Nissan X-Trail Scoops 4x4 Award - Twice
Published: 4th October 2002
The judges said: "The Nissan X-TRAIL has blasted into this sector and taken it by storm for two years running. It's smooth-driving and superbly practical, offering not only an excellent load space (in easy clean plastic) and comfortable seating for five, but also a central flap in the backrest to cope with unusually long loads, like skis or snowboards for example. Add all this to its two lively, torquey engines – a speedy 2.0-litre lump and a beefy 2.2-litre turbodiesel – and its inoffensive and sleek styling, and you have a clear winner. Well behaved and capable on the road, the baby Nissan also has sufficient off-road ability to get it over difficult terrain, in short it has everything a soft roader should have."
The X-TRAIL comes with a choice of two new engines: 140PS 2.0-litre petrol
and 114PS 2.2-litre diesel and three trim levels: S, Sport and SE+. Prices
start at £16,750.
