So, on the assumption that Infiniti is staying ahead of the sales development envelope, here’s why you should be buying the new Infiniti Q70 2.2d Sport Tech.

• Dynamic Safety Shield Package – topping the list is the now almost essential safety feature for the high-mileage executive, Infiniti’s adaptive cruise control, which ‘sees’ through poor visibility conditions to slow the car to the speed of the car in front. This takes much of the stress out of driving in poor weather conditions and should become a must-have for long distance mileage crunchers. Blind spot warnings with lights on the rear view mirrors are backed up with audible beeps if the car gets too close to another in either outside or inside lanes. Other features include distance control assist, lane departure warning and lane departure prevention systems.
• Infotainment package – leading this package is the superb Bose Premium Surround Sound system although you will have to turn the surround setting up full to get the proper effect from the seat mounted speakers on the front two seats. The Bluetooth handsfree connectivity and audio streaming is reasonably easy to set up although, bizarrely old-school, the system does not allow remote audio selection which has to be done on the phone plugged into a USB port.
• Instruments – the multi-function steering wheel comes with one very useful gadget… it’s heated! While this may seem a little OTT, we can recommend it on a freezing morning start to keep those hands from going numb. Switchgear is improved over first generation Infinitis that used too many switches from the Nissan parts bin.
• Interior – leather faced seats for the front two are nice and heated through three settings but, more importantly for the male long haul traveller, also delightfully chilled to keep our nether regions in good order. A ski hatch, too, is a useful addition with a host of uses for the businessman touting pop-up presentations around. However, less impressive is the boot space of just 450-litres – for such a large car this is on the tight side.
• Visibility Pack – the sheer size of this car makes this gizmo very useful because it allows a birds-eye vision of the car’s extremities when parking in restricted areas. Corner parking sensors, moving object detection and parking guidance complete the assistance plus points.