After five months and around 10,000km of driving, Chasing Cars’ Production Specialist Tom Place says goodbye to the Nissan X-Trail Ti E-Power long termer.

Powered by Nissan’s novel E-Power petrol-electric hybrid system, the high-spec Ti grade is priced from $54,690, or around $59K driveaway. It competes with other hybrid offerings such as the Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sorento and Honda CR-V in the mainstream midsize SUV segment.

So what are the X-Trail E-Power’s positives and negatives? And were there any big surprises along the Place family’s half-year custodianship?

Importantly, would we recommend you shortlist the Nissan option when shopping for petrol-electric family-hauling goodness? Keep watching to find out.

Time codes:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Ti E-Power
0:58 - Fuel economy
3:12 - X-Trail lineup
3:28 - Interior
4:50 - Row two
5:28 - Durability
8:06 - Safety
8:40 - Boot space
10:35 - No spare wheel
12:17 - Soft-road capability
14:56 - Rolling stock
15:53 - On road
16:12 - E-Power(train)
17:25 - Ride and handling
18:15 - Throttle ