In 2022, the most controversial model is Nissan X-Trail, X-Trail has been "the world's largest SUV" as its own, with excellent stability and excellent ride, its reputation in the world has surpassed CRV, RAV4, Tiguan and other star models, its sales are naturally very impressive, but in China, Nissan X-Trail suddenly encountered Waterloo, just half a year ago, X-Trail's monthly sales can be stable at about 10,000 vehicles, and now, X-Trail's monthly sales have directly dropped by more than 90%, in the past March, Qijun's total sales in China are only 1403 vehicles, if the sales in March are an accident, then how can it explain that it sold 2500 vehicles in January and 1557 vehicles in February? I have to say that the decline of Qijun is visible to the naked eye!
The three-cylinder engine is a "burden" for X-Trail
The decline of Nissan X-Trail dates back to July 2021, Nissan takes itself too seriously, perhaps it thinks it has played the Chinese auto market like Volkswagen, driven by many Nissan fans, the Chinese auto market is indispensable to the Japanese product brand, so it launched a new version of X-Trail (1.5T three-cylinder engine + CVT powertrain). The appearance of the new X-Trail is more in line with China's aesthetic, fashionable, and has a hint of sporty style, the vehicle interior design is layered, and the material selection has also been upgraded to a higher level, Nissan originally expected X-Trail to continue to do a big job in China, but the three-cylinder engine dragged down the overall image of X-Trail.
Since GM and Ford, the three-cylinder engine is a taboo for Chinese car owners, after all, the three-cylinder engine has many drawbacks, the driving stability is slightly insufficient, there are jitters, setbacks and other phenomena under some special working conditions, and with the increase of vehicle mileage, the drawbacks of the three-cylinder engine are exposed, and it is precisely because of this that GM and Ford that match the three-cylinder engine are gradually marginalized in China. In this case, Nissan X-Trail matched itself with a 1.5T three-cylinder engine, do not know where its confidence comes from?
Why does X-Trail match a three-cylinder machine?
Why did Nissan match a three-cylinder engine for X-Trail? This is all a disaster caused by "car emissions". The development of China's automobile emission regulations can be described as speedy, from 2001, the mainland vehicle emission regulations only took 20 years, from China 1 to China 6, and China 6 can be called the most stringent emission regulations in history, many manufacturers of automobile manufacturers because of emissions are not up to standard and have stopped production, such as Zotye, Lifan and other car companies. For a large enterprise like Nissan, although it does not have to worry about the substandard emissions of automobiles, it must make unremitting efforts to reduce automobile emission regulations, the three-cylinder engine helps the energy saving and emission reduction of the vehicle, and the Qijun matches the 1.5T three-cylinder version of the engine, which is also a test of how deep the water in the Chinese auto market is.
In addition, China's automobile emission regulations are becoming more and more stringent, which is an indisputable fact, with the introduction of the national 7 regulations, the strictness of automobile emission regulations will reach a new climax, in order to meet this requirement, car companies have to launch hybrid models. With the assistance of the hybrid system, the disadvantages of the three-cylinder engine are gradually covered up, the three-cylinder engine only works in the high fuel efficiency speed range, it will not appear we often say that the jitter, setback and other phenomena, only in the case of insufficient vehicle power, battery power is not enough, the three-cylinder engine will continue to work, in this case, most of the owners will accept the three-cylinder engine, and Nissan X-Jun's 1.5T engine, undoubtedly paving the way for the future hybrid development.
In general, the three-cylinder engine is not suitable for China's national conditions, which is an indisputable fact, but Nissan is not a fool, with the increasingly strict automobile emission regulations, the hybrid era is coming, the three-cylinder engine version of the hybrid model, it is not only low cost, but also greatly weakened the disadvantages of the three-cylinder engine, which may be Nissan's future development strategy.