BMW X 5/ NISSAN QASHKAI - Used BMW X5 or Nissan Qashkai? What to choose?
Hi everyone!I'm going to buy a new car soon, so I'd like you to share your opinion on the following matter: what is better - a 5 years old Nissan Qashkai or a 10 year old BMW X5?
I mean, what would you buy for roughly the same price? Nissan for £12500 or BMW for £10000.
I presume that parts for BMW would be more expensive. But how much more? Approximately. Give examples, if possible.
How much more expensive would be overall running cost of BMW, if it would?
Thank you in advance. Personal opinion - any car at 10 years old is going to start having issues and the costs can mount up quickly.I would personally go for the Nissan.
Having said that, I guess it's also important to mention that you should buy a car based on it's condition rather than it's age or mileage. Thank you. That's exactly the same what i think. My wife bought a 2015 Qashquai (N Tecspec) a few months ago. I wasn’t keen as they’re so common, but bloody hell it’s a brilliant car and I can understand now why they’re so popular and regarded as the best in their class.
The 1.5 diesel has plenty of power, the car itself handles well and is amazing on long journeys. We’ve taken it on two 1,600 mile round trips to the Alps, doing the 800miles in one day each time, and it hasn’t missed a beat. And we got out at the end not feeling at all like we’d just done a 16 hour drive. We averaged around 45mpg, that’s fully laden and with 4 bikes on a towbar bike rack. Normal motorway journeys it’ll average 50 . It’s got 75k on the clock but drives like new.
I’m a sports car fan so usually ‘normal’ cars are just completely uninteresting to me, but I can’t recommend one of these enough. We have a 2017 1.2 dig-t Tekna Qashqai. It has everything you could want on a car and is mega safe with parking sensors and cameras all round, Drives nice even on its 19" wheels. You’ll need a big maintenance budget for that 10 year old X5!
Tyres, oil, fuel...... We had a Qashqai for just under 2 years, it was the new model 1.2. It was named the gutless wonder as the 1.2 turbo matted to a 6 speed box really didn't suit the car. On the motorway if you dropped from say 80 to 60 (yes in Germany) it took an age to pick the speed back up.
On the flip side it had all the safety toys you would want, albeit we turned off the lane recognition as even travelling down a normal road if you had to pull out to avoid a pothole etc without indicating the alarm went off.
We didn't fine it that economical either and the panoramic creaked like hell, the dealer could not fix it!!!
The 2 cars you've mentioned are like comparing apples and oranges. What is it that you need from a car?
We ditched the Nissan in favour of a Merc E250 AMG, the first diesel we've ever had, it was 3 years old, but well worth it. If you go to look at a Nissan Qashqai then take a good look at the front subframe!
Check for rust or corrosion, especially around the suspension mounting points.
I've seen a good few of these with rotted front subframes.
If you see one that you like make sure you get the subframe protected from rust! At that price range, I'd choose neither as there's plenty of other options in the price range but of the two, the Qashqai.
Why are you looking at these two cars in particular? If it helps, a Kadjar shares the same parts as the Qashqai and looks better (disclaimer: not a recommendation) I can't imagine any car (especially that size) having any grunt with a 1.2L engine...