Nissan India has launched the new 2017 Nissan Terrano facelift at ₹ 9.99 lakh to ₹ 14.2 lakh ex-showroom price. The Terrano was launched in October 2013 and in more than 3 years only one update was received when the Terrano Groove Edition was launched. That being said, last year the Japanese automaker did launch an automated manual transmission (AMT) variant. The variants of most of the previous features have been retained along with the addition of ingsa bunch of new offer. It rivals against the likes of – Hyundai Creta, Renault Duster and the Honda BR-V.
Nissan has introduced 22 new features in the 2017 Nissan Terrano facelift, and some much-needed and awaited features include the new 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system with navigation and voice recognition. Other features include electrically operable ORVMs, hill climb assist and cruise control. The interior too has been spruced up with a nice black and brown dual-tone.
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The interior too has been spiced up with a nice black and brown dual-tone colour scheme along with new fabrics or leather upholstery, depending on the variant. The steering wheel has been revamped and now gets controls for telephony and audio. Nissan has also provided an armrest for the driver in the 2017 Nissan Terrano. The buttons for power windows are now illuminated and the wing mirrors now get integrated indicators.
The changes to the exterior include a new paint shade called Sandstone Brown along with minor cosmetic additions like revised grille, new LED DRLs, redesigned bumper with chrome surrounds for the fog lamps. The rest of the car mostly remains unaltered. Along with the other cosmetic and feature updates, the 2017 Terrano also gets anti-lock brakes (ABS) with EBD and electronic stability programme (ESP) and dual airbags as standard fitment across all variants.
Under the hood, the new Terrano SUV has a 1.6 litre petrol engine that makes 103 bhp and 145 Nm of peak torque, while mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox and a 1.5 diesel engine that comes in two states of tunes. The less powerful one makes 84 bhp and 200 Nm of peak torque and the more powerful one makes 108 bhp and 243 Nm of peak torque. The former gets the 5-speed manual gearbox as standard while the 108 bhp variant comes with the choice of either a 6-speed manual or an AMT unit.