Nissan X-Trail test drive since 2007 SUV
He does not want to deceive anyone
The new X-trail deliberately made it like his predecessor. But if the appearance of the previous model could deceive expectations, then the character of the current is determined unmistakably. This car is exactly what you see from the outside.But this is risky to release a new model in an old guise. Such luxury is allowed only a few cult cars like a rangler and Porsche-911. Already what the admirers of the Lend Rover are conservative, but sales of the second discovery began to fall earlier than expected due to its almost one hundred percent resemblance to disco I.
In Nissan, they acted on the principle of goodness. They are not looking for good. The first generation trail was very successful in many ways due to appearance. To preserve the prevailing army of fans, the Japanese decided to offer them exactly the same car, only new. How true the calculation was, time will tell. However, the debut of X-trail came out quite successful. In just six months in Russia, almost ten thousand cars were sold in Russia, and today a queue for several months was lined up for some modifications. So, in such a new old Nissan, people find something.
How much is
The first argument is in his favor the price. Of all Japanese classmates, only outlander-XL can be bought cheaper. But when it comes to the amounts of about a million, the difference is 25,000 rubles. Not fundamental. But CR-V and RAV4, ceterless of 40,00055,000 rubles. more expensive, and this is already significant. Therefore, if you are used to counting money, you will choose primarily between Nissan and Mitsubishi.
Like all Japanese cars, the X trail in Russia is offered in several fixed trim levels tied to the engine and transmission. Of course, this is not very good, because in some cases you are imposed on unnecessary options or deprived of the opportunity to get the desired. However, unlike Honda and Toyota, Nissan does not drive buyers into a very strict framework. As can be seen from the price table, in the range of 891 2001 162,000 rubles. You can choose a more or less suitable modification, without overpaying excess.
In leather trim levels there are three pockets on the back of the passenger chair
On 2-liter machines, the variator has no manual switching mode
Even in the basic 2-liter version with mechanics there is no hint of a budget approach. The maximum set of safety tools, an automatic climate, a full electric package, good music with a built -in telephone set. And then you can claim the luxury of interior decoration or a more powerful motor. In my opinion, the optimal trail is 2.5-liter, with a variator, in the configuration of va-in for 1 006 700 rubles.
List of standard equipment
SE execution (B-b equipment):
ABS with electronic distribution of effort and emergency braking amplifier
The system of dynamic stabilization
Frontal, front side and window pillows
Active front head restraints
Mounts for children's chairs of the Isoofix standard
headlight washer
Fog lights
Rain and light sensors
Immobilizer
Climate control
Electric mirrors and heating
Electric windows
Central Castle with DU
Heating the front seats
MP3 Magnetol with built-in chainger, 6 speakers and telephone preparation with the headset of the bluetooth
On-board computer
Tilt adjustable along the length and angle of an amplifier and leather trim
Driving chair with height adjustment and lumbar support
Central armrest in front and back
Make -up mirrors (from the side of the passenger with backlight)
Oblast
Front seat pockets
Cup holders in front 4 pcs. and behind 2 pcs.
Fabric salon
Roset 12 V and built -in organizer in the trunk
The rear sofa with a pillow and 40:20:40 with a back with a pillow
Light alloy wheels with tires 215/60 R17
Spare wheel on a steel disk with a bus 215/65 R16
Execution SE (equipment va-v) Additionally:
Plastic fake on the roof with additional headlights
Execution SE (BD-B equipment) Additionally:
Luke with electric drive
Deep tinting of the rear and side glasses, except for the front doors
Execution le (equipment BD) Additionally:
Contactless for access to the car and engine start
Electric drive of the folding of mirrors
Leather salon
Electric drive of front seats adjustments
Execution le (configuration QC and QD) Additionally:
Xenon headlights
Without fake (QC equipment)
Execution le (qd-s equipment) Additionally:
Rear View Camera
Outside and inside
When you see the X-trail briefly in the flow of cars, you really have to look closely if this is a new model. But when two generation cars are nearby, they are perceived in completely different ways.
