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Nissan QashqaI presented itself in Prague. All-wheel drive also offers

The basic price of the new generation on the Czech market starts at CZK 539,000. A huge range of safety assistants is already standard.

Exactly after seven years, Nissan alternates between the individual generations of the Qashqai model. The first car with this somewhat difficult to pronounce name became the founder of a new class of crossovers in 2007, the second version then became available in 2014. Now is the time for the third.

You can see the look of the car inside and out in our photo gallery.

“The new Nissan Qashqai is an absolutely key model for us,” says Petra Růžičková, Nissan Import Director for the Czech Republic. “The key is not only because it is a cult model that actually founded a new segment, or because it brings a reasonable price to a lot of new technologies. In addition to all this, the new Qashqai is also the first new model for us, which we present in the Czech Republic after the importer changed here and the newly built team of the Czech Nissan started working. With the new Qashqai, we are actually opening up a new future for Nissan in the Czech Republic, ”explains Petra Růžičková.

The car has to do without a diesel engine, the brand has set out on the path of smaller and larger electrification. Compared to its predecessor, it lengthened and stretched by three centimeters. This is to benefit the passengers inside. The size of the luggage compartment has increased by more than thirty liters to a total value of 461 liters. As I was convinced during the short first presentation, it is also quite practical. For example, a partition dividing a load can be created in one of the two parts of the intermediate floor.

Before the e-Power system starts to be delivered next year (this is an electric car, but it is powered by a still-started combustion unit acting as a generator), customers must be satisfied with the 1.3 DIG-T petrol engine. It is available with two power values ​​- 138 hp and 156 hp, either combined with a six-speed manual transmission or a new Xtronic transmission (156 hp version only). The engine reaches maximum power at 5500 rpm, with a maximum torque of 270 Nm already at 1750 rpm. All-wheel drive can also be combined with the higher performance version. The engine is assisted in certain situations by a mild-hybrid electrical device.

This version then has a multi-element rear axle. This can be selected even without an “ATV”, but only when selecting the highest equipment level.

Lightweight body parts

For the new generation, the designers of the Japanese brand used the alliance’s chassis platform for the first time. Also thanks to it, the new Qashqai has a 48 percent stiffer body than its predecessor, and it is also a noticeable 63 kilograms lighter. It also uses, for example, a composite boot lid and aluminum fenders, doors and bonnet.

The equipment is also significantly richer than the Qashqai 2. For example, a digital instrument panel with a 12.3-inch screen, a nine-inch infotainment monitor or a head-up display that displays data on the windshield at a screen size of 10.8 inches. The standard equipment includes LED headlights, which can be adaptive on request.

Especially those customers who choose the Xtronic transmission and navigation will be able to benefit from a wide range of assistance systems. These include, for example, adaptive cruise control cooperating with a system for reading signs and navigation data or radars to prevent collisions when reversing from a parking space.

The car will be offered with a total of 11 body colors, while there are also five two-color combinations available. The basic equipment of the car, which costs CZK 539,000, also requires manual air conditioning, rear parking sensors and automatic switching of high beams.

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