Nissan X-Trail

Nissan X-Trail

Manufacturer	Nissan
Production	2001–present
Assembly	Fukuoka, Japan Samut Prakan, Thailand San Yi Miao Li Hsien, Taiwan, Cairo, Egypt, Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines Purwakarta, Indonesia (NMI)[1]
Predecessor	Nissan Rasheen
Successor	Nissan Rogue (Canada)
Class	Off-road vehicle Compact crossover SUV
Body style	4-door SUV
Layout	Front engine, front-wheel drive / four-wheel drive

The Nissan X-Trail is a compact crossover SUV produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 2001. It was one of Nissan's first crossover SUVs and was released about the same time as several other companies competing car-based compact SUVs including the Ford Escape and its Mazda Tribute sibling, the Hyundai Tucson, Honda CR-V and the Toyota RAV4.

The X-Trail is positioned below the truck-based Xterra and Pathfinder. The X-Trail was never offered by dealerships in the United States. The first generation was available in Canada until 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.

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 United Kingdom 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 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.

First generation (2001–2007)

First generation

Also called	Nissan X-Trail Classic
Production	2001-2007 since 2002 (TW) since 2007 as Classic (ANG)[citation needed]
Platform	Nissan FF-S platform
Engine	2.0 L 140 bhp I4 2.5L 165 hp I4 2.2 L 136 bhp common-rail turbo diesel I4 2.0 L 280 hp turbo SR20VET (Japan only)
Transmission	4-speed automatic 5 and 6-speed manual
Wheelbase	103.3 in (2,624 mm)
Length	4WD: 175.4 in (4,455 mm) 2WD: 177.6 in (4,511 mm)
Width	Pre-Facelift: 69.5 in (1,765 mm) Facelift: 69.2 in (1,758 mm)
Height	Base: 65.9 in (1,674 mm) SLX & 4WD: 68.9 in (1,750 mm)
Related	Nissan Primera Nissan Almera Nissan Sentra

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 (but Nissan Canada continued to market the X-Trail until 2007), and in Mexico since 2003. The X-Trail has been sold in the Philippines since mid-2003, and received facelifts in early 2005 and May 2007. In the United Kingdom 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. Currently Nissan in still selling the Nissan X-Trail T30 model in some countries,and is called the Nissan X-Trail Classic. In 2007 the Yulon manufactured model version got a facelift. Now there's an optical difference to all other Nissan X-Trail vehicles with its own unmistakable character.^[2]

Nissan X-Trail GT Turbo

In mid 2002 Nissan launched a special edition X-trail with the SR20VET engine with 280 hp (209 kW). This was offered in the Japanese market only.^{[citation needed]}

Media coverage

In 2006, Nissan launched a Nissan X-Trail Bonavista Edition commercial featuring a Nissan dealer speaking in an incomprehensible Newfoundland accent.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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  2001–2004, front view

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  2001–2004, rear view

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  2005–2007, front view

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  2005–2007, rear view

Second generation (2007–present)

Second generation

Production	2008-
Platform	Nissan C platform
Engine	2.0 L MR20DE I4 2.5 L QR25DE I4 2.0 L M9R Diesel Engine I4
Transmission	6-speed manual 6-speed automatic CVT
Wheelbase	103.5 in (2,629 mm)
Length	2008-2010: 182.3 in (4,630 mm) 2011: 4,640 mm (182.7 in)
Width	2008-2010: 70.7 in (1,796 mm) 2011-: 1,806 mm (71.1 in)
Height	2008-2010 2WD: 66.5 in (1,689 mm) 2008-2010 4WD: 69.7 in (1,770 mm) 2011- 2WD: 1,699 mm (66.9 in) 2011- 4WD: 1,780 mm (70.1 in)
Related	Nissan Sentra Nissan Rogue Renault Koleos Nissan Qashqai

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 larger than 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. A facelifted model appeared in August 2010.

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  2007–2010, front view

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  2007–2010, rear view

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  2010–present, front view

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  2010–present, rear view

References

1. ^ "Nissan. Nissan In Indonesia". Car-cat.com. http://car-cat.com/firm-1048.html. Retrieved 2010-07-25. 
2. ^ http://www.nissan.com.tw/car/x-trail/index.asp official Nissan X-Trail website of Yulon Nissan in Taiwan
3. ^ "Broadcast Yourself". YouTube. 2010-07-16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3 m-y-qAbpL0. Retrieved 2010-07-25. 
4. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "N.L. car dealer spoofs Nissan's 'Bonavista' ad - CTV News". Ctv.ca. 2006-09-25. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060925/nfld_ad_060925/20060925. Retrieved 2010-07-25. 

External links

• 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
• Club X-Trail Italia "Filippo Nardone"