TOKYO — Encouraged by its highly successful Murano SUV, which came on the market in 2003 in the United States and in 2004 in Europe, Nissan is now developing a sister model for the smaller end of the SUV model range.

Details from here...

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...icleId=109814?

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Man, Nissan has quite the SUV lineup going.

 

It doesn't look half bad. :shrug: Certainly better than the new RAV4.
I kinda wonder about blind spot visibility, though.. that D-pillar is rather huge. :run:

The wheels are nicely done. I'd like to see that rim design offered on the new Sentra, in fact.
With the RAV4 making a V6 available, I'd expect Nissan to follow suit.

At least it's a reasonable size.

 

My guess is that this new smaller SUV will be based off the same platform used on the 2007 Nissan Sentra. The likely engine will be a 2.5-liter version of the 2007 Sentra's engine, and it's VERY likely we'll see this new small SUV use a CVT automatic like the Murano, too.

 

looks good. but almost looks like a flat finish (no gloss) - especially the front bumper. weird...