Nissan X-Trail

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Nissan X-Trail

Manufacturer	Nissan
Production	2001–present
Assembly	Laguna, Philippines Jawa Barat, Indonesia Fukuoka, Japan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia San Yi Miao Li Hsien, Taiwan, Cairo, Egypt
Successor	Canada: Nissan Rogue
Class	Compact crossover SUV
Body style(s)	4-door SUV
Layout	Front engine, front-wheel drive / four-wheel drive

First generation

Production	2001-2007
Platform	Nissan FF-S platform
Engine(s)	2.0 L 140 bhp I4 2.5L 165 hp I4 2.2L 136 bhp common-rail turbo diesel I4 2.0L 280 hp turbo SR20VET (Japan only)
Transmission(s)	4-speed automatic 5 and 6-speed manual
Wheelbase	103.3 in (2624 mm)
Length	4WD: 175.4 in (4455 mm) 2WD: 177.6 in (4511 mm)
Width	Pre-Facelift: 69.5 in (1765 mm) Facelift: 69.2 in (1758 mm)
Height	Base: 65.9 in (1674 mm) SLX & 4WD: 68.9 in (1750 mm)
Related	Nissan Primera Nissan Almera

Second generation

Production	2008-
Platform	Nissan C platform
Engine(s)	2.0L I4 2.0L 150/173 bhp common-rail turbo diesel I4
Transmission(s)	6-speed automatic 6-speed manual
Wheelbase	103.5 in (2629 mm)
Length	182.3 in (4630 mm)
Width	70.7 in (1796 mm)
Height	2WD: 66.5 in (1689 mm) 4WD: 69.7 in (1770 mm)
Related	Nissan Sentra Nissan Rogue Renault Koleos Nissan Qashqai

The Nissan X-Trail is a compact crossover SUV produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 2001. It is Nissan's first crossover SUV and was released at the same time as several companies introduced car-based compact SUVs including Ford with their Escape and its Mazda Tribute sibling, Hyundai with their Santa Fe and GM with their Pontiac Aztek.

The X-Trail is positioned below the truck-based Xterra and Pathfinder. The second-generation X-Trail, launched in 2007, did not arrive to Canada and United States, where it was replaced by the Rogue. However, both the Rogue and X-Trail are sold in Mexico. The Rogue shares the same platform as the second-generation X-Trail and is very similar to the Qashqai.

The company currently offers a hydrogen fuel cell model named the X-Trail FCV on lease to businesses.

[edit] First generation (2001-2007)

The first-generation X-Trail uses the Nissan FF-S platform, shared with the Nissan Almera and the Nissan Primera. The X-Trail was sold in Canada for the 2005 and 2006 model years, and in Mexico since 2003. In the UK the first-generation car was available in S, Sport and SE+ between launch and 2004. The trim levels were then revised to SE, Sport, SVE and T-Spec. At this point all models were equipped with full electric windows, electricity adjustable door mirrors (on SVE & T-Spec they were electrically folding also), climate control, single CD player, 4 airbags and remote central locking. The trim levels were once again revised in 2006.

[edit] Second generation (2007-present)

The 2008 Nissan X-Trail gave its public debut at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show in March, and went on sale in Europe in the third quarter of that year.

Slightly bigger that the previous model, it is based on the Nissan C platform. This X-Trail appeared in Europe in the first part of the 2007 and towards the end of the year in Australia and Mexico, but not in the United States and Canada where it was replaced by the Rogue.

[edit] Engines

Available only in the Japanese market is the SR20VET that produces 206 kW (280 hp) and is used in the X-Trail GT. The Australian model is powered by a QR25DE 2.5 L 4-cylinder engine initially producing 132 kW (177 hp) From January 2006, the Australian-spec engine was detuned to 123 kW (169 hp). Also available is the QR20DE 4-cylinder engine, producing 103 kW (140 hp) or 110 kW (150 hp) with manual or automatic transmission. The biggest selling engine in the UK is the YD22DDTi, a 2.2 litre turbo-charged common-rail diesel. The X-Trail has had three model revisions, the Series 1 and Series 2 (using Nissan FF-S platform) and the imminent Series 3 (using Nissan/Renault C platform). There were various cosmetic and engineering changes made between series 1 and 2 but the series 3 is all new despite a similar appearance with new engines apart from the 2.5L which has been retained.

[edit] Media coverage

In 2006, Nissan launched a Nissan X-Trail Bonavista Edition commercial featuring a Nissan dealer speaking in an incomprehensible Newfoundland accent. [1] The commercial itself backfired when Bonavista Mayor Betty Fitzgerald claimed it had portrayed people in Bonavista as people who cannot speak properly. To further expose the commercial's lack of linguistic authenticity, CBC News reported the sales rep was played by an actor from Cape Breton [2].

That commercial was parodied by a local car dealer in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in a radio ad that takes shots at Ontario marketing companies and Premier Dalton McGuinty's "nondescript" personality.[3]

Nissan X-Trail FCV

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nissan X-Trail

• Philippine X-Trail Club
• Australian Nissan X-Trail Owners Forum
• Official Japanese site
• Official Canadian site
• Official Indian site
• Official hydrogen X-Trail FCV press release
• UK X-Trail Owners Forum