The Nissan X Trail is scheduled to make a comeback to India later this month. Along with learning more about the fourth-generation SUV’s long list of features and seven-seat configuration, we now know which colors Indian consumers will be able to choose from.
There are many more options available for the vehicle worldwide, but in India, the 2024 Nissan X Trail will only be offered in three colors. Furthermore, because Nissan claims that the model would be imported from China, there shouldn’t be much of a reason not to provide the entire spectrum of tints.
The colours available will be Diamond Black, Champagne Silver and Solid White, and these were chosen to better position the X Trail as a premium offering while helping to highlight its return to a more “authentic SUV” look, according to Alfonso Albaisa, SVP Nissan Design.
In a roundtable discussion with Indian media, Albaisa described how the third-generation X Trail, which was not launched in India, moved to a curvier, more crossover-like look, in keeping with market trends at the time (2014) and the rest of the brand’s model range.
The new, fourth-generation X Trail leans back to the first and second-generation models, both of which were sold in India, which had a more upright, bold and square-shouldered look. While not outright boxy, the new SUV is “almost a [body-on] frame SUV; it’s not, but it’s started to take on that look again”.
Rugged elements in the form of cladding on the wheel arches and bumpers, as well as scuff plates, are balanced out by more modern touches like metallic trim, Nissan’s ‘V-Motion’ grille finished in gloss black, and the split LED headlamps, and it’s this duality, says Albaisa, that sets the X Trail apart from its rivals.
Speaking of which, the 2024 Nissan X Trail will rival other seven-seat SUVs like the Skoda Kodiaq, Toyota Fortuner and MG Gloster, and we expect it to have a price somewhere between Rs 40 lakh and Rs 45 lakh (ex-showroom, India).