The all-new Nissan Qashqai will be launched in Australia in early 2022.

The third generation has received some styling tweaks – including the V-Motion grille and ‘floating roof’ – that reflects Nissan’s global design language.

The Qashqai has increased by 19mm with the overall length increasing by 31mm. There’s a marginal increase in height (30mm) and width has increased by 29mm.

The forward lighting features a slimmer, sharper design thanks to the use of LED technology and on the rear lights, there’s a graduated ‘raindrop’ grain optics which create a 3D lighting effect.

The Qashqai will be available in eight body colours with five two-tone combinations, creating 13 variations from which to choose.

The panoramic glass roof, that was, says Nissan, a popular feature on previous-generation models, is retained.

Built on the Renault/Nissan/Mitsubishi alliance CMF-C platform, the new QashQai is, said Nissan, 60kg lighter than the outgoing model and has a 41 per cent increase in structural rigidity.

With the new platform, the Qashqai has an updated Macpherson strut set-up at the front and at the rear. The rear suspension features a torsion beam equipped for two-wheel-drive models and a multi-link configuration for all-wheel-drive models with 20-inch wheels.

While the power source of the Australia-bound Qashqai models is yet to be confirmed, in Europe it is to be available with two powertrain options – a 12-volt mild-hybrid system comprising a 1.3-litre turbo engine and lithium-ion battery; or Nissan’s e-Power drive system, in which the petrol engine is used only to charge a battery which supplies power to an electric motor which drives the wheels.

The Nissan Qashqai will be launched in Australia in early 2022.

Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (August 2021) 

23 August 2021