Keep in mind the Nissan Murano? Whereas it hasn’t been on sale in Australia for nearly a decade, the third era of the premium-ish crossover has been on sale in North America and China since 2014 — and it’s lengthy awaited substitute had simply been revealed.
The 2025 Nissan Murano is the fourth-instalment of the corporate’s five-seat household SUV that rivals the likes of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Mazda CX-70 within the US. In its newest evolution, Nissan says it’s the third mannequin in its Arc Marketing strategy, following the redesigned Kicks crossover and Armada (Patrol) SUV.
In comparison with the slinkier designs of older generations, the fourth-gen Murano debuts a brand new look that’s very clearly impressed by the Ariya electrical SUV, which additionally impressed the redesigns of the aforementioned Kicks and Armada.
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Dubbed ‘energetic excellence’, the brand new design theme centres round a brand new horizontally slatted grille design with cut up headlight models, a full-width LED tail mild bar and alloy wheels as much as 21 inches in diameter. Two-tone paint can be obtainable.
Contained in the hyperlinks to the Ariya proceed, with twin 12.3-inch high-resolution shows sitting in a single conjoined housing, that includes Nissan’s newest infotainment system with Google built-in – which incorporates Google Maps, and different apps downloadable from the tech big’s on-line retailer.
Just like the Ariya, there’s a line of capacitive buttons below the central air vents, partially hidden within the fake wooden trim, to regulate the air-conditioning system.
Nissan additionally notes the provision of 64-colour ambient inside lighting, in addition to an obtainable 10-speaker Bose premium sound system.
The Murano is decked out with the corporate’s newest help and lively security techniques together with the ProPilot Help semi-autonomous freeway operate; in addition to two new options for the Murano in Invisible Hood View which makes use of the digicam feeds to create a view that ‘sees via’ the bonnet, in addition to the 3D Encompass View Monitor parking digicam system which gives eight digital vantage factors across the car.
Underneath the bonnet of the brand new Murano is Nissan’s 2.0-litre VCT variable compression turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine, which places out 241 horsepower (180kW) and 260 lb-ft (352Nm) of torque.
That’s down 15kW from the three.5-litre V6 of the outgoing automotive, however up 27Nm. Idle stop-start expertise is now commonplace.
Whereas some would possibly mourn the demise of the VQ V6, those self same of us will most likely be cheering the very fact the brand new Murano junks the outdated mannequin’s constantly variable transmission (CVT) in favour a nine-speed automated with paddle shifters.
Not like a few of its opponents, the brand new Murano isn’t obtainable with hybrid or plug-in hybrid drivetrain. The dearth of an electrified possibility has seen the Rogue (X-Path to us) lose floor Stateside to the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V.
Nissan will supply the Murano with each front-wheel drive and on-demand all-wheel drive, with the brand new era additionally adopting frequency delicate dampers and electrical energy steering for improved trip and dealing with.
The brand new Murano is 4900mm lengthy, 1981mm vast, 1725mm tall, and rides on a 2824mm wheelbase, which makes it 13mm longer general, 66mm wider and 36mm taller than the present automotive, though the wheelbase is unchanged.
As with its predecessor, the brand new fourth-generation Nissan Murano shall be assembled at Nissan’s Smyrna plant in Tennessee, and can go on sale in the USA and Canada in early 2025.
Pricing for the brand new Murano shall be launched nearer to showroom availability. Though the Murano is smaller, and options fewer seats than the Pathfinder, it sits above the extra sensible crossover in Nissan’s American mannequin vary.
The present third-generation Murano is priced from US$38,740 ($57,900), whereas the Pathfinder vary begins at US$36,650 ($54,700). For these , Stateside the most cost effective Ariya is US$39,590 ($59,100).
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