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AUTO Express’ first drive of the Mk1 Nissan Qashqai back in January 2007 was – on the whole – very positive. The car was said to have achieved its aim of slotting between the hatchback and SUV classes, while offering “the best of both worlds”. But in hindsight, its arrival seems to lack fanfare. The Qashqai wasn’t even the main cover car that week, and it was a similar story in other publications at the time.
Of course, we didn’t know then how big a success the Qashqai might be, or the influence it’d have on the car industry. And neither did Nissan. Replacing the Almera hatchback with something very different was