{"id":36323,"date":"2026-06-25T21:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36323"},"modified":"2026-06-25T21:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:08:30","slug":"payne-road-trippin-in-the-infiniti-qx80-sport-mega-ute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/payne-road-trippin-in-the-infiniti-qx80-sport-mega-ute","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Road trippin&#8217; in the Infiniti QX80 Sport mega-ute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/06\/24\/PDTN\/90678143007-infiniti-qx-80-fr-34-backstraight.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The 2026 Infiniti QX80 Sport comes standard with all-wheel-drive and air suspension.\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>The 2026 Infiniti QX80 Sport comes standard with all-wheel-drive and air suspension.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Indianapolis<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 It&#8217;s construction season in the Midwest, and there\u2019s no better way to navigate it than in a mega-ute. Not in a sedan (WHUMP! Those road seams are harsh). Not in a compact SUV (YIKES! Those semis are huge!). Not in a sport scar (YIKES! Those road seams are harsh and those semis are huuuuge!).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In a mega-ute. Like my 2026 Infiniti QX80 Sport tester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With three palatial rows of seats, tons of cargo room, 38-inches of tech-tastic digital screens, and 450 horsepower in the engine room below decks, this ocean liner was the perfect family hauler for my five-hour trip to Indianapolis for a Father\u2019s Day weekend racing cars with my two boys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/06\/25\/payne-road-trippin-in-the-infiniti-qx80-sport-mega-ute\/90668251007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Infiniti QX80 Sport comes standard with all-wheel-drive and air suspension. Henry Payne, The Detroit News Indianapolis\u00a0\u2014 It&#8217;s construction season in the Midwest, and there\u2019s no better way to navigate it than in a mega-ute. Not in a sedan (WHUMP! Those road seams are harsh). Not in a compact SUV (YIKES! Those semis are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36324,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36323\/revisions\/36324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}