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It has been six years since Nissan's Qijun cash model was put on the market, although it has experienced a mid-term change during this period, but for the current increasingly competitive joint venture SUV market, cash Qijun is obviously not competitive. Nissan's brand sales share is also being hit as competing products such as Honda and Toyota are replacing and launching a two-car strategy.

To this end, Nissan will upgrade its Qijun models to achieve a stable market share. According to foreign media reports, the patent map of a group of suspected brand-new Nissan Qijun models was exposed a few days ago. although the document does not have a specific name for the vehicle, it can be seen from the shape that it is basically similar to the rendering and camouflage pictures exposed by the media before. the whole change with the cash model is very big.

In terms of face, the new Nissan Qijun still adopts the family-style V-motion design and uses split headlights, with turn signal and daytime driving light belt integrated in the upper light group, and far / near light area in the lower light group, while fog lights are placed on both sides of the lower air intake. In addition, the new Qijun uses a trapezoidal middle net, and there are holes for combing air flow on both sides of the lamp group below.

The overall shape of the side is similar to that of the cash model, but the overall model appears to be longer and fuller. It is reported that the new Qijun in the body size will also be lengthened. The camouflage picture shows that the new Qijun will adopt a five-frame hub design. Compared with the front face design, the new Qijun in the tail is relatively low-key, using a more flat and narrow design, and all replaced with the LED light source.

For the appearance changes of the new Qijun, the interior decoration has also undergone earth-shaking changes. According to the previous media exposure of the interior espionage photos, the new Qijun will adopt two large screen designs, among which the full liquid crystal instrument uses a new UI design and can display navigation guidelines. On the other hand, the central control screen adopts a suspended design, and there are still physical keys at the bottom of the screen. In addition, the gear handle has also been changed to an electronic gear handle, the function of driving mode switching can be seen at the rear knob, and an additional offroad mode is provided.

As for the power is also the most concern, after all, the cash Qijun engine is very old. It is reported that the new car is expected to carry a 2.5-liter engine, its parameters may have a small increase. As for Nissan's latest VC Turbo 2.0T variable compression ratio engine, it is not clear whether it will be installed on Xinqi Chun after being made in China. But the gearbox may still be a CVT gearbox with a just-in-time all-wheel drive system.

Although the current cash Qijun has entered the end of the product, but its performance in the market has always been very strong, monthly sales can still be maintained at about 1.6-18000 vehicles. Of course, this is also inseparable from Nissan's continuous release of terminal concessions in exchange for its market share. Even so, it can be seen that Nissan Qijun model has accumulated a good user reputation under the current model, and the launch of the new model will certainly give Nissan enough confidence.

Earlier, there were rumors that the new Haoke would be unveiled in Paris in September, but the Paris Motor Show had to be cancelled because of the COVID-19 epidemic. As for Nissan will be listed first Xiaoke or Qijun will also wait and see, but with the appearance of the new Qijun, the domestic version of Qijun is also expected to be updated at the same time.

According to Nissan's latest sales figures, Nissan's sales in China, the world's largest single market, fell 80.3% in February. From January to February, Nissan's cumulative sales in China were 133254, down 36.8% from a year earlier.

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