The previous trail, like an example, is made in the cold industrial-cosmic style of high-tech. Let not everyone like it, but only to lovers of star wars and furniture made of glass and metal. But in the car, at least there is an idea. And in his tightened, firmly knocked figure there is a feeling of strength and dynamics.
Now look at the new car. It would seem that she only grew up a little in size, and the designers diluted the cold high-tech with a classic. However, the previous ideological image was destroyed, and the new one failed to create. The car turned out not only boring, but also disproportionate. The inconsistency of a heavy angular body and subtile wheels is especially striking if combustible fakes with built -in spotlights are installed on top. The look as if the hut on chicken legs saddled the aliens.
Someone will say that it is the last thing to judge the design. Maybe. But sellers admit that the Pension appearance of the X-trail repulses many potential buyers. And if you can’t do anything with the basic design, then you should not aggravate the situation with ridiculous tuning. Flafaco rails can be offered as completion, without imposing them in five trim levels of seven possible.
But maybe it is for the better? After all, the phlegmatic nature of the previous trail did not quite correspond to his promising appearance, which for some was a surprise. The new car immediately warns: either accept me as it is, or pass by, I'm not trying to impose on anyone.
In addition to the main, rather deep glove, another one is provided, in the upper part of the torpedo
A separate headlight washer button, alas, does not help save liquid. With the light on, it works synchronously with a glass washer washer
The non -contact access system allows you to not get the key from the pocket at all. Doors locks open themselves, just pull the handle, and the engine starts with a plastic flag
If you agree with such conditions, a boring interior is already perceived for granted. Only the side deflectors of ventilation, deployed to the center, and the seized steering wheel from merciful, are slightly revived a little. True, in such an environment, sports bagel looks alien. But you can’t give up the quality of the materials. Even the more expensive RAV4 plastic in the cabin is wooden, but here is soft. Inside, the trail is really very solid.
Only here is the hospitality of Nissan, alas, the sofa for a car of such sizes is not unexpectedly cramped. Compared to the previous model, only the planting geometry has improved the pillow is located higher. However, the supply of space in the legs and above his head remained as scarce. If the driver’s growth is 185 cm, the passenger of the same dimensions sits behind him, touching the knees of the back.
A huge panoramic hatch eats an already small supply of space over the head. There are two cosmetic mirrors, but for some reason only passenger
If you open the internal valve, the side cup holders will warm up or cool the air entering the salon
There is a spacious glass on the ceiling
However, this drawback can not be called the place in the salon, fundamental for four adults of the average complexion. Another thing is that the new outlander, captivate and even small RAV4 from behind are much more spacious. In the trail, there is a little more space than in Kashkai.
As an apology, Nissan offers the inhabitants of the gallery adjustable in the corner of the back of the back, a wide central armrest, drawers, individual ventilation deflectors and a huge panoramic hatch in some trim levels.
Behind the wheel
Sitting behind the wheel of the trail, you immediately note the excessive softness of the chair, the steering wheel and the feeling of a real adult jeep. The landing is tall, a huge capot deck in front of the eyes.
But if the amorphous seat eventually turned out to be quite convenient (it adapts well to the body shape), then in three days I am not used to holding my right hand more bent at the elbow than the left. But according to the set and ranges of adjustments, Nissan arranged almost all invited mannequins of various complexions. Only those whose height under a meter is ninety, there was no longer enough stock of adjustment in the legs.
Governing bodies
1. Window buttons; mirror settings remote control; The switch of the central lock. 2. Switches of headlight washer and ESP. 3. The remote control and telephone; Switch to on -board computer readings. 4. Cruise-control. 5. CD Magnetol. 6. Climate control. 7. Switches switches. 8. The switch of the system control system from the mountain. 9. The transmission mode switch.
