All-New Qashqai – A Collection of Car Expert Reviews
Designed, engineered and manufactured in the UK, the all-new Nissan Qashqai is available with a new electrified petrol mild-hybrid powertrain, and boasts a sleeker and roomier design than its predecessors.
Highly anticipated and now available to order, some of the nation’s Car Experts have got their hands on the new model for a test drive. Read on to find out what their overall verdicts are.
AutoExpress – 4 out of 5
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Verdict: The new Nissan Qashqai is an eminently usable and usefully practical family SUV. It might only be so-so to drive, and while there’s more tech much of it could still be better, but it nails the basics that some family SUVs don’t, making it an affordable and relatively successful evolution of the Qashqai formula for this third generation. However, we can’t help but feel it needs more in the way of electrification, so we’ll look forward to driving the e-Power model in the future.
The full review can be found here.
What Car? – 4 out of 5
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Verdict: The latest Qashqai is a strong contender in the family SUV class. We reckon the middle of the range is where the best value lies, because the cheaper trims (especially Visia) are stingily equipped and range-topping models are rather pricey.
The full review can be found here.
CarExpert – 8 out of 10
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Verdict: An all-new Nissan Qashqai is timely – any manufacturer building an SUV knew it had to try and beat the Nissan first, and several rival brands were beginning to do so. The new model is not particularly revolutionary but it does what Nissan claims it wanted to do – keep all the good bits and add some new and better bits.
The car still drives well, offers lots of space and a quality of fit and finish that compares with most of the competition. The technology additions are generally useful and the safety package top-notch. As a result, don’t expect to see the Qashqai falling out of that new car top ten any time soon.
The full review can be found here.
Autocar – 4 out of 5
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Verdict: It not only looks good and is well equipped (there’s a list of standard active safety systems that’s longer than a crash-test dummy’s arm), it also features one of the most intelligently designed and neatly packaged interior layouts in the business. This is a car that’s been designed with family use at its heart.
Factor in the inevitably tempting finance deals and it's not hard to foresee Qashqais continuing to fly out of showrooms. The competition is crowding in, but with these updates, it's difficult to see any knocking the Qashqai off its top spot just yet.
The full review can be found here.
Auto Trader – 4.5 out of 5
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Verdict: Nissan claims to have invented the whole mid-size crossover genre with the original Qashqai and, even in its last year on sale, the previous version was by far the best-selling vehicle in a massively competitive class. This all-new one doesn’t mess with the formula but combines customer feedback with sharper design, improved tech and new mild-hybrid engines to improve the package still further. An electrified e-Power ‘range extender’ hybrid version will follow in due course, too. Designed, developed and built here in Britain, the Qashqai is a deserved family favourite, this new one set to continue Nissan’s top ranking in the crossover field.
The full review can be found here.
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