The Japanese company has a new crossover prototype ready to be presented at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show that hints at the shape of the new X-Trail.

A teaser photo, which does not reveal much, of a new concept model was released today by the Japanese company. As she informs us, this is the Hi-Cross Concept, a model expected to continue the tradition of the brand, but also its existing range of crossover models. Company goal, certainly, is the continuation of the success of its two mainstream "SUV" proposals, the Juke and the Qashqai. On the tried and tested, but also completely successful, this recipe will also "step" on the new Hi-Cross Concept, which of course, in a slightly different form, will be the successor of our well-known X-Trail. In the planning of the Japanese Nissan is to present the successor of this successful SUV around the beginning of 2013.

Despite the fact that officially there is no further information (the Japanese company refers us to 6 Of March, when the new Hi-Cross Concept will be fully revealed at the Geneva Motor Show), we already know that in terms of design, this new proposal from the Japanese will follow a path similar to the Qashqai. In terms of external dimensions, in any case, expectations should move to the levels of traditional middle-class family models, except of course the height of the body and the distance of the floor from the ground. Something similar, certainly, with the "logic" to be followed in the form of the car inside and out, we also expect in the field of road characteristics, since the new Hi-Cross will clearly have an asphalt orientation and character. In the field of mechanical parts, as happened in the past, two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive versions are expected, while it remains unknown what will be the available mechanical units that will move them. However, it is not excluded, beyond Nissan's 2-litre diesels, to see under the hood of the new X-Trail and their turbocharged petrol engine 1,6 liters of the little Juke.

But for more information, wait until early next week, so the new Hi-Cross Concept will be officially presented at the Geneva Motor Show.

Source : 4troxoi.gr