[SIZE=3]The Nissan X-Trail Experience: Going where no other crossover could[/SIZE]
Words and photos by Christopher Kho



Lets face it. No one really buys a crossover these days with the intention to go off-roading. It might come with four-wheel drive and stand a foot off the ground, but the only rough terrain it will ever have to cope with are the ginormous pot-holes along EDSA and those pesky security guards at a mall's parking entrance. But lo and behold, there's actually one crossover that dares to step up to the challenge and break the stereotype. Take a good look at Nissan's X-Trail CVT.

Just over a year old, the trusty X-Trail bears an uncanny resemblance to the model it replaces. Without messing with the tried and tested formula, it simply improves on it by growing a bit larger, packing a bit more power, and shifting to a new 6-speed Xtronic Continuous Variable Transmission (XCVT). Though it might not look the part, we discovered just how capable this crossover really was on the rough stuff.

X Marks The Spot

To push the X-Trail down to its very limits, Nissan enlisted the services of one man who can deliver an off-road experience like no other. Beeboy Bargas, with the help of his band of Landcraft rascals, put together a track that dared to put the Trail back in X-Trail. And knowing how gung-ho Beeboy is for off-road adventures, we knew that this obstacle course will be no walk in the park (for the X-Trail at the very least).....

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