Nissan X-Trail test drive since 2007 SUV

All photos of Nissan X-Trail since 2007

Synergy effect

Synergism is the combined effect of two or more factors, characterized by the fact that their joint action significantly exceeds the effect of each component and their amount.

Translated to car: the crossover is faster and more comfortable than the SUV; more passage and more spacious sedan; And finally, cheaper than they are both. It turns out that crossovers have more advantages than the components from which they are formed!?

In favor of this statement, the recognition of Russian buyers speaks: a rare SUV today is ownerless in the cabin. The queues, including the new Nissan X-Trail.

To begin with, let's figure out how justified the word the new car has changed on the outside, but if the appearance of the previous X-Trail is not captured in your memory in detail, these changes will find him wise.

However, I will not risk blaming you with unimportant observation: the newcomer, compared to the predecessor, has changed a little headlights, a little rear lights, but most importantly, the square style of the main body elements remained untouched.

Brutal, not brutal over terminology can be argued, but you can’t call such a design exquisite or detailed. Nissan says that the reason for such an obvious similarity of the two generations is conservatism of the owners of the first X-Trail (the most obvious potential buyers of the second). As a result, external changes can be considered restyling, since you will not find fundamentally new solutions here.

Prices*
In the basic configuration: from 872 984 rubles.

Complex with automatic transmission: (variator) from 914 904 rubles.

Maximum configuration: from 1 069 484 rub.

*At the rate of the Central Bank on the day of preparation of the material. Check the details with dealers.

The salon is another matter. Immediately pay attention to the fact that the instrument panel returned to the usual place, that is, she moved from the center of the torpedo behind the steering wheel.

By the way, the debut X-Trail was the first Nissan SUV with a shield of devices moving to the right. In 2002, this decision was motivated by the fact that dials are perfectly visible in any landing of the driver. But, it seems, this course of whists did not add to the car; And now a return to the past is explained by the need to make room on the central console.

It is clear that this change fundamentally affected the general style of decor. Although here is the strict beauty, which managed to preserve, despite the abundance of systems that require personal control buttons.

Nissan equip the X-Trail with a completely new 2.0-liter 141-lord2 engine and old 2.5-liter, the power of which increased by several liters. With. As a result of minor improvements.

It would seem that it would be more interesting to take a new two-liter engine for the test, but we still stopped at a top, 169-horsepower unit with a six-speed variator! Yes, variators have no programs. But this is a completely new box: a very high -quality imitation of speed switching is created here.

Who talked, for example, with the variator of Nissan Teana or Mitsubishi Lancer, knows how to unusual to hear the frozen engine speeds and feel the rapid increase in speed. And many do not understand why the turns are not growing, and the car is going faster.

But here, even in automatic mode (and there is also manual!) It is heard how the transfers are crossed, and the tachometer arrow (as it approaches the sixth speed) smoothly rises from 4,000 to 6,000 revolutions. Well, exactly the hydromechanics!

From an economical passenger car into a car of increased cross-country ability, X-Trail turns the All-Mode 4x4-I system. A turning puck on the central tunnel can be translated from the front to full. With the only correction: the time of connecting the rear -wheel drive selects electronics.

However, you can turn on a compulsory full one, breaking the torque equally between the axes. In this mode, X-Trail is really good, but still not an SUV

Comfort of the X-Trail suspension beyond understanding. In a good way: how is it possible?! Audi Q7 in a comfortable air suspension mode pleased with similar comfort.

Although if you recall that the new Nissan model was created on the Qashqai platform (that is, almost cars), it becomes clear why, when you go along a broken highway where a pit on a pit, a minimum of unpleasant influences are transmitted to the body. True, there is a drawback: each blow is accompanied by a juicy knock, forcing to reduce speed. I feel sorry for the car

Geometric patency? The X-Trail is not all right with her. In any case, when trying to move a small ditch, which, judging by the footsteps, overcame everything to us, we had to consider centimeters.

Geometry is geometry, but with the X-Trail technique it was not lucky: there are still no blocking between the wheels, and in the reducing box. In full we regretted this, climbing, it would seem, to the children's slide. A very small slope would hardly stop us, but the dirt of the viscous surface under just one wheel made him (wheel) is pointless to rotate stronger and stronger, and we go down below and try to pave the correct lifting trajectory again. This time dry.

It would seem that trifles, but still insulting: just because of one wheel that fell into a difficult position, a car of increased cross-country ability was forced to retreat. Let it not be for a long time.

In a large trunk (630 l), the most successful decision can be considered drawers in the lower part of the body. Every little thing so that it does not ride on a flat floor can be shoved here. On the other hand, because of this, the floor of the trunk is quite high from the ground. It doesn’t matter, of course; But, loading a new refrigerator or washing machine into the trunk, you will remember each of these extra centimeters.

In general, X-Trail embarrassed only one thing: it does not have good cross-country ability. In all other respects, he deserves only flattering reviews. But if the Nissan crossover also had the all -profiles of the old Pajero (or at least Niva) would not be the price or competitors. In the meantime, there is a reason to rejoice: there are still no ideal cars!

The car is provided by Autoprodix, an official Nissan dealer.

Text: Philip Berezin
Photo: Roman Ostanin