• Responsive infotainment
• Climate controls on buttons, not on a screen
• Good quality materials

How is the quality and layout?

The interior is a lot plusher than Nissans of old, with a good spread of squidgy plastics, solid-feeling switches, crisp digital displays and appealing trim pieces. 

More robust, scratchy plastic is easy enough to find, but the areas you interact with regularly feel good. Unlike the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace, Nissan has avoided touch sensitive controls for important stuff such as the heating and main stereo buttons making them a doddle to use on the move.

Infotainment and tech

The infotainment system comes in three varieties. Basic Visia trim doesn’t even get a touchscreen, just a radio and Bluetooth connectivity, Acenta Premium has an 8.0-inch touchscreen while N-Connecta and above gets a 12.3-inch screen.

We’ve only tried the top system so far. It’s responsive, easy-to-use, comes with a simple sat-nav and sharper graphics than we’ve come to expect from Nissan. Saying that, the Kia Sorento and Hyundai Santa Fe are more modern and look more impressive.

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Comfort

• Good, comfortable seats
• High driving position
• Reach and rake adjustment for steering wheel

Step inside and you’ll be greeted with a high-up driving position, that’ll appeal to traditional SUV fans. The driver’s seat goes back and forth a long way, and there’s plenty of reach and rake adjustment for the steering wheel. Every model except for the base gets driver’s seat lumbar support.

Noise is kept to a minimum, with very little road or engine noise escaping into the car. Unless you really gun it, where the revs will rise and an unpleasant engine noise will be heard.