Dashboard
1. Tachometer. 2. Fuel level indicator; watch; automatic transmission mode indicator; mileage counter; on -board computer display; The indicator of the temperature of the coolant. 3. A speedometer. 4. Switch to the on -board computer readings. 5. The clock button.
The ergonomics of most controls are typically Japanese: he sat down and drove as if he was already familiar with this machine. I especially liked the convenient climate control unit and the factory radio with remote control on the steering wheel and the head of the bluetooth. If your tube supports this standard, you introduce it to the car and get a speakerphone through the built -in microphone and standard speakers. At the same time, as soon as the bell is heard, the sound of the radio is automatically muffled. In the light of the new rules prohibiting to hold the phone in the hand, this is very relevant.
A serious puncture in ergonomics is only the same as in Kashkai. Convenient in general, the tidy is spoiled by an extremely unsuccessful display. Firstly, there is too much information in a small well between the speedometer and the tachometer. To read it, you have to be distracted from the road for a long time, which is unsafe. Secondly, its backlighting is the poisonous-orange spot constantly looms before his eyes and after a while begins to annoy him in earnest.
Despite the solid dimensions, the visibility of the trail is very good. From the place of the driver, the edge of the hood is visible, the side mirrors are huge, and the low edge of the rear window allows you to accurately maneuver even without parking sensors. Unless in inclement weather, a small rear window cleaning sector is found.
We load the suitcases
The creators of the station wagons always have to sacrifice something: the luggage of the trunk, loading height, even floor or length of the cargo platform. Nissan's compoiers managed to make the most large, convenient and multifunctional trunk. Let all its capabilities cannot be used at the same time, but you have a choice.
Even in the minimum configuration, the trunk is very roomy. According to our estimates, the declared 479 liters are fully true. And if you fold the sofa, it turns out an absolutely flat platform 170 cm long.
When the gender of the trunk is installed in the upper position, the sofa folds into a perfectly flat platform. If you remove the cellar, the loading height will decrease to the level
If such a runway is not needed, but the maximum volume is required, you just need to remove the plastic organizer with a retractable tray. Of course, in this case you will lose a cellar in which it is convenient to store any small things, and a step 15 cm high will appear between the trunk and the passenger compartment. But the same 15 cm will decrease the loading height, and the volume of the hold will increase by good 150 liters.
In addition, the trail is well adapted for the transportation of sports equipment. The hard floor with a coating persistent to damage, plus the folding central part of the sofa back allow you to lay 4 pairs of skis or 4 snowboarding, retaining seats in the cabin for the entire company of skiers.
Car dimensions, mm
Salon dimensions, mm
Security
The new X-trail has already managed to undergo safety tests according to the strict Euroncap methodology. The lateral defense, including a pillar blow, was at the highest level. But for the frontal experts slightly reduced the assessment due to increased loads on the neck of the driver and potentially traumatic for the legs of the front panel. As a result, 4 stars out of five possible. In fairness, it should be noted that very few all-terrain vehicles were able to earn a 5-star rating.
For us, the most important thing for us is that in terms of safety, the machines intended for Russia are fully consistent with the tested, since they already contain the maximum number of pillows in the basic configuration.
Children in the trail can be transported in chairs with conventional mounts or with isofixes, the brackets for which are regularly provided on the couch. The passenger airbag does not turn off, so you can’t install the chairs of age groups 0 and 0+ in front, which are located in the back.
On the roads
Looking at the X-trail from the side, you probably already thought that such a boring car could hardly have a bright character. If you perceive this thought quite calmly, you can consider that you have almost found your SUV. This car is addressed to pragmatists, for which practicality is more important than special effects. Under the hood, a powerful 2.5-liter motor with a variator, and if necessary, the car is really driving. He rides well. However, the vestibular apparatus refuses to believe the speedometer and the stopwatch. Yes, and there is no desire to light.
