blinkx

  • Nissan Murano

  • 00:02:53
  • Verdict On Cars
    • Browse
  • Expand ToolbarCollapse ToolbarClose Toolbar

Amount   Average   Bit   Boot   Borderline   Cabin   Capable   Catastrophic   Certainly   Characterful   Choice   Combined   Comprehensive   Consumption   Conventional   Corners   Denying   Distinctive   Dominated   Duty   Dynamic   Economy   Endows   Engine   Equipment   Everyday   Fewer   Figure   Finished   Flipside   Fuel   Given   Grille   Heave   Impressions   Impressive   Increasingly   Instead   Instruments   Litre   Luggage   Manners   Manufacturing   Motor   Mpg   Mph   Murano   Nissan   Noise   Occupants   Offroaders   Ott   Packed   Petrol   Pile   Plenty   Poor   Radiator   Rear   Refinement   Relatively   Rest   Seat   Segments   Sitting   Slightly   Sort   Spacious   Specialist   Sportscar   Standard   Struggling   Summary   Surfaces   Suv   Suvs   Swallowing   Swept   Tending   Vast   

Nissan Murano

Nissan Murano

Quick Summary Average. Characterful road-biased SUV that offers plenty of presence and comprehensive standard equipment. Full Road Test It increasingly feels as if Nissan has given up on manufacturing conventional cars and instead become a specialist SUV-maker. The company has no fewer than five off-roaders of one sort of another in its pricelists, with the Murano sitting at the top of the pile. Originally designed for the American market, the Murano is big and packed full of standard equipment. The styling is certainly distinctive, and while the cheese-cutter radiator grille and swept back design might be a bit OTT for some, there's no denying that the big Nissan projects plenty of road presence. The cabin is spacious and well finished, with lots of switchgear and instruments shared with the 350Z sportscar. Front and rear seat occupants enjoy plenty of legroom and stretch-space, and the vast boot is capable of swallowing an impressive amount of luggage. On the road, impressions or the Murano are dominated by it's 3.5 litre petrol V6 engine, the same motor that does duty in the 350Z. Not only does this powerplant sound great, but it also endows the big SUV with impressive performance: 0-62 mph takes just 8.0 seconds. The flipside is borderline catastrophic fuel consumption, with the Murano struggling to get near even to its official 23.0 mpg combined economy figure under everyday use. The rest of the dynamic experience is slightly underwhelming. The Murano can't match the segment's best "soft-road" SUVs when it comes to driving manners, tending to crash over rougher road surfaces and heave its way around corners. Refinement levels are also relatively poor, with lots of road noise getting into the cabin. A distinctive, different choice - but not one that's in any danger of ever becoming mainstream. Next: Full Road Test AdJug_AID = 357; AdJug_SiteAdSpaceID = 29046; AdJug_ShowDebug = false; AdJug_Height = 600; AdJug_Width = 120;

Verdict On Cars | February 9, 2008Watch more videos from Verdict On Cars

Tags:. .increasingly. .bit. .sitting. .packed. .given

Collapse Toolbar