Malaysia has just seen a rise in petrol prices due to the decrease in subsidies recently. The increase in prices was by RM0.05 for petrol (RON95) and diesel. It would seem that further reduction in subsidies would only see the rise of petrol prices in the coming years or even months.
Thus fuel efficiency is ever more important not to mention the adoption of other fuel sources and one that springs to mind is diesel. Nissan which sells the Murano variant in Malaysia, recently announced the release of a new diesel engine for the SUV in the UK.
It uses a 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine which is capable of producing 187hp and 450Nm of torque at just 2,000rpm.
This produces an average fuel consumption for both city and highway driving of 6.6L/100km along with a CO2 figure of just 210g/km with the help of a revised 6 speed automatic transmission providing Adaptive Shift Control, improved aerodynamics and an electric power regeneration system.
Other improvements on the inside include the change from a chain to a belt drive for the power steering pump, extra engine mounts and extra sound absorbing material to reduce noise intrusion from the diesel engine. Providing more air to the new engine will be a redesigned front end with a new front grille and bumper, also giving it a refreshed look.
The only Murano available in Malaysia at the moment is the 3.5L petrol engine which consumes between 9 to 13 litres for every 100km travelled, 9L being the most fuel efficient it could ever be, a far cry from what diesel motors are able to achieve.
A switch to diesel would make sense for many Malaysian’s as diesel is still RM0.10 cheaper that the cheapest petrol. Many manufacturers already offer diesels here especially for their SUVs – the Santa Fe, Captiva, X3 and X5 are all available as diesels.
More pictures are available after the jump.
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The front reminds me of the Lexus Concept that looks like it’s gonna scare angler fish.
typical answer i get about diesel is smelly, noisy, no power…..
haih, it will never come….
With newer diesel engine & better diesel quality (ULSD), all those disadvantage have been long gone… Please update it as now it is proven to be more powerfull, economical & easy to maintain compare to even petrol hybrid engine..
that y i…..haih….
honda civic in UK has a 2.2 turbodiesel version. very popular there. our mind set need a shift.
Good news and ugly
Govt should offer EuroIV diesel alongside current Euro2 diesel. Give no subsidy for this and reduce tax substantially for diesel machines.
Before say and done. Current diesel quality still has high level of sulphur (more than 50ppm as our neighbour country, Singapore, that uses ULSD, Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel).
Furthermore, the road tax imposed on diesel engine also not encouraging Malaysian to go for diesel engine powered vehicles, being RM8xx in Pennisular Malaysia and RM4xx in East Malaysian annually (for 2.5L diesel engine for personal use as example).
Nowdays..road tax for diesel & petrol are the same for equivalent cc..
he’s talking about 2.5l…..in semenanjung, d tax is rm800 but in sabah sarawak, only rm400….
that enlarged front bumper is ugly , its disproportionate from the rest of the car, akin to an ogre to a big jaw…, previous look was wayy better..
But this latest gen Murano doesn’t reflect the price unlike the previous gen
I have this one… i mean the Number Plate Frame…
This is my dream SUV at the moment.
Nice nice nice…
How much do you think from the gray import? Doubt Tan Chong Motor will ever bring this in knowing the gray import with be better priced than a new one.
But probably will get 2 years down the road as recon car.
last time i checked for the 08 model is about 278k..still pricey..ive planned to trade in my 1st gen murano to this one but it still expensive..maybe hv to wait about a yr and the price will go down…
couldn’t afford one….whatever the engine, it will be still expensive……only small number of people can gain the benefit…
from the rear looks like a latio sport…
I still do not like that nose.
i like the Nissan Rogue and QashQai better
hell skoda yeti looks better
yeap…diesel is the way to go…for real world usage, we need huge torque at low rpm not high horsepower at high rpm(unless u drive at the race track most of the time).
rather pay more for ron97 petrol than using our super sh*t grade diesel, which can only results in engine damage……
The Murano was different when it launched.
Now it just seems like a half hearted rehash of the Murano with Qashqai genes in the rear end. They could have done better really. Just bring in the Inifiti EX and FX series with diesel power
Its just not different enough to diffrenciate itself from other marques.
Couldn’t afford….have to wait for proton Iguana…heh!heh!
Without Proton and Perodua, we all be driving BMW, Mercedes, Nissan at half the price. Thank you all ‘tidak apa’ attitude of malaysian buyers for keeping craps around.
not all ppl will drive bimmer or merc..but we can get the import car at affordable price…thats the right sentence..
You are half rite there. Without Proton and Perodua, imported use cars or recon will be very much cheaper.
Is it use the YD25DDTi engine we found in navara??the torque and power figures is almost the same as YD25DDTi powered pathfinder in europe!!!
very fussy grille + headlamp arrangement vs very simple tail lights.. imbalanced.. the older model was revolutionary. i liked that.