CTC Review: 2009 Nissan Murano SL AWD

[wing]

Brigitte that is interesting I find the brakes are excellent, perhaps they have upgraded them.

Steve -- what I'll be driving will not be AWD.

[BJB]

I've never had any brake issues.

Brig - maybe you shouldn't be friends with such wusses! 

[sirAQUAMAN64]

I'm a big Murano fan. Liked the first one - style with substance, room, power, and quality. The new one doesn't change the formula and some of the tech improvements are noteworthy.

Still decent value when comparing to other Cdn MSRPs.

I don't know who would get the S when the SL adds so much for so little?


Okay James, how did you wind up in the oncoming traffic lane? 

[Brigitte]

Brigitte that is interesting I find the brakes are excellent, perhaps they have upgraded them.

Yeah, maybe.  This guy had the first or second model year, I believe.

[sailor723]

Grossly overpriced given what appears to be the new reality of the Canadian dollar. Taking a few months for prices to settle is one thing but come on,it's been nearly a year now! What better time to do an adjustment than the introduction of a new model?

[99 Silver]

Think of all the lease cars coming back to the companies in the next couple of years.  That's a big reason why they are trying to keep the prices up as much as possible.  They are trying to keep the value of used cars higher so they aren't upside down with the residuals when the leases come back in.

[sailor723]

Think of all the lease cars coming back to the companies in the next couple of years.  That's a big reason why they are trying to keep the prices up as much as possible.  They are trying to keep the value of used cars higher so they aren't upside down with the residuals when the leases come back in.

Good Luck to them!.....I see in the Globe's ROB the other day that BMW took a charge in the area of 300 million to reflect declining lease return values. 

[soj]

Wow, 23.5 mpg or 12L/100km in town didn't strike me as particularly thrifty but I suppose for an SUV it is!

[wing]

It certainly is for the size of vehicle, usually you see 14L - 15L / 100km city.

[sailor723]

It certainly seems good to me for that size and type of vehicle. My old Pathfinder with the 3.5 VQ engine was always 15-15.5L/100 kms around town. My new SRX even seems to be averaging a bit worse than that.

[soj]

No indeed 12L/100km is not bad at all for a vehicle in that class but it also begs the question; how is it being driven?  My Montana minivan driven gently can do about the same but in real life driving it's more like 13.5L/100km (in town).  More importantly, will 12L/100km still seem thrifty when gas hits $2.20/liter in 4 years time?

[jww]

Give it a diesel 

I like the evolution from the first Murano, which was a clear hit, cause you see tons of them around. I am still not a fan of CVT, personally, but if it can produce that kind of mileage in this size of a vehicle, then I guess there is some merit to it.