**A Comfortable and Practical Family Car: The Nissan Qashqai**

The Nissan Qashqai is a car that exudes comfort and practicality, making it an excellent choice for families. When driving, you'll notice that the whole car pivots around your hips, giving it an agile feel. However, this agility comes at the cost of engagement, as the steering can feel muted and unresponsive. The car doesn't shout about its capabilities, but instead provides a composed and satisfying driving experience.

While the Qashqai is not an athletic or entertaining car to drive, it's precisely what many families need. On a decent stretch of road, it'll cling on gamely, showing off its agility and precision. However, there are some minor drawbacks to consider. The ride can get a bit discombobulated over 20-inch alloy wheels, with some firmness that doesn't like high-frequency stuff. When passing through potholes or uneven road surfaces, the car can thud slightly.

Despite these small criticisms, the Qashqai is a refined and quiet car to drive. The engineers have filtered out most of the noise, ensuring a smooth ride even on rough roads. The interior design is also noteworthy, with stylish touches and a spacious cabin that's perfect for families. One area where the Qashqai falls short is in its engine options. Currently, only the 1.3 turbocharged four-cylinder engine with mild hybrid assistance is available, which may not be enough electrification for some drivers.

The engine, however, has one notable feature: a belt-driven starter generator that's more efficient than rival micro-hybrid systems or traditional mild hybrids. This setup gives similar performance to the 48-volt system used in other Nissan models, but with a smaller and lighter battery pack.

In terms of transmission, the Qashqai is available with either an X-TRONIC CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) or a manual gearbox. The CVT has undergone significant changes from its previous generation, and while it's still not perfect, it provides a smooth and seamless driving experience. However, when paired with the 1.3 engine, it can sometimes feel a bit disconcerting, with an disproportionate surge in acceleration when the throttle is squeezed too hard. Additionally, the stop-start system can be a bit jerky at times.

The manual transmission option adds a bit more driver involvement, but its performance can't match that of the CVT when driving below 2,000 rpm. The CVT, on the other hand, excels in this range, providing an easy-going and refined driving experience. Overall, both transmission options have their strengths and weaknesses, making it essential to choose the one that best suits your needs.

In conclusion, the Nissan Qashqai is a solid choice for families who value comfort, practicality, and reliability above all else. While it may not be the most engaging or athletic car to drive, its composed nature and satisfying performance make it an excellent option. With ongoing updates and improvements, including the upcoming E-POWER model, the Qashqai looks set to remain a top contender in the family car market.

**Technical Specifications:**

* Engine: 1.3 turbocharged four-cylinder

* Horsepower: 138 bhp ( manual), 154 bhp (CVT)

* Torque: 192 lb-ft

* Transmission: X-TRONIC CVT or Manual (5-speed gearbox)

* Drive Type: Front-wheel drive

* Suspension: Independent front and rear suspension with MacPherson struts and double wishbone design

**Dimensions:**

* Length: 4,500 mm

* Width: 1,830 mm

* Height: 1,580 mm

* Wheelbase: 2,870 mm

**Interior Space:**

* Seating capacity: Up to seven passengers (depending on configuration)

* Cargo space: 465 liters ( rear seats up), 1,060 liters (rear seats folded)

