While automotive manufacturers are struggling to seek out a brand new footing in a brave latest world here in America, there are just a few newly redesigned vehicles that will do well in the brand new political climate that we’ve. Considered one of those vehicles is the redesigned 2025 Nissan Murano, which I find to be one in every of Nissan’s best products and a sensible move for all that they’ve done to such a vehicle.
The Nissan Murano was once a serious contender within the mainstream midsized crossover segment. Now, the Murano has seemingly found itself within the background, somewhat overshadowed by top-selling compact crossovers. Nonetheless, the newly redesigned Murano takes an approach to dispose of the insufferable CVT (repeatedly variable transmission) and brings us a 9-speed automatic transmission mated to the brand’s formidable variable compression turbocharged 4-cylinder. The mix of such a powertrain coupled with all-wheel-drive in the brand new Murano Platinum trim makes for a quite respectable package, one which I didn’t find much fault with during my week with the plush two-row crossover.
The brand new Murano gets a very latest look, one that could be somewhat of an acquired taste for some with its Ferrari-esq upper front end and a play on resembling a brand new face of the brand present in vehicles just like the electrified Nissan Ariya. There are a lot of other decent proportions of the brand new Murano’s design with design lines that attempt to trick your eyes for a sloping roof effect – regardless that the rearward roof does slope to a level that repeatedly hinders rearward visibility out of the rearview mirror. Here, Nissan must have offered the digital rearview mirror to mitigate the upper a part of your rearward view that gets cut quite short, stopping you from seeing far down the road behind you.
Having the brand new 2.0-liter variable compression turbocharged 4-cylinder engine within the Murano makes perfect sense as there’s less weight to hold around in comparison to something like the marginally up-market larger and heavier Infiniti QX60 brethren that now uses the identical engine. With the Murano, the turbocharged engine does well to scoot the vehicle along and hit 60 mph in 7.5 seconds. The 241 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque feel adequate for such a vehicle without being a vehicle that’s shy about hiding the buzzing sound from such an engine. Nonetheless, the brand new plushness and premium feel of the Murano may cause some second-guessing as as to if it’s an Infiniti product because, within the Platinum trim, there’s loads to love about its luxury-ish theme.
Overall, there’s a small dose of sport hidden within the Murano where it feels nicely planted, probably the most it has ever been, partly due to its middle-of-the-road suspension tuning, larger 21-inch wheels, and highly praised Bridgestone Alenza all-season tires. For probably the most part, the brand new Murano is competent on the road, and the all-wheel-drive setup, standard for the center SL and upper Platinum trims (optional on the bottom FWD SV trim), the front wheels for the front-wheel-drive biased setup won’t peel off from a stop or out of turns.
So far as fuel economy, having the variable compression turbocharged engine contributes to some savings, as I used to be in a position to match the EPA figures of 21 mpg city, 27 mpg highway, and 23 mpg combined. I mustered out about 22.8 mpg overall but did see the highway number nearly jump as much as 27 mpg when cruising on a flat Interstate road after settling in at 70 mph. Filling up the 18.7-gallon fuel tank with regular unleaded will get you a highway cruising range of as much as about 504 miles.
The reworked interior of the redesigned Murano is an inviting space with a premium appear and feel. While there are still some plastics that simulate an upscale trim, they’re still plastic which will cheapen the inside for some who take the time to truly feel the surface. Otherwise, the inside is finished thoroughly with several soft-touch surfaces and stitching that accent the blue leather to raise the premium appeal to a near-luxury level, along with color-selectable ambient LED lighting and a color head-up display. There’s also newfound space throughout the cabin with exceptionally cozy seats, which is something Nissan has nearly perfected in using their Zero gravity seat concept.
Up front, you get heated, ventilated, and back-area massaging seats – one other near-luxury appeal for the Murano. Out back, the outboard seats have heating, and there’s a very good little bit of workable space for 3 passengers. Furthermore, there’s an influence tilt/telescoping heated steering wheel, which is something you normally don’t find on a mainstream crossover on this segment.
The dashboard has the right tech equipment to maintain with today’s expectations at there may be a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster that’s configurable to display maps and even mapping form your smartphone through use of wireless (and USB-connected) Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration. The combination is fed through a 12.3-inch touchscreen, which has a simplistic interface but does take just a little while to get used to navigating the system and utilizing the quite smallish touchscreen area for bringing up additional climate controls aside from the haptic-touch buttons etched into the simulated wood trim surface below the screen..
Cargo space is sweet as well in the brand new Murano with 33 cubic feet having the rear seats in place, or as much as 64 cubic feet when folding the seatbacks down with an easily reached rear cargo area latch. The cargo area is accessed by a sensible power liftgate.
Safety stays paramount for Nissan as the brand new Murano has all the expected lively safety features, including the highlights of its ProPILOT Assist that keeps the vehicle centered within the lane and a protected distance from the vehicle in front – the system does require keeping your hand on the steering wheel. Other highlights include the 360-degree camera system and hood view to provide you a virtual area view of what is generally blocked by the front hood area.
In all, Nissan has done justice to the redesign for the Murano, which is, for my part, the most effective products they’ve straight away. Some may balk on the pricing of the brand new Murano, which starts at $40,470 and gets to as high as my loaded-up Murano Platinum AWD test vehicle at $55,030 (including a $1,390 destination charge). Nonetheless, with the brand new Murano, with its near-luxury attitude and well-to-do drivetrain with an automatic transmission that has real gears, there’s loads to love here and consider when purchasing for a midsized two-row (5-passenger) crossover.
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