Luxury for the family does not just mean lavish hotel accommodations, fancy meals and trips around the world. Enjoying daily travel and long road trips with great comfort and security is part of the luxury family bonding experience.

The 2014 Inifiniti QX80 show us how it lives up to the tagline “Life is grand, live accordingly.”

According to www.gulf-times.com:

Taking a long family trip with car full of kids can be a challenge if you don’t have the right vehicle. But that’s not a problem when your chariot is a big luxury SUV, like our tester for the week: the 2013 Infiniti QX56.

This cavernous vehicle, whose name will be changing to QX80 under Infiniti’s new nomenclature scheme for 2014, is among the few remaining truck-style sport utilities on the market.

The 2014 Infiniti QX80 has the following standard features:

• 400-hp 5.6-liter V8
• 7-speed automatic transmission
• Leather-appointed seating
• Class IV tow hitch
• Infiniti Intelligent Key
• Bose® 13-speaker Premium Audio
• Streaming Audio via Bluetooth®
• USB port
• Tri-Zone Automatic Temperature Control System
• Moonroof
• Infiniti Hard Drive Navigation System
• Around View® Monitor with Moving Object Detection and Front and Rear Sonar Systems

Infiniti QX80 in Black Obsidian

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There are 6 exterior colors to choose from: Moonlight White, Black Obsidian, Liquid Platinum, Platinum Graphite, Dark Currant and Smoky Quartz.

While there are 4 interior color combinations available: Wheat Leather/Tuscan Burl trim,  Graphite Leather/Tuscan Burl trim, Wheat Leather/Mocha Burl Trim and Graphite leather/Mocha Burl trim.

Wheat Leather/Mocha Burl trim

Graphite Leather/ Tuscan Burl trim

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With its technological updates and spacious interiors, the Infiniti QX80 makes for a comfortably plush and safe SUV for the whole family to enjoy on beach trips and long interstate drives.

The Infiniti QX80 standard model starts at $ 61,350 while QX80 Infiniti All-Mode™ AWD is $ 64,450.