Nissan Teases X-Trail with New Design Cues, Practicalities
The Nissan X-Trail has undergone a fundamental makeover, departing from the utilitarian vertical styling and off-road bias of old to Nissan’s contemporary DNA co-developed with Renault to give the more than a decade old SUV a car-like structure with curvy body and accurate cross-over styling.
Redesigned from ground up to accommodate seven seats, the new model crossover X-Trail replaces not only its predecessor but also the Qashqai+2, which somewhat describes how important Nissan feels about its new offering.
The new X-Trail now looks more sophisticated with exceptional high tech-savvy and quality cabin with a large body that delivers decent space too.
While the radical departure from conservative body SUV shape and utilitarian feel may spark contention among a few previous generation fans, this new package would no doubt appeal to a broader spectrum of buyers.
The new X-Trail continues Nissan’s fondness for building family-friendly crossovers and her concerted effort to challenge rivals such as Toyota RAV4, Honda CRV, Kia Sorento and Hyundai Santa Fe among others.
The seven-seat option also means the X-Trail is a viable alternative to the likes of the Hyundai Santa Fe given its incredible new curves, economy and kits.
Nissan says the arrival of this new X-Trail variant which shares common basic architecture with theQashqai is intended to fill out Nissan’s crossover range and sit triumphantly at the summit of the Crossover – SUV segment where the Qashqai had until lately stand out.
Compared to the old X-Trail, the new model is much more focused on road performance than off-road prowess and it shares platform( Renault-Nissan common module) with the Qa- shqai though has extra ground clearance to glide over bumps effortlessly.
Also added is the new X-T rail’ s all-wheel drive set-up which is an adaptive 4X4 system that can switch between fuel-saving front wheel drive, automatic mode, and send drive to there ar wheels under hard acceleration or in slippery road conditions, or in 4X4 lock mode which is ideal for the worst weather and off-road situations.
And unlike theQashqai which comes with a simple torsion beam rear axle in two wheel drive guise and a multi-link set up on the 4X4, the al new X-Trail modes gets a sophisticated multilink rear suspension.