Nissan Murano 2.5 dCi auto
Nissan Murano 2.5 dCi auto
What is it?
RECENTLY facelifted Nissan Murano now available as a diesel for the first time. Priced from £38,595.
What’s hot?
- Better looks at the front, with revised grille and spoiler
- Diesel unit generates impressive 450Nm torque
- Familiar engine now quieter after major overhaul
- Highly competent four-wheel drive
- Exclusivity on UK roads
- ‘Crossover’ styling doesn’t impede estate car payload…
- …it’s 1,510 litres with the seats down
- 20 inch wheels for the first time
- Audio includes DVD and 40Gb hard drive
- Combined fuel economy of 35.3mpg
What’s not?
- Bland styling
- Engine still gurgles compared to the German competition
- No cigar for this CO2 rating…
- …just 4g/km less than a 3.0-litre Toyota Land Cruiser
- And a long way south of the important 160g/km tax break
What you need to Know?
| P11D Value: | 37,990 |
| Monthly Rental*: | 629 (CH)/£755 (PCH) |
| Tax Band when posted: | 34%, 35%, 35% |
| Monthly BiK: | Click link for BIK |
| Engine: | 2.5-litre turbo diesel |
| CO2 Emissions: | 210g/km |
| Power/torque: | 190bhp/450Nm |
| Economy: | 35.3mpg |
Monthly contract hire (CH) and personal contract hire (PCH) rentals generated by Concept Vehicle Leasing. Based on a 36 month lease at 10,000 miles a year, 3+35 payments.
Business Car Manager Road Test Rating
A rare sight on UK roads, the original petrol only 2005 Murano started the crossover trend for more car-like SUVs. However, the Murano is more SUV than car and feels its 1.8 tonne weight. It’s also much more conservatively styled and doesn’t ape ‘a luxury sporting saloon’ as Nissan claims.Yet from every other angle this is a great contender for an intensely practical, under-the-radar SUV that can tow one minute, cross fields the next and still play family estate car, without the handling penalty of an old school SUV. The CO2 isn’t great for company car tax purposes, but the engine at the heart of this car is a bullet proof iron block that will support similarly robust residual values. Don’t forget that at this price you’re in spitting distance of the much more exclusive and better handling Infiniti FX30d, which starts from £45,150 and has even more grunt from a six-cylinder diesel.
