Nissan’s best-selling family wagon gets updated for 2017.
The 2017 facelift of the Nissan X-Trail has finally made Australian landfall, bringing with it aesthetic and technological updates befitting the popular family SUV. With prices starting from $27,990 (before ORCs, ST manual), the X-Trail pricelist remains largely unchanged, with only some price drops through the list.
The most immediately-noticeable change to the X-Trail lineup are the exterior revisions, which see a bolder front fascia, revised headlights, and an enormous V-Motion grille. The rear sees new bumpers, and new LED taillights, with only new alloys in between. There’s now autonomous emergency braking (AEB) that’s standard across the range, while other driver assistance systems are available as you climb up the trim levels.
The X-Trail lineup now looks like this:
- ST 2.0 petrol 2WD manual: $27,990
- ST 2.5 petrol 2WD CVT: $30,490 (5-seater), $31,090 (7-seater)
- ST 2.5 petrol 4WD CVT: $32,490 (down $1490)
- TS 2.0 diesel 4WD CVT: $35,490
- ST-L 2.5 petrol 2WD CVT: $36,590 (5-seater), $38,090 (7-seater)
- ST-L 2.5 petrol 4WD CVT: $38,590 (down $900)
- Ti 2.5 petrol 4WD CVT: $44,290 (down $900)
- TL 2.0 diesel 4WD CVT: $47,290
The two petrol engines are carried over unchanged, with 106kW/200Nm on offer from the atmo 2.0-litre base petrol engine in the ST 2WD, and 126kW/226Nm from the 2.5-litre four-cylinder petrol available higher up the chain. A new diesel’s in town too: The old 1.6-litre oiler has been replaced by a bigger 2.0-litre turbodiesel, which produces 130kW/380Nm, paired exclusively with the CVT automatic and all-wheel drive.
It’s to be noted that the turbo-diesel models, expected to make up a large portion of sales, will not be available until June (for the TS variant) and September (for the TL), due to constraints in production abilities. The value-driven ST manual won’t be arriving until June either, for the same reason. That said, there are still plenty of other options in the lineup, while three new colours (Marine Blue, Copper Blaze, and Ruby Red) join the offered palette.
Standard kit on the entry-level ST & TS include things like 17” alloys, LED daytime running lights, colour-coded electric mirror caps, roof spoiler, a 5.0-inch LCD infotainment screen, reversing camera, keyless entry and go, three-way split-folding rear seats (which fold totally flat), ISOFIX tethering on the two outer rear seats, forward collision warning, six airbags, hill-start assistance, and a limited-slip differential. Models equipped with all-wheel drive gain hill-descent control, while diesel cars get automatic idle stop/start technology.
Step up to the ST-L, and you get a raft of additional features over the entry-level variants. Additions include things like front fog-lights, leather-accented steering wheel and seats, six-way electrically-adjustable driver’s seat, four-way electrically-adjustable passenger’s seat, heated front seats, roof-rails, dual-zone climate control, a 7.0-inch infotainment screen with satellite navigation, digital radio, all-round monitor, blind spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alert.
Top-spec Ti and TL models get all the bells and whistles though, as their prices suggest. The flagship models get things like heated door mirrors, electrochroamatic dimming central rear-view mirror, adaptive and levelling LED headlights, automatic wipers, heated steering wheel, electrically-operated tailgate with motion-activation, an eight-speaker BOSE audio system, a moonroof with powered tilt and slide, 19-inch alloys, lane departure waning, AEB with pedestrian detection, and optional tan leather trim. The petrol Ti gets some exclusive driver assistance tech, like intelligent lane intervention, and adaptive cruise control.
The updated 2017 Nissan X-Trail is already up for orders now.
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