-pound capacity. We want to make sure that the customer is confident that they can tow their travel trailer to their campsite for the weekend and not worry about their vehicle overheating,” said in a statement Heather Kniep, senior project engineer at the carmaker’s Arizona Testing Center.

“We want the customer to know that they can be confident towing with their vehicle; they’re going to have strong acceleration (and) they’re going to have confident braking. I was really impressed with how it could accelerate up hills, even at the 6,000-pound towing capacity. It had absolutely no problem.”

Infiniti did not say when exactly it will take the veils off the SUV completely.