**Fuel Economy:**

* Urban: 36.7-39.7 mpg

* Extra urban: 44.8-48.7 mpg

* Combined: 42.2-46.3 mpg

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello and yes this is the new nissan qashqai now don't tune out stay with us because while that might not seem quite exciting this is actually a really important car in fact you probably call it a phenomenon designed developed and built in britain this is possibly the most important car in the uk now there are arguments over whether nissan created the compact crossover sector it sits in but the truth is it's made its own there have been more than three million sold since the original in 2006 but when that car came out it had the marketplace to itself now it's got 30 rivals vying for buyers attention so nissan can't rest on its laurels for this the third generation car and as you can see they've kind of gone bold compared to its sober suited predecessor and i don't know what you think but i think it looks pretty sharp the most important thing though is has it got what it takes to maintain its place at the top of the sales charts let's find out now before we get into the qashqai don't forget to like subscribe uptick and all that sort of stuff for more great content from auto car we're always uploading stuff and there's always some lovely things to watch on here so new nissan qashqai well what do we need to know well for a start it really is all new so yes we've had a look outside and it's very sharp and i quite like it um it's underpinned by nissan's new cmfc platform which is around 60 kilograms lighter body and white than the old one which is quite an impressive saving now that's been achieved by using aluminium for the first time in a qashqai so we've got aluminium bonnet doors front wings there's also lots of high strength high tensile steel and also a composite tailgate which uh it's something it shares with the citron bx which is not a car i thought i'd be mentioning in a nissan qashqai review what's more impressive about that is that it's bigger so we've got about an extra 30 ml in length 20 odd mil width 10 millimeter height so it's lighter but it's bigger and for the sort of people who buy a cash guy that's a pretty good thing because it means it's more spacious so we've got an extra 28 millimeters of legroom in the back there's more shoulder room for those in the front and back rows um and it means the qashqai has kind of regained some of the ground it lost when it came to practicality there with so many rivals it had started to slip down the order and now we've got we've got greater space in here we've got a bigger boot so it's 504 liters i think it's you know it's pretty roomy it's up there with a skoda carrot now obviously that family friendliness that's all part of the qashqai appeal and it's clear they've really spent some time on the interior here so there are lots of useful cubbies i mean there's cup holders the door bins are bigger they'll take one and a half litre bottles that boot that bigger boot it's got the same dividing boot which now has a wipe clean surface on one side which is very sensible it's just really nicely thought out the best bit and i can't believe i'm saying this i'm quite excited about this is that the rear doors will open to 85 degrees which is an absolute boom when you're throwing kids in and out so they've really thought about it with this car it is practical it's up there as i say with the skoda karak for sensible clever thoughtful touches as you'd expect they've also gone a bit premium as well so there are more soft touch materials gloss black piano trim stuff it's not going to worry audi or even vw yet but it is a big step up over the old car it's a nice place to spend time we've got all the usual suspects there's a 12.3 inch tft screen in front of me this bigger nine inch touchscreen infotainment which the graphics aren't the crispest but it's really easy to use proper hotkeys to get to stuff it's not all on a touch screen which for a loved one like me i really like one really nice touch is the heads-up display so it's 10.8 inch which is one of the biggest and it really is brilliantly useful i don't normally find head-up displays that useful but this really really works now you'd expect all this it's all very sensible it's great you know wireless charging wireless carplay as a car to live with this is really really straightforward it's probably gone from somewhere near the bottom of the middle to near the top now and that's all very well it's a very sensible practical car if you expect that with a qashqai what's it like to drive well this new platform has afforded nissan's engineers a bit more leeway to play around with stuff so they've changed the position of the springs and the damper mounting so that they can get more vertical layout for better control obviously the new structure is 48 more rigid in terms of torsional rigidity so it gives them better location now this car is on 20-inch alloys which means we get a multi-link rear axle everything else has torsion beams so on this multi-link rear axle and also on the forthcoming 4x4 so they've also managed to mount the power steering motor directly to the rack for more direct control and they put a faster ratio rack on there to make the car more responsive and you know what overall it works now it's not as engaging as the mazda cx-30 but it's not far off it's capable it's composed you can it turns in neatly clings on gamely i mean you have to be driving to end it all to really unstick it in most conditions you feel the whole car does pivot around your hips it's got an agile feel about it it's not engaging it's not telling you much the steering is is mute and you can change driver modes you can put it in sport adds a bit of weight but it doesn't really change the feedback this isn't a car that's engaging or athletic or entertaining but it is composed it's satisfying to drive if you find a decent stretch of road and throw it down it it'll cling on gamely like i say there's some roll there but the body control is good it's precise it's neat it's it's everything anyone could possibly want and more most nissan qashqai drivers will never drive it as hard as it's capable of being driven now if there's a downside to this agility it's possibly that on the 20-inch alloys the ride can get a little bit discombobulated there's some firmness it doesn't like high frequency stuff and we just went through a pothole there and it can thud but in terms of the rolling refinement the engineers have filtered out the worst of the noise it rides quietly even if over as i say high frequency stuff it can get a bit bubbly and you