I’m sitting in traffic next to a Nissan X trail, never seen one before. Ontario plates, so it must have been sold there. Why am I sitting in traffic? Apparently the fact that roads are slippery when wet his last on some people.
I’m sitting in traffic next to a Nissan X trail, never seen one before. Ontario plates, so it must have been sold there. Why am I sitting in traffic? Apparently the fact that roads are slippery when wet his last on some people.
Yeah they weren't sold in the US. My dad has one just like that, they're pretty capable offroad for an AWD tall station wagon. Reliability hasn't been great though, half the interior bits are broken (without the help of children or pets!) and the transmission started giving trouble after about 5 years of ownership.
Edit: Here's an adventure thread where I take it offroading:
GameboyRMH said:Reliability hasn't been great though, half the interior bits are broken (without the help of children or pets!) and the transmission started giving trouble after about 5 years of ownership.
A Datsun by any other name is still a Datsun.
Lot's of them up here.
Canada got the more capable Xtrail while US got the less capable Rouge filling that niche.
Research has shown what Americans want is a truck sized car. What most of the rest of the world wants is truck capabilities in the footprint of a car....
travellering said:Research has shown what Americans want is a truck sized car. What most of the rest of the world wants is truck capabilities in the footprint of a car....
That seems shockingly accurate.
Many people with 4 door pickup trucks with a cover on their 5 foot box seem confused when I call it a Caprice.
I once spotted an Infinity Skyline with Ontario plates. Looked close to a G35.
Brian said:I once spotted an Infinity Skyline with Ontario plates. Looked close to a G35.
The G35 is branded as a Nissan Skyline in Japan and some other markets. Although if it actually said "Skyline" under an Infiniti badge, it was a badge swap.
I saw one of those jdm skyline/ g35 sedan’s in grand cayman. Without the US’s many layers of import crap, they buy what they want from wherever. There is so many awesome JDM cars there. Probably most of the pictures i took were all jdm cars. Rented a renault megane while there.
Also ive seen a handful of xtrails in the states, they all have canadian plates. Looks like a cool ride. My wife has a rogue, mom bought one too. Fine get around car but all appliance, not many thrills to be had.
I would rather we got the X Trail than the Rogue.
I was wondering where it was in the photo until I realized the silver crv has nissan badges
John Welsh said:Canada got the more capable Xtrail while US got the less capable Rouge filling that niche.
They made the xterra in the US up until 2015
xterra looks way bigger than that. that looks somewhat similar to a forester or crv in size
In reply to MazdaFace :
It is. I had one for a few years. AWD with a 5 speed Manual trans. was nice. Gauges are in the center of the dash like a yaris or a saturn ion.
I ripped off both front door handles because the doors would freeze shut, but otherwise it was not horrible.
It's pretty quirky inside compared to the DULL exterior.
I regret not keeping it.
MazdaFace said:xterra looks way bigger than that. that looks somewhat similar to a forester or crv in size
It doesnt look like the 2015 xterra (which is the bigger bodied 2nd gen) is much bigger then the 2006 xtrail (same gen as the OP pictured). the xterra is only 4" longer and 3.5" wider, but it is much taller with 9" more height. that height difference is probably what makes it seem so much bigger. I had a 1st gen xterra for a while and it wasnt exactly a spacious SUV.
edizzle89 said:MazdaFace said:xterra looks way bigger than that. that looks somewhat similar to a forester or crv in size
It doesnt look like the 2015 xterra (which is the bigger bodied 2nd gen) is much bigger then the 2006 xtrail (same gen as the OP pictured). the xterra is only 4" longer and 3.5" wider, but it is much taller with 9" more height. that height difference is probably what makes it seem so much bigger. I had a 1st gen xterra for a while and it wasnt exactly a spacious SUV.
Yeah that matches what I would guess about their size, having seen them both IRL. The xterra doesn't really look wider or longer but it's clearly much taller.
Yeah, The Xterra is not a large vehicle. It's only a foot longer than my miata. Now it's as tall as any full sized SUV though. Mine barely fits in the garage with the roof rack on it.
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