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Nissan X-Trail car review – the SUV turns company car

Gone is the more traditional 4×4 air of the old X-Trail and in its place is a sleek blown-up version of the Qashqai. Even in 4WD guise it’s a pretty deft company car tax dodger.
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29 May 2014

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Exit the mildly agricultural look of the old model and enter an X-Trail that looks like a Qashqai, only more so…

Nissan X-Trail dci 130 Tekna  

What is it?

The all-new Nissan X-Trail is a thoroughly modern interpretation of the classic SUV recipe and, as a result, it’s a far more attractive proposition for company car drivers.

If it looks like a larger version of the Qashqai crossover, that’s because it essentially is. Nissan has killed off the old Qashqai+2 seven-seater, giving the seven-seat X-Trail a unique place in the range. But – to mix things up – the X-Trail is also available as a five-seater. Confused? Don’t be. 

Although the X-Trail was designed as a seven-seat SUV from the ground up, by making it available with a five-seat option, Nissan is essentially just giving buyers a choice. And Nissan expects 70% of buyers to choose the five-seat version. 

It’s available as either a two- or four-wheel drive SUV, with a single 130hp dCi 1.6-litre diesel engine available from launch. Nissan’s XTronic CVT transmission is also available on the two-wheel drive version. 

The Business Car Manager review and subsequent company car figures are based on the flagship Tekna trim in tax-friendly two-wheel drive guise and with the benefit of seven seats.

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…which is essentially what it is. Because it’s been designed as a 7-seater of course it’s bigger than a Qashqai, but you can get the X-Trail as a 5-seater too

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Matt Morton

Matt Morton

Matt Morton is an automotive content writer for Business Car Manager

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