The Nissan Terra SUV will be launched on the Chinese
car market on March 12. Price will start around 180,000 yuan. The new Nissan
Terra is known abroad as the new Nissan Paladin. Production of the current
Paladin will continue in China, so they had to find another name for the new
one.
The Nissan Terra is made by the Zhengzhou-Nissan
joint venture. It will be launched on the Chinese car market in April next
year. Price will start around 200,000 yuan. Power comes from a locally-made 2.5
liter four-cylinder petrol engine (QR25) with 184 hp and 236 Nm, sending horses
to all four wheels. Gearbox is a six speed manual or a seven speed automatic. Dimension size is 4882/1850/1835 mm, and wheelbase is 2850 mm.
This sort of old-school SUVs is very popular in China,
especially in smaller cities and down in the countryside. Their relative simple
technology makes them hard to break and easy to fix.
The interior basic, even for the segment. Very
pickup-like, and the Terra is indeed based on the Nissan NP300 Navara pickup
truck, which is also produced by Zhengzhou-Nissan.
Tiny 5 inch screen with primitive graphics. The screen in the 180,000 yuan 2018 Nissan Terra has a FIVE
inch screen. Even Volkswagen has bigger screens these days.
The Terra is a five-seater and Nissan won’t offer an
optional third row, like most of its competitors do.
