Launched over a decade ago the first generation Nissan Juke sold in huge numbers with over 1.5-million finding global homes,writes David Miles. It brought the then aspirational idea of 5-door SUV styling to the masses of car buyers who previously had opted for supermini sized hatchbacks. Although prior to Juke there had been small boxy shaped SUVs/4x4s from mainly Japanese manufacturers … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Nissan Micra Tekna IG-T100 CVT auto
The 100hp turbo petrol engine is perky in performance and the design of the five-door supermini sized hatchback body is blindingly more eye-catching than the previous four generations of Micra which have been served up since 1983, writes David Miles. Most recently Nissan further revised some of the power units available in the updated range and these EU6 compliant units include a … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Nissan Qashqai Tekna 1.3 DIG-T 160hp Auto
The British built Nissan Qashqai is today generally recognised as the founder of the Crossover vehicle market sector when it was launched in 2007, wrties David Miles. It offered SUV styling with family hatchback sizing and practicality with 2WD and 4WD traction options. But it was in fact the Matro Rancho launched in 1977 that brought the ‘off-road look’ to the family hatchback market at a … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Nissan Qashqai N-Connecta 1.5 dCi 110
The Nissan Qashqai is a C-SUV segment mid-sized ‘Crossover’ first launched in 2007 and is generally credited with launching the term Crossover. In real terms what does Crossover mean, well the space of a C-segment family hatchback with the raised ride height and styling of an SUV and some models also add the seating and load carrying flexibility of an MPV people carrier. Since the launch of … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Nissan Micra Tekna 0.9 IG-T 90
The new fifth-generation Nissan Micra B-segment ‘Supermini’ sized hatchback range is now on sale, writes David Miles. UK prices go from £11,995 up to £18,765 but the popular trend for personalisation options will push those prices steeply upwards. The ‘supermini’ sector of the new car market is super-competitive with a huge choice of different brands such as the Ford … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Nissan Pulsar Tekna 190
Nissan’s bread-and-butter range has been given a marmalade topping. The Nissan Pulsar is on paper a five-door family car of good proportions and useful performance, but it’s really more than that. Originating in 1978 as an enlarged version of the Nissan Sunny, hence the name Pulsar, the latest model was introduced to Britain in 2015. Pulsar is Nissan’s upper range five-door … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Nissan Navara DC
In the mid 1990’s UK sales of Double Cab Pick-Ups were at their peak with registrations led by the Mitsubishi L200 range. Then the Government changed and upped the Benefit-in-Kind tax levels on these work and leisure vehicles which dulled sales and then registrations of all new vehicles slipped further as the recession took hold. But now Pick-Up sales are booming again in the UK … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Nissan Qashqai Tekna 1.6 DIG-T
Whatever the future holds for vehicle production in the UK following Brexit, Nissan by the end of this year will have increased build capacity of their British designed and built Qashqai C-segment Crossover range. They are opening a second production line to meet European demand for the Qashqai following a further £22m investment. Nissan is this year celebrating the … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Nissan X Trail n-tec 163 2WD
X marks the spot where Nissan started carving out a niche in the MPV market. The arrival of the Nissan X Trail in 2000 started a new line in the Japanese brand which has seen the Qashqai become one of the most popular MPVs on the UK market and that was followed by the Juke SUV, essentially a derivative of the larger car’s platform which now has its own following. The Nissan X-Trail … [Read more...]
Weekend Roadtest: Nissan X-Trail 2WD diesel
Nissan X-Trail is a car of the millennium and the modern family. Originally launched in 2000, it has evolved with the second generation in 2007 and the current third series from 2013. Four trim levels, 2WD or 4WD, manual or automatic transmission with choice or 1.6 diesel or new petrol engines giving 130 or 163ps should satisfy. With each new series it has been updated and made more relevant … [Read more...]
