Personally, given the amount i travel on a daily basis, i see heaps of Harriers on the road, especially the 2nd gen model. The 2.4 base model sold by many grey importers are actually stealing a lot of sales from potential Camry buyers.

As for the resale value of the Harriers, those who bought the 1st gen model are indeed suffering due mainly to it being a target of syndicates – robbers and thieves. there was even a time when insurance companies refused to take up policies for Harriers back in 2001 and 2002.

I’ve driven BOTH models before, the old and the new. Comfort wise, it is very good and even on long distance drives, it’s never tiring at all. Fuel consumption is decent and in short, i seriously don;t mind having one at all.

The Murano came as a big surprise for me. I test drove one from the Naza showroom with my dad. First impression, the plasticky interior somewhat disappoints me. I mean other cars are using plastics too, but what Nissan offered in the Murano was visibly more inferior.

The engine, a lightly de-tuned unit from the 350Z was smooth and powerful. One can only imagine what if Nismo came out with a turbocharged model… or by fitting the new Skyline GTR’s unit into it.

The 1st gen Murano will be, for a very long long time remain one of the best looking Urban Jungle SUVs money can buy but for the money, i’d go for something less futuristic but more elegant, the Lex RX 330.

after murano came to our shore…the sales of harrier is slow…more ppl looking fwd to buy murano…including me…b4 dis…i dcide to buy murano or harrier..but my heart are more to murano…bt im nt confident with dis car…so ive do alot of survey…to many gray import dealer..naza also…many of them said that this car is good and has gugat harrier sales…then…i read a comment of jeremy clarkson…he give a high verdict 4 dis car…so..i dcide to own it..now…still has dis car a its great…no prob at all…clock nearly 45k…

ive been thinking of d 2nd gen of murano…and started to sv money..after see this photo leaked…quite ok…still nice…but my current one looks better than dis…ive plan to replace my murano with the 2nd gen..after see dis pic…it makes me to think again…i hope they will make dis car look nice than my current one…the rear one is like nissan rogue…but i prefer d curent murano’s rear..look sleek…so plz nissan…develop the design and convince me to replace my current murano with dis one…

I think the current version is a tough act to follow. It looks cleaner than this futuristic fussy front. And finally, they ramped up the interior to match the exterior. The current one is a real anti-climax… I mean after looking at the beautiful sheet-metal, I climb in and face an uprated x-trail inside?

LittleFire85, I don’t know which rich ah peks you listen to but the few imported car dealers I know told me that most of the Murano owners who upgraded from the previous Harrier regretted doing so coz the ride comfort and quality was not as good as Toyota. And with a road presence of probably 8-10 Harrier to 1 Murano, I think that’s enough evidence to say that Harrier is still the better buy. I agree that the 3.5 V6 is a gem of an engine but users buy the whole package.

Nissan also has the Infiniti FX35/45 for the higher end Harriers/RX330s.

Nissan has of late since the French takeover revamping its modle lineup on a shortened schedule. Perhaps this is one of the advantages of the platform sharing. In the last 2 years, they have released about 5-7 new models.

First thought when looking at this several days ago was….” ’tis a new subaru?”. The old one was cool when it came out because it looks like nothing else on the road. After 7 years (!!), the novelty has worn off somewhat.

This new version seems to have improved the weaknesses, but I still think they need to do something about the nose.

And i even heard 1 ah pek told me that the secondhand value of harrier are also worst, coz it is under big car category which normal ppl wont have the money to pay even it’s road tax+insurance yearly. The FC will sure worst then normal cars, and the spare part of 2.5L engine murano is almost the same wif X-trail, while the 3.5L engine is the same wif 350Z. The only difference is the use of X-CVT transmission. So for a rich person to buy a special 4X4, murano is still the best car to stand out from the crowd… and i don’t think he will even so stingy about the spare parts + second-hand value also to own that kind of car..

hope this grill would attract or otherwise a failure!

Interior is top-notch, as always.
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