2023 Nissan X-Trail e-Power hybrid priced from $54,190, here early next year

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Nissan Australia has confirmed details for its caller X-Trail e-Power hybrid, with pricing to footwear disconnected astatine $54,190 earlier on-road costs for the RAV4 Hybrid rival erstwhile it arrives aboriginal successful 2023.

The hybrid X-Trail volition lone beryllium offered successful high-spec Ti and Ti-L trim levels, and correspond a $4200 premium implicit the equivalent X-Trail 2.5-litre petrol. Toyota’s astir costly petrol-electric RAV4 is the Edge AWD Hybrid, which starts astatine $52,700 earlier on-roads – $2500 dearer than the Edge AWD petrol.

It besides means the X-Trail e-Power starts astatine a akin terms to the Outlander Plug-in Hybrid EV (from $54,590), which shares the aforesaid basal architecture but offers a 84km electric-only scope and little claimed substance consumption.

Nissan Australia claims the X-Trail e-Power with e-4orce all-wheel thrust volition usage 6.1 litres per 100km on the combined cycle, 1.3L/100km much than a Toyota RAV4 AWD Hybrid.

The X-Trail e-Power’s constituent of quality to different hybrids is the petrol motor doesn’t straight thrust the wheels. It’s attached to a generator which tin powerfulness the e-motor done an inverter, and charges a 1.8kWh artillery pack.

There are 2 electrical motors – 150kW front, 100kW rear – to present what Nissan says is simply a “constant EV-like thrust experience”.

It has Nissan’s e-Pedal mode, the brand’s talk for one-pedal driving. This diagnostic debuted connected the Leaf electrical hatchback, and besides appears connected the all-electric Ariya crossover offered abroad.

Nissan quotes a strategy output of 157kW, portion torque is rated astatine 330Nm connected the beforehand axle and 195Nm astatine the rear. The institution doesn’t punctuation a combined torque figure.

Meanwhile, the petrol motor is simply a 1.5-litre portion with variable-compression combustion exertion and a turbocharger, packing outputs of 105kW and 250Nm.

The petrol X-Trail, by comparison, is powered by a 135kW/244Nm 2.5-litre naturally-aspirated petrol motor hooked up to a CVT automatic. Both front- and all-wheel thrust are offered. Combined substance ratio is rated astatine 7.8L/100km for the petrol AWD drivetrain.

Specification for some the X-Trail Ti and Ti-L e-Power mostly mirrors that of the equivalent petrol variant, with a mates of exceptions.

X-Trail e-Power models don’t diagnostic a spare instrumentality similar the remainder of the range, alternatively offering a tyre repair kit.

Both X-Trail e-Power variants besides connection an exclusive Champagne Silver with achromatic extortion exterior finish, though the petrol tin beryllium had with a Champagne Silver exterior sans opposition extortion option.

Finally, the X-Trail Ti-L e-Power (from $57,190) is the lone variant successful Australia to get 20-inch alloy wheels with 255/45 R20 tyres. These are the wheels fitted to the overseas exemplary shown successful the property images.

Like the petrol-powered Ti and Ti-L grades, e-Power models are five-seat lone despite a 3rd enactment of seating being disposable successful the Japanese home market.