Adding 150 more horsepower without other improvements would have created an entertaining highway bruiser, but not a well-rounded performance SUV.
Pricing for the Red Sport is expected to land roughly $30,000 above today's QX80 Sport, which starts at $103,945 including destination, firmly in six-figure territory.
Infiniti is also considering an even wilder QX80 Track Spec, with early concepts chasing outputs near 700 hp, possibly using Nissan GT-R engineering.
However, the project has not cleared internal review.
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Ledieu noted that building it would require deeper powertrain changes and a much bigger investment, and the company needs to evaluate the business proposition and lead times.
