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2009 Infiniti FX50: You Write the Caption

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Senior Editor Ed Hellwig sent me this picture of the Infiniti FX50 at Angeles Forest. The bulldozer was there to help fight the fires.

We suggest: Vanishing Pointless

What is your caption?

We'll post our favorite this afternoon.

Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor

P.S. Don't miss the caption contest running on Straightline.

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89 Comments

oldchap says:

03:17 AM, 12/18/09

Angeles Forest has no angels and no forest. FX50 Sport Utility has no...

Arm wrestle?

You Shall Not Pass!

One dozer takes a stand to end the blight of the Atomic Catfish.

ergsum says:

04:17 AM, 12/18/09

Sleeper versus Dozer

ergsum says:

04:23 AM, 12/18/09

"Did the Earth move for you too?!"

ergsum says:

04:37 AM, 12/18/09

IL grades on a curve for the FX50 road test.

fhwulala says:

04:42 AM, 12/18/09

A Fx50 was caught even with its camouflage.

ergsum says:

04:43 AM, 12/18/09

Love struck, the FX50 asked if it could D8R!

ergsum says:

04:48 AM, 12/18/09

Cover of "Road and Tracked"

Cover of "Car and Dozer"

ergsum says:

04:57 AM, 12/18/09

FX50, "I like big blades and I can not lie..."

ergsum says:

04:58 AM, 12/18/09

"Blade: Infiniti"

ergsum says:

05:06 AM, 12/18/09

I'm a Pisces, you're a Taurus, we're not compatible!

Franchitti27 says:

06:04 AM, 12/18/09

The final scene from Vanishing Point: The Next Generation.

dougtheeng says:

06:20 AM, 12/18/09

Infiniti's styling team attempts to 'rework' the catfish look.


I'd take the dozer.

ergsum says:

06:25 AM, 12/18/09

Vanishing Point in Infiniti

adamb1 says:

06:25 AM, 12/18/09

Here kitty kitty kitty...

dougtheeng says:

06:26 AM, 12/18/09

Unstoppable force meets the immovable object.

subaru123 says:

06:46 AM, 12/18/09

David vs. Goliath

carguy622 says:

06:49 AM, 12/18/09

Infiniti FX50 vs. the new BMW X7 Super SAV.

subaru123 says:

06:49 AM, 12/18/09

Pre FX50 TRAX, Post STi TRAX

subaru123 says:

06:51 AM, 12/18/09

V8 vs. V?

subaru123 says:

06:52 AM, 12/18/09

2011 QX56

mnorm1 says:

07:02 AM, 12/18/09

Don't tread on me

mnorm1 says:

07:03 AM, 12/18/09

To Infiniti and beyond.

e90_m3 says:

07:10 AM, 12/18/09

Ugly and the Beast

ddoouugg says:

07:17 AM, 12/18/09

Hello Grandpa. You're looking a bit dusty.

lawnboy3 says:

07:19 AM, 12/18/09

After running over a tree and fire hydrant, Tiger takes on a real challenge.

wable says:

07:20 AM, 12/18/09

Infinite wisdom of the Angeles Forest

e90_m3 says:

07:22 AM, 12/18/09

Richard Hammond, meet Jeremy Clarkson

mrryte says:

07:25 AM, 12/18/09

Luke......I AM YOUR FATHER!!!!

dougtheeng says:

07:44 AM, 12/18/09

Separated at birth?

dougtheeng says:

07:45 AM, 12/18/09

Faces only a mother could love.

dougtheeng says:

07:45 AM, 12/18/09

Practicality vs stupidity.

dougtheeng says:

07:46 AM, 12/18/09

As crazy as it sounds, the D8 rides far smoother.

dougtheeng says:

07:47 AM, 12/18/09

"No no no I said I wanted a photo shoot with an R8!"

dougtheeng says:

07:47 AM, 12/18/09

Psh, all wheel drive! Check out my treads!

dougtheeng says:

07:48 AM, 12/18/09

Cat meet catfish.

dougtheeng says:

07:48 AM, 12/18/09

I'll take the one on the right...but can I get it in Chili Red?

dougtheeng says:

07:51 AM, 12/18/09

D8 meet V8

flyusmc says:

07:53 AM, 12/18/09

"Wow look at you....
Uglier then sin...Large on the outside cramped on the inside...What's with that weird nose of yours? You may be powerful but look how heavy you are. You must get horrible MPG!....What exactly is your purpose?....

Jinx on you...you owe me a coke"

questionlp says:

07:57 AM, 12/18/09

Not the hood scoop I was looking for.

If looks could kill.

Now that's the perfect litter scooper!

Two scoops please, but hold the grease.

rx777 says:

08:01 AM, 12/18/09

A new take on a wild west shootout

fuhteng says:

08:09 AM, 12/18/09

"I may be slower and uglier, but at least I have a purpose!"