The sensation of the dynamics is hidden by a gone gas pedal and a sluggish variator who tries to keep the motor at the same revolutions. As a result, the car goes as if reluctantly, through force. Even in a kik downs, the box does not allow the engine to reach the full return. To achieve maximum acceleration, the selector must be translated into manual mode.
The unwillingness of the variator to work effectively on acceleration turns into a loss of not only seconds, but also liters. Supporting cruising 120130 km/h, I managed to keep within optimistic 11 liters per hundred only on a free highway, holding the right leg motionless. If you go in a stream that accelerates, then slows down, even at a lower speed, the consumption jumps to 12.513.5 l/100 km. For an ordinary hydromechanical machine gun, this would be the norm. But we have a variator
And how will a 2-liter machine with 6-speed mechanics behave? The clutch and box drive works well, but the dynamics are so -so. For a high car weighing 1600 kg of gasoline engine, this volume is still not enough. In any case, I would like more with my average ambitions. By the way, in terms of fuel consumption, a 2-liter car with mechanics in the same modes won a 2.5-liter with a variator about a liter on the highway and two in the city. Although according to the passport it is most economical by 400900 ml. So, the reason is still an ineffective variator.
However, the unwillingness to nimble is explained not at all with dynamics, but by sled qualities. The mile of the car is already painful Sworp. The body on a soft suspension storms both in straight and in corners. As you know, this does not contribute to the feeling of a car and accuracy of control. The behavior on the road Nissan is more reminiscent of a heavy frame jeep than a carrier. He performs an obstacle in three stages: first means intention, then squats on the outer rear wheel and only after performing the command.
The only thing that pleased in incendiary disciplines, the work of all -wheel drive on slippery coating. In Auto mode, the rear wheels are connected after the start of the front slip. However, the automation is so competently configured that the car is behaved as a constantly all -wheel drive. But the freedom -loving ESP does not fit at all with the calm character of Nissan. When the skid begins (and the trail sins with such a tendency), it allows revenge on the tail until you make correcting movement of the steering wheel.
But at the wheel of the X-trail, hardly anyone will pass slippery turns by a fan. The driving credo of this car is comfort and comfort again. The smoothness of the course is simply magnificent, and the silence in the cabin is slightly violated by the deaf treading of the suspension on the irregularities and the rumble of the motor in intensive acceleration mode. Among the Japanese classmates, this is definitely the most comfortable car on the go.
Engine
1. Glass washer tank. 2. Expansion tank of the cooling system. 3. The cork of the oil -packed neck. 4. The tank of the main brake cylinder. 5. Battery battery. 6. Radiator traffic jam. 7. The oil probe of the engine.
And without them
Another important trump card of Nissan is good for the SUV for the SUV. Recently, manufacturers of crossovers have given them less and less attention, and some models outside the asphalt became completely helpless. X-trail is also not a jeep and is not intended for serious off-road. But if you buy a SUV, including for sorties to nature, you should pay attention to this car in the first place.
Firstly, the trail has a rather long-flowing pendant, honest 195 mm road clearance, a rather flat bottom and, despite the apparent clumsy, good geometric cross-country ability. The only thing to do to establish the protection of the crankcase.
Secondly, his transmission is correctly configured. In the Lock mode, the hind wheel connection is really blocked rigidly and does not turn off due to overheating after several minutes of the skill. In addition, when the ESP is disconnected, only the electronic engine is removed (it interferes with the off -road), and the virtual locks of differentials remain activated.
Together, this allows Trail to feel quite confident on light off -road. This is not the theory really traveled, skidded and therefore I can answer for my words. Of course, the driver should know the measure to break through the gas tank, to tear the bumper or the exhaust pipe will not be. But be that as it may, in the off-road abilities of the X-trail, unambiguously surpasses all other SUVs, except for a brilliant freelander.
