INFINITI Features Glossary For Seattle, Tacoma, And Bellevue Washington

Occupant-Sensing Airbags in the 2019 INFINITI QX50 are Perfect for Tacoma, Washington, Drivers
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(Posted on May 12, 2018 at 04:25PM by Danielle Smyth)

The 2019 INFINITI QX50 is a stylish crossover vehicle perfect for your family. Its exterior is beautiful, with clean lines and an elegant front grille. Inside, itâ€™s loaded with amazing features to make you comfortable and keep you safe.

One such feature is the QX50â€™s occupant-sensing airbags. It can be extremely dangerous if these safety devices deploy but no one is sitting in the associated seats. This is because they are engineered to hit each passenger and the driver at a certain angle and a particular impact. If you are hit from the side where you shouldnâ€™t be, you can be injured.

Additionally, itâ€™s problematic if children under a certain size are hit by airbags. This is where the occupant-sensing variety come in. Have you ever wondered how they work?

Occupant-sensing airbags check for the presence, position, and type of a vehicleâ€™s passenger. In addition, they sense whether a rear-facing child seat is located in the car. In this way, the activator control system will either enable, disable, or control inflation rate accordingly to keep everyone safe.

If you think your family would benefit from the enhanced security of occupant-sensing airbags, stop by your Tacoma INFINITI dealership today and take a test drive of the fabulous QX50.

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INFINITI Features Glossary

Seattle, Drivers: What is Torque and How is it Measured?
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(Posted on May 5, 2018 at 12:00AM by Reanne Derkson)

Torque is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot in the auto industry as it relates to performance. Like, did you know the 2019 INFINITI QX50 is capable of producing 268 HP with 280 lb-ft of torque? While we understand that HP is in reference to the get-up-and-go factor of a vehicle, letâ€™s take a look at what the latter variable has to do with things.

Picture a lug wrench on a bolt. When you turn that wrench, youâ€™re applying a twisting force that rotates an object. However, according to How Stuff Works, â€œunlike HP, even if the object doesn't move, torque can still be exerted on it.â€ This makes sense if we consider our example. If the bolt is already as tight as it can be, we can still exert a force onto the lever regardless of whether or not it is affected.

Okay, so now that we understand what it is, letâ€™s discuss how itâ€™s measured. Using a pounds-feet scale â€” or lb-ft, for short â€” the "pounds" relates to the force, while the feet are indicative of the actual length of a lever. So, if you apply 100 lbs of pressure onto an arm that is 1 ft long, the result is 100 lb-ft of torque.Â Â

At the end of the day, torque tells us how much work is being done, whereas HP refers to how fast it's happening.

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