"Dumps like a truck"

vqaddict says:

08:27 AM, 12/18/09

"SORRY MAN, I ONLY TOW JET SKI'S YOU BETTER CALL AAA!"

ergsum says:

08:27 AM, 12/18/09

When cush comes to shove.

aleclance says:

08:33 AM, 12/18/09

"Finally the FX gets it's track day!"

mrryte says:

08:34 AM, 12/18/09

"Yeah FX-you tell me what's it's like to go off-road."

aleclance says:

08:35 AM, 12/18/09

"Blade it on me"

aleclance says:

08:48 AM, 12/18/09

"FX50: Handles like it's on tracks"

e90_m3 says:

08:54 AM, 12/18/09

Due to temporal fluctuation, the Aztek was born a decade before its parents met.
(I am suck a geek...)

e90_m3 says:

08:54 AM, 12/18/09

e90_m3 says:

08:56 AM, 12/18/09

Chris Bangle's wet dream

e90_m3 says:

08:59 AM, 12/18/09

Bionic Catfish vs. Schrodinger's CAT
(My geekiness scares me)

cobryson says:

09:03 AM, 12/18/09

"Go back to Hollywood, wannabe!"

626gt says:

09:09 AM, 12/18/09

Toro, Toro,,,, Ole!!

626gt says:

09:10 AM, 12/18/09

"What ya goin do about?"

e90_m3 says:

09:10 AM, 12/18/09

Reverse Grandfather Paradox:
If the Aztek travels to the future and kills its parents, would the Aztek have been born?
(E90_M3's Geekazoid Trilogy!)

626gt says:

09:11 AM, 12/18/09

"Come here ya big lug and let me plant one on ya"

imarcr2 says:

09:12 AM, 12/18/09

Infiniti's top secret front facia department

626gt says:

09:14 AM, 12/18/09

"Hey, can't ya read the sign, only real 4WD past the this point, take your 22' rims back to LA and go drive on a red carpet"

uncanny_man says:

09:18 AM, 12/18/09

Highway beautification in action.

notabigdeal says:

09:24 AM, 12/18/09

The Atomic Catfish meets... the CAT!

vwthing1 says:

09:32 AM, 12/18/09

We took the FX off road! (the line is a good 20 feet behind us).

mnorm1 says:

09:33 AM, 12/18/09

Tell me to get FXed one more time and there is going to be trouble

actualsize says:

09:40 AM, 12/18/09

ergsum says:

09:52 AM, 12/18/09

The CAT threw up another hairball!

ergsum says:

09:53 AM, 12/18/09

Time to feed the CAT

actualsize says:

10:01 AM, 12/18/09

Now that's what I call Grade Logic.

actualsize says:

10:09 AM, 12/18/09

You call that a grille? Gimme a fire break.

dldave says:

10:16 AM, 12/18/09

Does this make me look fat?

thejohnp says:

10:21 AM, 12/18/09

Finally the SUV is the more fuel efficient choice!

zc1 says:

10:25 AM, 12/18/09

1. Dude, we believe you're as tough as you look. Do you really want to do this?

2. I think that hood scoop is actually *hurting* your top end

3. That tail hook would cut at least 90 feet off my 60-0 distance...

thejohnp says:

10:26 AM, 12/18/09

Looks different, drives the same.

zc1 says:

10:51 AM, 12/18/09

Yeah, I dig these roads, too.

ergsum says:

10:55 AM, 12/18/09

The FX50 exhibits a lot of front end plow.

actualsize says:

10:57 AM, 12/18/09

Oh yeah? I'll turn you into a FLATTERPILLAR if you don't shut up.

m3shmem3 says:

11:46 AM, 12/18/09

MetamorFX

arktctr says:

11:51 AM, 12/18/09

A modern day David vs. Goliath.

arktctr says:

11:52 AM, 12/18/09

oops....ignore my last one (didn't read all of the others first)

here is another one...

So you think you can dance?

00s10 says:

12:25 PM, 12/18/09

Too light meets too heavy.

hybris says:

12:46 PM, 12/18/09

The FX prepares to meet its maker.

ergsum says:

12:48 PM, 12/18/09

"Achoo!"
Sneezing sound FX

subaru123 says:

12:50 PM, 12/18/09

Carpe Diem

subaru123 says:

12:50 PM, 12/18/09

First one to the top wins

subaru123 says:

12:54 PM, 12/18/09

%&$@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ergsum says:

01:15 PM, 12/18/09

Nippon Steel vs. American Heavy Metal

automaton says:

01:29 PM, 12/18/09

Catfight!

Beauty and the Beast. (Now which one is which?)

Bionic cheetah vs. CAT

CollegeCarGuy says:

01:38 PM, 12/18/09

The truth about cats and fishes

funkymunky says:

02:26 PM, 12/18/09

I like you. You dig?

funkymunky says:

02:28 PM, 12/18/09

Don't tread on me.

hybris says:

04:11 PM, 12/18/09

Mind boggleing ugliness on one side Earth shaking power on the other.

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