Nissan's facelift third-generation Qashqai crossover tested and fully reviewed
Say hello to the new Nissan Qashqai, but make it quick because it won’t be around for much longer. Not in its current arrangement, anyway. The internal combustion part of Nissan’s smash hitis getting cut from the party later this decade. The Qashqai will then become an all-electric affair, rounding off a trifecta of EVs set to be built at its Sunderland Plant alongside an all-electric Juke and a new Leaf.
The front end’s design language continues around the back, too, where the taillight lighting elements have also been updated to include the comma style in a deep red hue, housed within clear lenses for greater clarity. But don’t forget the uprated tech. Nissan has really gone to town on its parking assistance systems, ranging from a crispy-clear 360deg camera feed with eight different angles – on top of the classic birds-eye – to an all-new invisible hood view, or ‘Harry Potter Mode’ among certain Nissan circles.
The Alcantara is complemented by a new material finish around the dashboard and redesigned centre console. The material has a slightly peculiar look, and we’ve struggled conclude exactly what it imitates – carbon fibre, galvanised steel, a monotone Goyard leather handbag? We’ll leave the final verdict up to you.
Nissan says the Qashqai has the performance characteristics of an electric car, with plenty of poke to get you off the line, but real-world driving doesn’t quite back that statement up. The Qashqai has 330Nm of torque, but the sensation of an instantaneous pull familiar to electric-only motoring is absent – it still feels like it needs the engine to do most of the heavy lifting to haul itself along.
As a family car, it will no doubt still appeal as a city runabout, with soft suspension that you can easily settle into. But up to speed and on the twisty open roads of our south Portugal test route, it felt a little out of place.
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