Geneva: Nissan to debut next-generation X-Trail

[CaymanS]

Nissan will be staging a world premier unveiling for its next generation X-Trail crossover SUV at the coming Geneva Auto Show which is but a few weeks away.

Unlike many such press unveilings of late, there’s no calculated drip-drip of advance media information or teaser sketches, so the first time anyone outside Nissan gets to see the new X-Trail will be at the show itself. And that’s good–we like surprises.

So, what can we tell you? This second generation X-Trail will be spun off the same C-platform family that underpins Nissan’s new small Rogue SUV, and will be targeted mainly at Europe and Japan to fight the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4. From what we hear, the trucklet won’t be coming to the U.S. because Nissan will soon have the Rogue and Murano covering where the X-Trail might conceivably go. (We’re not yet sure where that leaves Canada, which presently markets both the current X-trail and Murano).

It's about time this one got a redesign. It was in the market for 7 years without a redesign. Canada got it in 2005. Since the Rogue debuted for the North American market, any chances of the X-Trail making its North American debut, even just a Canadian one?

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