Shanghai, September 9 (Gasgoo.com) Nissan's SVU model X-Trail will roll off line on September 19 in the Dongfeng Nissan joint venture and will go on sale in China in October, said xinhuanet.com today. The Dongfeng Nissan 4S stores in Beijing can receive orderings now, with a small deposit, for this Chinese-made Nissan X-Trail SUV.
The Nissan X-Trail car locally built in China will not enter Dongfeng Nissan 4S stores until next month when it is launched. Sales staff of the stores said that customers who have paid an upfront fee of 10,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan can pick up the SUV by early November. The China-made Nissan X-Trail is likely to be priced at 250,000 yuan or so.
As the locally-made Nissan X-Trail is on the way, the Nissan 4S stores in China have begun to reduce the selling prices (310,000 yuan-330,000 yuan) of the imported Nissan X-Trail cars by 20,000-30,000 yuan. The Nissan X-Trail has been sold in China as imported Nissan cars for many years.
The China-made Nissan X-Trail SUV, based on the second-generation X-Trail model, is likely to have three variants: the standard, luxury and Navigation versions. They will be equipped with the 2.5-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine like the 2008 Nissan X-Trail made and sold in other countries.
In the Chinese market, the locally-made Nissan X-Trail SUV will have Honda CRV as its main rival, especially in the pricing. The dynamic, muscular sporty features are expected to win Nissan X-Trail many male customers in China.