2012 Nissan Murano

2012 Nissan Murano Front Angle

Murano was among the first to suppose outside the box form of SUVs, so the design is an nearly uninterrupted wedge from grille to rear window. Based mostly on the identical platform because the Maxima, the Murano seems to be more compact than its 4.8m size - but has a shocking amount of space between those sharply inclined front and rear screens. While tall torsos will really feel the roof is near their heads, there’s plenty of leg room entrance and rear. Cargo space permits a decent amount of bags, and with the again row folded down there’s enough capacity for small furniture objects from the weekend garage sale mystery tour. The leather-clad seats are snug and the fit-out clear and reasonably classy in case you forgive the ungainly block of centre-stack and console for invading more personal cabin space than is de facto polite.

2012 Nissan Murano Front View

Below the curved bonnet is a 3.5-litre V6 that puts out 191kw of energy and 336Nm of torque, with a repeatedly-variable transmission delivering to all 4 wheels with constant all-wheel drive - typically front-biased however feeding extra to the rear as needed. Generally town and highway operating it claims 10.9L/100km - and desires it to be premium 95RON fuel -although we ran slightly below 12L/100km in a combined round.  There’s additionally a 4WD lock mode for these few who will resolve to go offroad, however with simply 185mm of floor clearance you’ll come to grief on the first critical washout. But for hearth trails and beach treks, it will be fine. It’s rated to tow 1500kg braked, so small boats, jetskis and the like will be fine. Trailering is a risk, however when you’re planning to join the large caravan set, you actually have to be looking at something with a couple of tonne more capacity to do it comfortably.

2012 Nissan Murano Interior

Nissan Murano has entrance, side and full-length curtain airbags, stability and traction controls, anti-brakes with brakeforce distribution to counter the weight of uneven loading and brake assist to present extra power for panic stops. It hasn't been crash rated by ANCAP however you would easily expect a 4-star rating. It’s had a diverse history in US tests, with the first era getting 5 stars in all classes besides rollover (four) after which the present generation faring worse and dropping a star on the frontal crash test.

2012 Nissan Murano Rear Angle

The bottom ST Murano examined here is priced at $47,990 and properly kitted with leather-clad heated and powered entrance seats, privacy glass, reversing digicam, Bluetooth, audio system with onerous disk drive and accent integration, and enough touches of chrome to make you're feeling dressed-up with out being vulgarly overblinged. However  that type of money will get you into quite a number of all-wheel drive rivals. There’s Korean-built Holden Captiva 7 at $forty two,490 with a 3.zero-litre V6 and an inexpensive gear list. The pink lion brand means it sells properly, but it surely’s outstripped by others in relation to efficiency, dynamics and refinement. Toyota’s trusty Kluger will provide you with dependability, comfort and solid high quality at $44,490, however the 3.5 litre V6, 201kW/337Nm is undermined by the drained five-pace auto in pushing the hefty SUV, and the appears to be like are on the tasteless side. If you want model and substance, there’s the Mazda CX-7 Luxurious Sports at $45,990 with an awesome 2.three-litre turbo 4-cylinder. It loses to the Murano in area, but it surely makes up for it with glowing efficiency - and appears just as good.

2012 Nissan Murano Side View

Nissan Murano is a snug cruiser and city runner, and within reason simple to park once you get the dangle of the place that curved bonnet ends - the reversing camera helps, but a forwarding camera can be simply as useful. The CVT is not bad for city working in full computerized mode, but except you’re blessed with the persistence of the Dalai Lama, hills or highway lane adjustments could have you slipping over to the manual mode pretty quickly. You’ll get smarter performance from the V6, but when you start pushing it you’ll also good extra on the bowser - it doesn’t take lengthy for guide modifications in a loaded Murano to bump the gas consumption up into the excessive teens. Experience quality is first rate over most surfaces and the handling is nice for an SUV, sitting fairly flat by corners and approaching the behaviour standards you may anticipate from a traditional car. However where the driving fun falters is within the steering, which feels over-helped and disconnected. That received’t be a deal-breaker for many buyers, and for cruising the café strip or clocking-up some lengthy-distance highway stretches, the Murano shall be a comfortable but thirsty choice.

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Price: $47,990
Warranty: Three-years/100,000km
Resale: 65 per cent
Service intervals: 10,000km/six months
Thirst: 10.9 litres/100km 95 RON, 259g/km CO2
Crash rating: NA
Safety equipment: Six airbags, ABS with EBD and BA
Engine: 3.5-litre V6 petrol, 191kW/336Nm
Transmission: continuously variable automatic, AWD
Body: Five-door wagon, seats five
Dimensions: 4835mm (L), 1835mm (W), 1700mm (H), 2825mm (WB), 1610mm/1610mm tracks front/rear
Weight: 1795kg
Tyre size: 18 x 7.5
Spare tyre: full-size alloy