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Nissan X-Trail

Nissan X-Trail
Manufacturer	Nissan
Production	2000 - present
Assembly	Laguna, Philippines Jawa Barat, Indonesia Fukuoka, Japan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia San Yi Miao Li Hsien, Taiwan
Successor	Successor to the Mk2 is the slightly larger Mk3 X-trail which was launched in 2007. (The Mk3 is not planned to be marketed in Canada or although the smaller Nissan Rogue will be available.)
Class	Compact crossover SUV
Body style(s)	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 Nissan's first crossover SUV and used the Nissan FF-S platform. It was released at the same time as several companies introduced car-based compact SUVs including Ford with their Escape and its Mazda Tribute sibling, Hyundai with their Santa Fe and GM with their Pontiac Aztek. It is sold in Japan, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, Trinidad & Tobago, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

First generation
Production	2001-2007
Platform	Nissan FF-S platform
Engine(s)	2.0 L 140 bhp I4 2.5L 165hp I4 2.2L 136 bhp common-rail turbo diesel I4 2.0L 280hp turbo I4 (Japan only)
Transmission(s)	4-speed automatic 5-speed manual 6-speed manual on diesel
Wheelbase	103.3 in (2624 mm)
Length	4WD: 175.4 in (4455 mm) 2WD: 177.6 in (4511 mm)
Width	Pre-Facelift: 69.5 in (1765 mm) Facelift: 69.2 in (1758 mm)
Height	Base: 65.9 in (1674 mm) SLX & 4WD: 68.9 in (1750 mm)
Related	Nissan Primera Nissan Almera

Second generation
Production	2008-
Platform	Nissan C platform
Engine(s)	2.0L I4 2.0L 150 bhp common-rail turbo diesel I4 2.0L 173 bhp common-rail turbo diesel I4
Transmission(s)	6-speed automatic 6-speed manual
Wheelbase	103.5 in (2629 mm)
Length	182.3 in (4630 mm)
Width	70.7 in (1796 mm)
Height	2WD: 66.5 in (1689 mm) 4WD: 69.7 in (1770 mm)
Related	Nissan Sentra Nissan Rogue Renault Megane Nissan Qashqai

The company currently offers a hydrogen fuel cell model named the X-Trail FCV on lease to businesses.

In Canada, it is positioned below the truck-based Xterra. The X-Trail did not arrive in the Canadian market before 2005. The X-Trail was only sold in Canada for the 2005 and 2006 model years. Its successor, the 2008 Nissan Rogue, which shares the same platform as the 2008-present X-Trail, will appear in North America, and will be very similar to the Qashqai that was available in Europe and elsewhere from early 2007. Nissan Canada's website removed the X-Trail as of September 2007 to promote the new Rogue.

In Latin America, X-Trail was positioned below Nissan Pathfinder. It was very popular and in many countries represented the best selling SUV because of its practical size, comfortable driving and low price. As 2007, Nissan sells the second-generation X-Trail alongside the related Rogue.

The 2008 Nissan X-Trail gave its public debut at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show in March, and will go on sale in Europe this summer. A new slightly bigger version, now 4630mm long, introduced in 2007 based on the new Nissan/Renault Alliance C-platform platform. This will appear in Europe in the first part of the year and towards the end of 2007 in Australia but is not currently planned for the United States and Canada.

Available only in the Japanese market is the SR20VET that produces 206 kW (280 hp). 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 123kw. 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 UK 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 imminent 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.

Available only in Iceland is the Nissan X-Trail Adventure. You can choose between two base editions (Sport or Elegance, Comfort is not a choice). Included in the Adventure Edition are 29" tires, the lowest part of the vehicle has been raised, reverse backup sensors, step plates and a towing hook. Prices are ranging from 50-54 thousand dollars. It includes active headrests.

X-Trail in North America

It was intended to remodel the Nissan X-Trail in America like in Europe, but at the 2007 Geneva Auto Show, it was said that it would be discontinued because of slow sales and will be replaced by the Nissan Rogue based on the second-generation X-Trail and Nissan Qashqai.

Media coverage

In 2006, Nissan launched a Nissan X-Trail Bonavista Edition commercial featuring a Nissan dealer speaking in an incomprehensible Newfoundland accent. 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 lingustic authenticity, CBC News reported the sales rep was played by an actor from Cape Breton .

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.

Nissan X-Trail FCV