get a tiny little bit of head toss these are small criticisms though i mean the class is like that you don't get these cars with raised rise heights to drive in a car like manner without stiffening up the suspension a fair bit if there is a dynamic weak point it's arguably the engine now given nissan's ev heritage with the leaf etc you'd expect more electrification but currently the only engine available is the 1.3 turbocharged four-cylinder which has mild hybrid assistance so it's effectively a belt driven starter generator now unlike rival micro hybrid systems or mild hybrid systems it doesn't use a 48 volt setup it's 12 volt small lithium ion battery down here underneath the the front seats effectively and this hand claim this is much lighter but gives similar performance which it's hard to argue with i mean you can sense the torque phil but it's not much in terms of electrification there doesn't there's not going to be any plug-in hybrid soon there is the e-power coming which is effectively their serial rather than parallel hybrid so effectively it drives like an electric car the electric motor is directly linked to the front wheels and it has a 1.5 turbo as a generator but for now it's just this 1.3 there's available in 138 brake horsepower and this one which is 154 brake and about 192 pounds foot of torque it does its best work in the mid-ranges it can feel a little little sluggish off boost and it's a little breathless when you wind it up but it's brisk enough it delivers brisk performance it's adequate now in this one we've got the x-tronic cvt nissan claim they've made lots and lots of changes it is better than before but it still has some quirk so very light throttle openings it's very smooth but if you squeeze it just a little bit more you get a surge in acceleration which is disproportionate to your throttle input which is a bit disconcerting and its integration with the stop stop isn't the best so when you come to a stop and try and limo stop pulling your foot off the brake a little it cuts the engine out with a jerk and it's the same as it fires up again so you get a kind of a jerk through the whole drivetrain and it's it's a little bit irritating but other than that it's smooth enough the engine is nicely refined when it's just working between sort of two and three and a half thousand rpm where it does its best work and that's where the cvt keeps it it suits the character of the car it's easy going like the rest of the car there is a manual it's got a slightly notchy shift and a bit of a spongy clutch action and it doesn't disguise that off boost topper as well as the cvt so below 2000 rpm you're just waiting for the boost to build so it's a mixed bag the manual gives you a bit more driver involvement but the cvt probably suits the engine better overall it's just a likable package it looks stylish it's neatly designed inside it's spacious it's full of thoughtful touches as a family car unless you really really really want something engaging to drive and frankly most people for what they'll use this car for he's more than good enough yes the competition is crowding in but frankly they're going to need to work a bit harder if they hope to knock the qashqai off its place at the top of the sales charts and if you enjoyed this video don't forget to smash that like button turn on notifications and subscribe for more great content from autocarhello and yes this is the new nissan qashqai now don't tune out stay with us because while that might not seem quite exciting this is actually a really important car in fact you probably call it a phenomenon designed developed and built in britain this is possibly the most important car in the uk now there are arguments over whether nissan created the compact crossover sector it sits in but the truth is it's made its own there have been more than three million sold since the original in 2006 but when that car came out it had the marketplace to itself now it's got 30 rivals vying for buyers attention so nissan can't rest on its laurels for this the third generation car and as you can see they've kind of gone bold compared to its sober suited predecessor and i don't know what you think but i think it looks pretty sharp the most important thing though is has it got what it takes to maintain its place at the top of the sales charts let's find out now before we get into the qashqai don't forget to like subscribe uptick and all that sort of stuff for more great content from auto car we're always uploading stuff and there's always some lovely things to watch on here so new nissan qashqai well what do we need to know well for a start it really is all new so yes we've had a look outside and it's very sharp and i quite like it um it's underpinned by nissan's new cmfc platform which is around 60 kilograms lighter body and white than the old one which is quite an impressive saving now that's been achieved by using aluminium for the first time in a qashqai so we've got aluminium bonnet doors front wings there's also lots of high strength high tensile steel and also a composite tailgate which uh it's something it shares with the citron bx which is not a car i thought i'd be mentioning in a nissan qashqai review what's more impressive about that is that it's bigger so we've got about an extra 30 ml in length 20 odd mil width 10 millimeter height so it's lighter but it's bigger and for the sort of people who buy a cash guy that's a pretty good thing because it means it's more spacious so we've got an extra 28 millimeters of legroom in the back there's more shoulder room for those in the front and back rows um and it means the qashqai has kind of regained some of the ground it lost when it came to practicality there with so many rivals it had started to slip down the order and now we've got we've got greater space in here we've got a bigger boot so it's 504 liters i think it's you know it's pretty roomy it's up there with a skoda carrot now obviously that family friendliness that's all part of the qashqai appeal and it's clear they've really spent some time on the interior here so there are lots of useful cubbies i mean there's cup holders the door bins are bigger they'll take one and a half litre bottles that boot that bigger boot it's got the same dividing boot which now has a wipe clean surface on one side which is very sensible it's just really nicely thought out the best bit and i can't believe i'm saying this i'm quite excited about this is that the rear doors will open to 85 degrees which is an absolute boom when you're throwing kids in and out so they've really thought about it with this car it is practical it's