The space the place the previous Qashqai significantly confirmed its age was in its inside, however this has era made some large steps on this respect.

That stated, it’s averted taking over digital know-how for the sake of it. With a classier dashboard, some horizontal trim strips and a giant touchscreen within the center, it seems to be proper updated. 

All the supplies you’re more likely to contact recurrently within the automobile have a pleasing soft-touch end, and the plentiful buttons and switchgear have a pleasant heft. The inside mouldings really feel solidly screwed collectively, too.

This automobile is extraordinarily simple to leap in and familiarize yourself with as a result of the entire essential features are operated by a bodily button or knob. There is a separate panel for the HVAC controls, and even driver help options just like the steering help and head-up show could be turned on or off with a button. It’s all remarkably frequent sense, with not a touch-sensitive panel in sight aside from the massive infotainment display screen.

Continuing the frequent sense theme, the Qashqai permits occupants to cost their gadgets in any means they want, with a number of 12V sockets, two USB-A and two USB-C ports, and a wi-fi charging pad on most trim ranges. Here, as elsewhere, comfort is king, and the Qashqai gives loads.

Accessing the rear cabin is straightforward because of doorways that open to 90deg. Once there, leg room is about common for the category, with loads of head room even with the panoramic sunroof (which is a hard and fast panel and doesn’t really open). 

It means tall adults match with out difficulty however they’d be solely averagely comfy on longer journeys. The again seats don’t do something fancy akin to recline or slide, they usually fold in a 40/60 cut up, fairly than a extra versatile 40/20/40 format. 

Flexibility methods have been reserved for the boot, which is kind of cleverly conceived. It has detachable flooring panels that may be raised or lowered, or set upright to create a divider that stops groceries from sliding round. The panels can be flipped over to disclose a wipe-clean floor to place muddy or soiled objects on. When they’re all in place, they create a flat load space with some helpful further house under.

The Qashqai’s 504 litres of boot house is common for the category, however far forward of the Ford Kuga’s 412 litres. However, it’s crushed by the Volkswagen Tiguan’s 520 litres and outclassed by the Honda CR-V hybrid, which gives 596 litres. 

Nissan Qashqai infotainment and sat-nav

Visia trim is so primary that it doesn’t even get a touchscreen, however Acenta Premium has a 7.0in display screen, and on N-Connecta that turns into a 9.0in display screen accompanied by a 12.3in digital driver show. 

Both variations of the touchscreen have Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. On the bigger model, CarPlay is wi-fi.

The larger system discovered within the Tekna automobile is the extra responsive unit and, because of loads of shortcut buttons (each bodily ones under the display screen and digital ones on the underside), it’s pretty simple to navigate. The means the display screen is mounted on the dashboard means you even have a small ledge to relaxation your hand on, so it stays regular when tapping the display screen on the transfer.

It’s a pity the graphics already look dated, the centre display screen extra so than the driving force show. When CarPlay is wi-fi and there’s a wi-fi charging pad as effectively, it’s tough to give you a cause to make use of the built-in navigation and audio programs, particularly for the reason that smartphone mirroring is built-in so effectively.