Nissan Qashqai 2014 : the show must go on

Seven after the first Qashqai engineering Nissan put small dishes in large to second generation category reference.

Wearied by the bad fortune of its sedans in Europe, Nissan replaced end of 2007 its dull Almera by the Qashqai, a small break raised vaguely adventurous look. The "crossover" was born, modern and mercatiquement correct SUV version. This was the beginning of an incredible success story: quickly joined by a version seven squares, restyled in 2010, the Qashqai has continued to see its sales grow and totally presented in the saddle manufacturer, not the best at the time. It has since been joined by a little brother, the Juke, and especially by a myriad of competitors in all general practitioners, which has not prevented him to sell some two million copies in seven years.

Nissan plays big at the time of renewing his bestseller, which the second generation was unveiled Thursday. Based on the new modular platform of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, the newcomer grew 5 cm in length (4.38 m), 2 cm in width (1.80 m) but loses 1.5 cm in height (1.59 cm). It sports lines much sharper than his predecessor, in the right line of the new X-Trail discovered two months ago in Frankfurt.

The cockpit is also made much more cosy, which will not harm both the perceived quality of the previous model had aged face the best pupils of the category. Livability progresses just like the trunk, which stays in the average of the category to 430 l. Nissan has not yet specified the new Qashqai would be again a Variant "+ 2″ or if he would leave the role of the pater familias in the X-Trail, now available in seven places.

Under the hood, Nissan told the beautiful small turbocharged cars. The former 1.6 petrol is replaced by a 1.2 115 ps (5.6 l and 129 g) and the 2.0 by a 1.6 150 PS (5.6 l and 132 g). Side Diesel, we find the 1.5 dCi 110 HP (3.8 l and 99 g) and 1.6 dCi 130 PS (4.4 l and 115 g). The latter will be the only to have an all-wheel drive optional. Traction, it may also be associated with a new dimmer Xtronic box, whose Nissan Announces neat mapping so that it mimics the behavior of a converter box and avoids the haunting climbs in regime generally characterizing this type of transmission.

Finally, the Qashqai is full of technology. Pilot depreciation, automatic emergency braking, automatic parking, recognition of road signs, full-LED lighting Auto-adaptive, the Qashqai will not more no complex in this area facing its small European comrades.

Still assembled in the British Sunderland plant, the new Qashqai will be marketed in February 2014. The commands are already open.