Nissan X-Trail

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Nissan X-Trail

Manufacturer	Nissan
Production	2001 - 2008
Assembly	Laguna, Philippines Jawa Barat, Indonesia Fukuoka, Japan Lumpur, Malaysia San Yi Miao Li Hsien, Taiwan
Successor	Series 3 X-trail (not N America)
Class	Compact crossover SUV
Layout	FF layout/All wheel drive
Engine	2.0 L 140 bhp 2.5L 165hp I4 2.2L 136 bhp common-rail turbo diesel 2.0L 280hp turbo I4 (Japan only)
Transmission	4-speed automatic 5-speed manual 6-speed manual on diesel
Wheelbase	103.3 in
Length	179.3 in
Width	69.5 in
Height	65.9 in
Related	Nissan Primera
Similar	Hyundai Santa Fe Mazda Tribute Toyota RAV4

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 compact crossover 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, Mexico, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia and South America.

The company currently offers a hydrogen fuel cell model on lease to businesses, the X-Trail FCV. In Canada, it is positioned below the truck-based Xterra. The X-Trail did not arrive in the Canadian market until 2004.

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 North America. An all-new, smaller vehicle, the Nissan Rogue, will appear in Canada and US which will be very similar to the Qashqai that was available in Europe and elsewhere from early 2007.

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 initally 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.

It includes active headrests.

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In 2006, Nissan launched a Nissan X-Trail Bonavista Edition commercial featuring a Nissan dealer speaking in an incomprehensible accent. [1] 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 [2].

That commercial was parodied by a local car dealer in St. John's, Newfoundland in a radio ad that takes shots at Ontario marketing companies and Premier Dalton McGuinty's "nondescript" personality.[3]

Nissan X-Trail FCV

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See also: Infiniti division		Edit this template

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Crossover SUV																								Murano					Murano
Mid-size SUV							Pathfinder										Pathfinder									Pathfinder
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Minivan								Vanette						Quest						Quest					Quest
Pickup	Datsun 720						Hardbody Truck												Frontier							Frontier
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