2018 Nissan Terra review
- 6 years ago
2018 Nissan Terra review
Power in the Terra comes from a 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine making 140kW and 450Nm, fed to all four wheels through a switchable four-wheel drive system and a seven-speed torque converter automatic. Although its outputs are identical, the 2.3-litre four from our Navara is Euro V compliant, whereas the 2.5-litre unit is not.
Off-roading kit like hill-descent control and a locking rear differential are included on what is, even to our snobby Australian eyes, a pretty impressive equipment list. Blind-spot monitoring, a surround-view camera, a clever video-link rear-view mirror, leather seats, one-touch tumbling second-row seats and climate control.
The missing link, you may have noticed, is autonomous emergency braking. It isn't offered in the south-east Asian market, and is a prerequisite for a five-star ANCAP rating should the car come Down Under. Given it's a family car, and families tend to favour safety for their precious offspring, Nissan will need to sort that out before the car's papers are stamped.
Ashwani Gupta, global head of commercial vehicles for Nissan, made it clear the technology isn't completely off the table, should demand be high enough. Nissan does build the AEB-equipped X-Class, after all, something Gupta was more than happy to highlight.
Power in the Terra comes from a 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine making 140kW and 450Nm, fed to all four wheels through a switchable four-wheel drive system and a seven-speed torque converter automatic. Although its outputs are identical, the 2.3-litre four from our Navara is Euro V compliant, whereas the 2.5-litre unit is not.
Off-roading kit like hill-descent control and a locking rear differential are included on what is, even to our snobby Australian eyes, a pretty impressive equipment list. Blind-spot monitoring, a surround-view camera, a clever video-link rear-view mirror, leather seats, one-touch tumbling second-row seats and climate control.
The missing link, you may have noticed, is autonomous emergency braking. It isn't offered in the south-east Asian market, and is a prerequisite for a five-star ANCAP rating should the car come Down Under. Given it's a family car, and families tend to favour safety for their precious offspring, Nissan will need to sort that out before the car's papers are stamped.
Ashwani Gupta, global head of commercial vehicles for Nissan, made it clear the technology isn't completely off the table, should demand be high enough. Nissan does build the AEB-equipped X-Class, after all, something Gupta was more than happy to highlight.