Nissan Qashqai
HELLO
£36,125 OTR/£37,270 as tested/£450pcm
WHY IT’S HERE
Can millions of Qashqai owners be wrong?
DRIVER
Esther Neve
SAFE IS GOOD, WE ALL LIKE SAFE. IMAGINE MY DELIGHT, THEN, WHEN I read that the new Nissan Qashqai has been awarded not just a five star Euro NCAP rating but also Euro NCAP’s Best in Class award Makes heading out on the M25 a less concerning experience altogether
Which is a very positive start to my burgeoning relationship with this muchlovedbymanyUKfamilies crossover Back in I ran the smallest SUV offering from the Nissan family the Juke We got on OK but never really bonded as much my fault as the Juke’s I guess However even after just one trip in the Qashqai I already felt more of a kinship with it than I ever had with the smaller Nissan
I had no hand in specifying the QQ but whoever made the choices thank you Ollie Kew did a fine job The Qashqai you see before you is a Tekna which means it has everything as standard in fact there are but two items on the QQ that are cost options ceramic grey pearlescent paint and twotone grey and pearl black roof costing ¡¢£ and ¡£ respectively To be brutally honest if you were looking to save a grand you could easily get by without either of them If you did that the OTR cost would be a somewhat startlingly good value ¡¤
Two cold weeks into running the Nissan and so far my absolute favourite feature would have to be the Heat Pack comprising heated seats heated steering wheel and a heated windscreen essentially a winter survival pack Closely following that on my Love List is the noise the satnav makes to warn you of impending traffic cameras highly appropriately it’s very similar to the noise Road Runner makes! No doubt I’ll find that very useful on several upcoming trips I need to make out to the Cotswolds and into good old London town