up there as i say with the skoda karak for sensible clever thoughtful touches as you'd expect they've also gone a bit premium as well so there are more soft touch materials gloss black piano trim stuff it's not going to worry audi or even vw yet but it is a big step up over the old car it's a nice place to spend time we've got all the usual suspects there's a 12.3 inch tft screen in front of me this bigger nine inch touchscreen infotainment which the graphics aren't the crispest but it's really easy to use proper hotkeys to get to stuff it's not all on a touch screen which for a loved one like me i really like one really nice touch is the heads-up display so it's 10.8 inch which is one of the biggest and it really is brilliantly useful i don't normally find head-up displays that useful but this really really works now you'd expect all this it's all very sensible it's great you know wireless charging wireless carplay as a car to live with this is really really straightforward it's probably gone from somewhere near the bottom of the middle to near the top now and that's all very well it's a very sensible practical car if you expect that with a qashqai what's it like to drive well this new platform has afforded nissan's engineers a bit more leeway to play around with stuff so they've changed the position of the springs and the damper mounting so that they can get more vertical layout for better control obviously the new structure is 48 more rigid in terms of torsional rigidity so it gives them better location now this car is on 20-inch alloys which means we get a multi-link rear axle everything else has torsion beams so on this multi-link rear axle and also on the forthcoming 4x4 so they've also managed to mount the power steering motor directly to the rack for more direct control and they put a faster ratio rack on there to make the car more responsive and you know what overall it works now it's not as engaging as the mazda cx-30 but it's not far off it's capable it's composed you can it turns in neatly clings on gamely i mean you have to be driving to end it all to really unstick it in most conditions you feel the whole car does pivot around your hips it's got an agile feel about it it's not engaging it's not telling you much the steering is is mute and you can change driver modes you can put it in sport adds a bit of weight but it doesn't really change the feedback this isn't a car that's engaging or athletic or entertaining but it is composed it's satisfying to drive if you find a decent stretch of road and throw it down it it'll cling on gamely like i say there's some roll there but the body control is good it's precise it's neat it's it's everything anyone could possibly want and more most nissan qashqai drivers will never drive it as hard as it's capable of being driven now if there's a downside to this agility it's possibly that on the 20-inch alloys the ride can get a little bit discombobulated there's some firmness it doesn't like high frequency stuff and we just went through a pothole there and it can thud but in terms of the rolling refinement the engineers have filtered out the worst of the noise it rides quietly even if over as i say high frequency stuff it can get a bit bubbly and you get a tiny little bit of head toss these are small criticisms though i mean the class is like that you don't get these cars with raised rise heights to drive in a car like manner without stiffening up the suspension a fair bit if there is a dynamic weak point it's arguably the engine now given nissan's ev heritage with the leaf etc you'd expect more electrification but currently the only engine available is the 1.3 turbocharged four-cylinder which has mild hybrid assistance so it's effectively a belt driven starter generator now unlike rival micro hybrid systems or mild hybrid systems it doesn't use a 48 volt setup it's 12 volt small lithium ion battery down here underneath the the front seats effectively and this hand claim this is much lighter but gives similar performance which it's hard to argue with i mean you can sense the torque phil but it's not much in terms of electrification there doesn't there's not going to be any plug-in hybrid soon there is the e-power coming which is effectively their serial rather than parallel hybrid so effectively it drives like an electric car the electric motor is directly linked to the front wheels and it has a 1.5 turbo as a generator but for now it's just this 1.3 there's available in 138 brake horsepower and this one which is 154 brake and about 192 pounds foot of torque it does its best work in the mid-ranges it can feel a little little sluggish off boost and it's a little breathless when you wind it up but it's brisk enough it delivers brisk performance it's adequate now in this one we've got the x-tronic cvt nissan claim they've made lots and lots of changes it is better than before but it still has some quirk so very light throttle openings it's very smooth but if you squeeze it just a little bit more you get a surge in acceleration which is disproportionate to your throttle input which is a bit disconcerting and its integration with the stop stop isn't the best so when you come to a stop and try and limo stop pulling your foot off the brake a little it cuts the engine out with a jerk and it's the same as it fires up again so you get a kind of a jerk through the whole drivetrain and it's it's a little bit irritating but other than that it's smooth enough the engine is nicely refined when it's just working between sort of two and three and a half thousand rpm where it does its best work and that's where the cvt keeps it it suits the character of the car it's easy going like the rest of the car there is a manual it's got a slightly notchy shift and a bit of a spongy clutch action and it doesn't disguise that off boost topper as well as the cvt so below 2000 rpm you're just waiting for the boost to build so it's a mixed bag the manual gives you a bit more driver involvement but the cvt probably suits the engine better overall it's just a likable package it looks stylish it's neatly designed inside it's spacious it's full of thoughtful touches as a family car unless you really really really want something engaging to drive and frankly most people for what they'll use this car for he's more than good enough yes the competition is crowding in but frankly they're going to need to work a bit harder if they hope to knock the qashqai off its place at the top of the sales charts and if you enjoyed this video don't forget to smash that like button turn on notifications and subscribe for more great content from autocar\n"