Nissan Reviews with Road Tests
Saturday 7th November 2009
First introduced in March 2007 the Nissan Qashqai has proven a great success, winning awards for customer satisfaction. the full review
Nissan have changed the new X-TRAIL but not a great deal. Before getting to work, the company asked its existing customers what they would change. the full review
Nissan’s portfolio of 4WD vehicles is nothing short of extensive with a list including the Patrol, X-TRAIL, Murano, Pathfinder and Navara; add on the 4WD Qashqai and that makes six. Why so many? Well, they all do different jobs. the full review
The QASHQAI (pronounced Cash Kai), is named after a desert-dwelling tribe who live near the Zagros mountains, in South Western Iran. the full review
If you include the 4x4 version of the new QASHQAI, Nissan can now boast a list of six off-roaders. They all fill a niche in different ways; the outright 4x4 workhorses are the Patrol and Navara, the so-called Crossovers come in the form of the Murano and QASHQAI and the SUVs are the X-TRAIL and this week’s test car the Pathfinder. Although not quite as large as the Patrol and Navara, the Pathfinder is nonetheless a large vehicle and a very imposing one at that. the full review
What do you do if you enjoy driving but are about to have a new addition to the family? This was the problem facing one of Nissan’s young designers whose wife was shortly due to give birth. the full review
It seems as if the Micra C+C has been a long time coming. Although my first viewing of it was as a concept car at the British motor show at the NEC way back in 2002, it was first shown at the Paris motor show earlier that year. the full review
The Nissan X-TRAIL was launched in the UK in 2001 and has become the third best selling 4x4 in Europe. the full review
The new Nissan Micra was launched in the UK on the 15th January 2003 with the David Lynch directed TV commercial 'Do you speak Micra?' The advertisement introduced a whole new vocabulary to describe the innovative new generation Micra including words such as: Spafe (spontaneous + safe), Simpology (simple + technology), Smig (small + big), Aggrendly (aggressive + friendly), Thractical (thrilling + practical), Luxurable (luxurious + affordable) and Compacious (compact + spacious). the full review














