Nissan Qashqai test drive since 2010 crossover
Restyling Nissan Qashqai+2
Restyling Nissan Qashqai+2. Anglo-Japanese porridge, as they say, with a new taste. In London, who literally groans from the overwhelming yoke of the Russian oligarchs, who pushed prices in local gastronomes, the designers of the Nissan studio gathered and took up the usual restyling business ...
... rearrange the buttons in the cabin in places and move up and down, on the left and right are the fans and the radiator grille. They say that some meaning is even in a look at this. Over time, the once fresh appearance of Qashqai turned into naive and plush. It is necessary to give her insolence and sharpness.
However, something is wrong here. If from the very beginning the appearance of the popular SUV was not plush, but, on the contrary, had a shade of aggressiveness, then where did he disappear? Apparently, over three years, ideas about aggressiveness in society have completely changed. And if today in the morning, leaving the house, you received from a woman with a stroller fire extinguisher on the head, do not be surprised. This is already normal.
Road clearance Qashqai+2 more than a simple version
If you are bored with the rise, and then click on the gas
What is this design that is so fast? Have you heard from someone that the appearance of Mercedes Gelandewagen, Jeep Wrangler or LR Defender needs to be updated? Yes, they are eternal, like the Eiffel Tower, the White House and the Cathedral of Vasily Blessed. It would never occur to anyone to attach a smile or grin. So, traveling on your stylish crossover, always remember how unsteady its existence is. Fashion is ephemeral.
The noise did not interfere with anyone
But still Qashqai+2 (and we took this particular version) I like it. Despite all this fuss with an image on the new muzzle, we have a simple, honest crossover. He is, as if deprived of what prevents him from buying. Let me explain: let's say, sitting behind the wheel of Honda CR-V, you see claims to controllability and comfort. I would pay for something, but the present. But there is no half. I will always suffer: it could be better. And so every SUV-competing. And Qashqai+2 saves the owner of heavy thoughts on high automobile achievements.
To deceive electronics, just do not pay attention to it
The screen and climate control buttons are too low
Devices flicker with readings, but pretend that they are cool
Do you want a big car? Please: he has three rows of seats and the longest wheelbase among competitors in this price niche. And, by the way, the only enlarged base already adds smoothness, comfort and course stability. Do you want a small engine to save on fuel and taxes? No problem. There are four -cylinder engines with a volume of 1.6 and 2 liters. Need a panoramic roof? Easily. You will not refuse the rear view camera and a touch screen with navigation? Take it. Do not like to slow down in front of the lying policemen?
AND IT IS NOT NECESSARY!
So in everything. It is impossible to say that he is far from ideal, because he does not force you to think about the ideal at all. I don’t want to change anything in it. The manufacturer, however, does not think so, and in the course of restyling reduced the noise in the salon due to the new insulating motor shield and witchcraft with windshield. Softened the materials of the finish. Put a new information display. They say all this improved comfort. And for me, it is not so important what size display is if it is still so low that it cannot be read without being distracted from the road. Instead of soundproofing, it was better to muffle the air conditioner, which clearly interferes with the rear passengers. Yes, and the roar of the motor is a pity, before he was so invigorated, and without him it seems that the Japanese crossover has lost a lot in dynamics.
The third row of seats, as always in seven seats, is very funny
For happiness there is not enough opportunity to fold the front seats
Cool the assistant
Changes in patency were not announced, but to check our debt. Qashqai+2 everything is still beautiful along the crossed terrain, swallowing bumps. Breaks, you begin to put pressure on the pedal, but at high speed you already get a pendant in the chipper, and passenger heads in the ceiling. Nevertheless, the smoothness of the course in the lane is excellent. Getting to the ground -raking, I tried all the ways of talking with electronic assistants known to science. He pressed the gas to the floor, pressed a little, did both, used both gas-carpation manipulating, tried the handbrake. Do you know what is valid? You put your leg on an accelerator and just wait. Five minutes later, the brains of the crossover will cool down, and it will go up. Even on loose soil. In principle, nothing else needs to be done. But I could not climb, turn around and go home is not an SUV for you. I say, Qashqai+2 without complaints. It lulls. Updated, he remained the same. The breed was not spoiled. Good.
Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photo of Alexander Ortnova-Baranov
Source: Magazine 4x4 [September /2010]
