MAKING THE final four at COTY after vanquishing seven tough combatants in our medium SUV Megatest (Wheels, February ’23) was enough to put some early scepticism towards the T33 Nissan X-Trail behind us.
Reputation-wise, its T32 predecessor has a lot to answer for. It sold well, but there wasn’t much that got you too excited, apart from the price. The new car shares its CMF-C platform with the Mitsubishi Outlander, a car that wasn’t invited when it was eligible in 2021, but as you heard from Campbell earlier, Nissan’s family-friendly SUV is a more considered and well-rounded vehicle that sailed through static assessment and Proving Ground challenges.
That attractive V-Motion grille, sharp LED headlights,