In my opinion, Nissan has the optimal balance of sled and off -road qualities. After all, even the most driver of the SUVs on the asphalt cannot compete with cars. But if it surrenders at the very first meters wet primer, what is the point of paying for all -wheel drive and increased road clearance?
If you want to ride on the road, in the absence of a lowering gear (it does not have a trail), the engine should be as strong as possible, and the transfer of traction to the wheels is as elastic as possible. It is very difficult to move on a place on soft soil with mechanics either the engine stalls or the clutch burns. Therefore, for sorties to nature, you need to take a 2.5-variator.
Operation, service
The buyer of the X-trail receives a standard Japanese guarantee for 3 years or 100,000 km of run and generally accepted 15,000 km between TO. 45 authorized technical centers in 30 cities of Russia are engaged in repair and maintenance. To date, the company service copes with the volume of cars sold. For example, in Moscow, the expectation rarely exceeds 34 days.
At the cost of service, the X-trail is comparable to other Japanese SUVs. The large amounts that you see are explained by the fact that Nissan, unlike some competitors, lays into the price of all the real work and consumables. But since there are no miracles and the candles with filters are approximately the same for everyone, the costs are still comparable.
But the spare parts for Nissan are really expensive even by Japanese standards. But if you do not get into the accident (or insure according to CASCO), in the next 60,00080,000 km you will have to spend only on the pads and, possibly, one set of brake discs. You will definitely not go bankrupt on these details.
We liked
Capacious, well -thought -out trunk
Ease of use of climate control and standard radio
Full -wheel drive work on slippery roads and off -road
As well as:
The smoothness of the course
Good off -road qualities
We didn't like it
Boring, disproportionate appearance
The back sofa cramped in the legs
Overloaded display with poisonous backlight and a steering wheel in the left
As well as:
Acceler's cotton drive and sluggish variator
A car completely uninteresting for a gambling car
Nissan X-Trail 2.5 AT
general information
Body, number of places/doors
Universal, 5/5
Equipped/complete mass, kg
1565/2050
Speed, km/h
185
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
10.3
Fuel consumption, l/100 km highway/city
7.7/12
Fuel supply, l
65
Engine
Location
Front transversely
Design
gasoline, 4-cylinder, in order, 16-valve with two upper camshafts
Diam. cylinder x Piston stroke, mm
89x100
Working volume, SMZ
2488
Compression ratio
9.6: 1
Power, L.S. at rpm
169/6000
Torque, kgsm at rpm
23.8/4400
Chassis
Drive unit
on the front wheels with automatic connecting the rear
Transmission
Standed variator
Range of transmission numbers
2.35-0.39
Z.Kh./Home Transfer
1.75/5.8
Suspension:
spring
front
Independent, on the racks of McExonon
behind
Independent, multi -link
Steering
rack type with amplifier
Brakes
Disk ventilated
Tires
215/60 R17
Car
from 7.25 rubles/km
Prices for spare parts and then, rub
TO1 (15,000 km) 5600
TO2 (30,000 km) 13 400
TO3 (45,000 km) 5600
TO2 (60,000 km) 21 300
Oil filter 334
Air filter 786
Spark plug (1 pc.) 1072
Front brake pads/rear 2470/2097
Tip of steering thrust 4037
Ball support Lower (lever assembly) 8112
Front/rear shock absorber 10 108/3892
Front/rear wing 9942/16 846
Hood 14 221
Front/back door 21 195/21 195
Front bumper assembly 26 549
Rear bumper assembly 23 248
Windshield 33 186
Side glass 11 718
GALONIAN FARA/xenon 10 094/33 747
Rear lamp assembly 5595
We decided:
An honest car that does not impose on anyone. Adversities of aesthetics and honed controllability will not be able to scold the X-trail, because they will not buy it because of the appearance. Those who value practicality, comfort and the ability to travel not only on asphalt in the parking lots, he will definitely like it.
Alexander Konov, photo of Maxim Goncharov
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