The Qashqai+2 has been designed and engineered to offer the same crash protection as the five-seat Qashqai – this achieved the one of highest total points scores when it underwent official Euro NCAP crash tests. Electronic stability control is standard on all models, six airbags are standard, there are Isofix child seat mounting points in the rear and the front head restraints react to reduce the chance of whiplash injuries in a crash.

With all seven seats in use there is only room for a few carrier bags of shopping inside the tailgate. With the third row seats folded however, there is 450 litres of luggage space up to the base of the rear windows, or 550 litres with the middle row seats slid forward. The middle seats don’t quite fold completely flat, but with all seats down the load volume totals 1,520 litres – about as much as a large estate car.