Nissan has given its European market compact crossover, the Qashqai, a mid-life makeover for 2010 to prolong its appeal to consumers. So what's new about the Qashqai? Well, first of all, most of the cosmetic changes concern the front end as hood, bumper, fenders, grille and headlights have all been revised giving the Qashai a much more aggressive look.There are also two new exterior colors, revised tail lights with LED technology, and newly designed 17-inch alloy wheels.
These styling changes together with a series of other improvements are said to have reduced the Qashqai's drag coefficient from 0.34 to 0.33.
Inside, Nissan is promising new trims, better quality materials, reduced noise, vibration, and harshness levels, plus a revised instrument panel cluster with a new LCD screen.
Completing the upgrades is a retuned suspension that's said to further improve handling. The engine lineup remains unchanged.
Also new for the 2010 model year, is the introduction of an eco-friendly version called 'ECO Qashqai' that is powered by Nissan's (okay, Renault's) 1.5-liter turbo diesel engine.
Nissan said that this model benefits from a series of weight saving measures, aero tweaks, low rolling-resistance tires and longer gear ratios, to achieve 129 g/km CO2.
The new Qashqai will go on sale in Europe in Spring of 2010.
18 Comments:
They changed the only thing that I didn't like about it! That's. A. Great. Car.
nice facelift
Good car made to look even better. It's already a winner in the UK and I think these improvements will simply add to it's success. Nice one Nissan.
Volvo headlamps
Looks kind of RAV-ish, but nice anyway.
looks way better
headlights reassemble the toyota rav-4's
is it just me, or do those look like CG renderings.....
Could you tell me why they sell a shit like the Rogue in America and they keep this realy good design for the rest of the world ???
Yeah, it look like a rendering !
this is the first decent looking Nissan I've seen in years. too many years.
The front looks good, but the rear light not...
Looks like a Renault Scenic mixed with a Clio :(
the grille looks like a vagina
why don't we get this in the U.S. instead of the dull looking Rogue?
Japanese car makers think people in the US might not have any taste.
great facelift.
MUCH better... The red one with the bigger alloys looks great..
I've heard of a Qashqai capable of doing 135mph(around 217km/h) on European Autobahn. It's excellent for such an SUV,as potent as the VW Golf 1.4TSI(122bhp). This Qashqai has a petrol unit MR20DE,yielding 150bhp.
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