It seems there is new and special star among the performers- Porsche 911 Carrera, Corvette ZR1, Renault Megane R26.R on the Nurburgring circuit. For the first time to make a record in the famous race, the Nissan’s X-Trail FCV finished the 20.8km course in 11.58 minutes. The X-Trail Fuel Cell Vehicle, the fastest car of its type, gets power by own produced electricity onboard, in a hydrogen fuel cell stack. The car can reach 150km/h and has a range of 500 km, the maximum output being 120PS and a torque of 280Nm.

“I was very surprised at just how comfortable it is to drive a fuel cell car. You get in, turn the key and off you go, just like with a normal car. Although some of the uphill sections were challenging, the speed was still very impressive.” said Frank Eickholt, member of the Nissan 24 Hours Nürburgring race team.

Nissan X-Trail FCV sets Nurburgring record originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 24 July 2008 03:50 EST.

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Nisssan will launch a special version of the 150PS 2.0dCi X-TRAIL known as ‘ARCTIX Sports Adventure’ providing additional specifications and automatic transmission for a price close to the standard manual version.

Nissan X-Trail Arctix originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 21 December 2007 14:00 EST.

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Nissan Motor Co.’s brand new X-TRAIL SUV was awarded four stars out of a maximum five for adult, as well as child, occupant protection by the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP).

Four EuroNCAP stars for Nissan X-Trail originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 28 November 2007 09:00 EST.

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Diesel engines are getting bigger in japan too. Nissan is ready to unveil a diesel version of the X-Trail on the Japanese market in the fall of 2008.

Diesel Nissan X-Trail to debut in Japan originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 6 August 2007 22:00 EST.

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Nissan X-Trail originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 6 March 2007 10:25 EST.

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First fuel-cell-powered hired-car service originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 20 February 2007 15:00 EST.

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Next-Generation Nissan X-Trail to debut in Geneva originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 16 February 2007 04:00 EST.

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