This SUV stands out because it is the world's best selling. At the same time this means that it is being hunted by many competitors, such as from the Škoda Kodiaq. Therefore, the timely facelift and the announcement for 2018 of a precursor to autonomous driving, as ProPilot already driven independently through Tokyo. Watch the videos here .

As the largest it is probably to be attributed to the middle class and optionally available with seven seats. For this purpose, the two parts of the normal rear seat can be adjusted separately by up to 13 cm in length and in addition their backrests. In general, you miss virtually no comfort in the X-Trail, except for the length adjustment of the driver's seat and Apple Carplay.

If 766,000 units of the X-Trail 2016 were sold in the world, but only 70,000 in Europe, then this shows rather the unreasonableness in this part of the world, where a huge cut is required, which the Kodiac and the Tiguan Allspace of course can do better. But the X-Trail is honest, practical and of course much cheaper. That it can not escape the 'lifestyle', however, can be seen on the electric tailgate now also with foot control.

When craving for a quiet, bottom powerful engine, the Europeans are right, what the gasoline engine of the X-Trail only partially fulfills. In the past, they would have rather resorted to the big diesel engine. The Japanese tires are criticized by the testers, but this can be changed at the latest after their expiry. 12/17