
11 Reasons Why You Should Buy A Nissan Qashqai
The New Nissan Qashqai 2019 version is one of the best SUV on the market. Holding its reign since it kick-started the SUV class popularity back in 2007. Not much has changed in the updated 2019 Qashqai exterior. The exterior styling was updated in 2017 to offer a more dramatic, sleeker body lines and new deeper grill. What Nissan has done for the 2019 model has given you the drivers the choice of 2 engines with the ability to choose an automatic gearbox and optional AWD.
Let us break down 11 reasons why you should buy a Nissan Qashqai. Or at least move it to the top of your shortlist, when reviewing all the SUVs available on the UK market.
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No.1 - Buying a Thoroughbred
Are you aware the Nissan Qashqai single-handedly started the SUV boom in the UK back in 2007? A car model that is in between a 4x4 and a hatchback. With other brands then producing their own SUV models based off the Qashqai SUV. Making the Qashqai a trendsetter, it’s held its own in the ever-growing SUV class. This Nissan model has sold over 33,227 Nissan Qashqai models in the UK in 2019 (to date of this article). The Qashqai is ranked 4th by driving.co.uk ‘Top 10 Best-Selling Cars of 2019 in the UK’
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No.2 - Mums Give Stamp Of Approval
This SUV is the ‘ Mummy's car of choice’ according to ‘Mother & Baby’, due to many of the points we’ll outline below.
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No.3 - Safe and Sound
This section is one of the main reasons the new Qashqai is Mum’s car of choice. Nissan has specced this SUV to achieve a 5-star EURO NCAP rating. It ranks as the following in the 4 category types: 88% Adult Occupation, 83% Child Occupant, 69% Pedestrian, 79% Safety Assist

88% Adult Occupation

83% Child Occupant

69% Pedestrian

79% Safety Assist
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No.4 - Bigger The Better, Not Always The Case
You may be thinking the larger the engine litre the better performance you will experience. This is not necessarily the case with modern well-designed power plants. We are seeing a lot more power plants becoming more efficient, with a smaller litre engine that doesn’t lack in power.
With a newly updated Gearbox in the 2018 model (1st generation Qashqai). Nissan decided to offer the 2019 Qashqai SUV to be paired with 2 brand new engine choices in the new 2019 2nd generation Qashqai
- 1.3-litre petrol engine with manual gearbox, producing 140bhp. Offering a 0-60mph time of 10.5-seconds
- 1.6-litre diesel engine, producing 160bhp with an automatic gearbox option. Offering a 0-60mph time of 9.9-seconds
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No.5 - Storage, storage and More Storage
With a family car, you are always in need of storage. You're in need of cup holders front and back, plus deep storage bins to keep everything tidy and stop it rattling on your journeys. This SUV offers just this plus more. General storage solutions you have cup holders aplenty, centre console storage bins that house a 12V adapter, USB connection + AUX connection.
- Seats in upright position 400-litres
- Seats folded down 1600-litres.

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No.6 - Plush Interior
This area has been upgraded for the 2019 model. You’ll notice a high-quality finish throughout using quality materials across all finishes of the interior trim. As a driver, you are given a comfy seating position, loads of adjustment in the steering wheel and you have a clear line of sight when driving.

The rear passengers have not been forgotten about. You may think that with such a large boot space you may have lost some rear legroom, this is not the case. The rear seating position offers loads of legroom, along with ISOFIX fixings on the rear seats making adding baby seats and easy clip-in clip out process. The rear seats don’t fold flat like some of the class competitors, however, they do have a 60/40 split with an easy function to fold the rear seats down.
Moving on to the infotainment system. The Qashqai comes with the famous ‘NissanConnect’. This system has been designed to be easy to use, intuitive. It offers shortcut buttons on the side of the digital LCD screen and connects via Apple Car Play and Android Auto as standard.
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No.7 - We’ll Watch Over You
There are many safety options that can be added to the 2019 Qashqai across its 6 grades. You can be kept safe at low speeds when driving around town with autonomous braking, if the system feels like your not breaking hard enough, it will break for you. Just to list a few other must-have features on the Qashqai, blind spot mirrors when in town turning or changing lanes and cruise control with lane departure alert.
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No.8 - How She Feels On The Road
With the 2019 upgrades, Nissan had focused on the driving experience. You’ll find the 2019 Qashqai SUV is a pleasure to drive. It provides a fabulous driving experience, its comfortable, quiet, agile. The 1.3 engine has a quick pick-up on acceleration, as we stated above with the data given by Nissan.
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No.9 - It’s Getting Personal
Nissan love to be able to give its customers that personal experience when dealing with any part of the customer service, from buying a new car to booking for an MOT here at West Way. It doesn't stop them, Nissan wants to offer you the ability to personalise your car. They have taken a leaf out of the Nissan Jukes playbook with the personalisation. They offer 8 colour choices across the Nissan Qashqai making your decision even harder when buying your next new car, which colour to choose?
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No.10 - Motoring Costs
Nissan strives to make the running cost of motoring cheaper for its customers. With the Qashqai they have done this by offering reasonably priced servicing, you won’t be shocked when it comes to the cost of motoring. They have even created a Nissan Servicing Plan from £18.21 per month to help spread the cost of motoring. When buying a new car Nissan offers an amazing warranty. You’ll get a 3 year or up to 60,000 miles warranty. Giving you peace of mind from the day you drive away from West Way’s showroom.
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No.11 - Home Made
And the final reason is to support British manufactured products. You may not know but the Nissan Qashqai is built at Nissan’s Sunderland plant. Meaning your buying local and making sure you are reducing the carbon footprint of your next new car, as it’s not been imported into the UK.
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