2022 Nissan Qashqai Small SUV

2022 Nissan Qashqai Small SUV https://youtu.be/b0iN56hF5Ik

Small SUVs are taking over the world, and since the first-generation Nissan QASHQAI rocked up back in 2007 it’s been nothing short of a phenomenal success story, racking up an incredible five million sales worldwide. In Australia, it’s never quite been the sales hit it has elsewhere, despite winning plenty of admiration. The top of Nissan’s to-do list, then, for the third instalment of the QASHQAI is to turn the local tide of apathy and steal sales from its more popular rivals. The new QASHQAI is bigger, significantly bolder and a world away in terms of tech and refinement over the model it replaces. But has it finally got enough to win the hearts and minds of people who might otherwise steer towards the likes of the Hyundai Kona and Mazda CX-30?
From its striking new looks to the clever and thoughtful touches in its classy and roomy cabin, engineers and designers have left little in the locker to ensure the 2022 Nissan QASHQAI has everything it needs to better compete with, and ultimately steal sales from, the likes of carsales’ Best Small SUV 2021, the Hyundai Kona.

Of course, pricing remains crucial in this part of the market and uncertainties over what powertrain we’re getting Down Under has the potential to take the shine of a very accomplished new model.

That said, the fact that the current seven-year-old Nissan QASHQAI remains one of the best SUVs in its class can only bode well for the incoming new generation, which is even better.