The 2008 X-Trail is a totally new and updated Nissan entry into the soft-roader market, but with some real off road muscle. If you are wanting to follow in the footsteps of trailblazing adventures then you may need to look at either the Nissan Pathfinder or the whooping great patrol, but if your needs aren’t quite so demanding then the X-Trail was invented for you.
The Problem with Subaru is that the that the image of the standard Impreza as a mainstream car has been totally overshadowed by the performance of the WRX and WRX STi.
As a brand, Subaru is already individualistic and quirky enough without having the overall image of the product distorted so that the brand becomes almost totally dominated by the extreme performance reputation of the sportier versions.
Yet Subaru does build cars which should appeal to the thinking, alternative mainstream buyer – and the emphasis here is on “thinking”. As long as their exhausts point out the back Subarus will never truly compete with the other major mainstream brands.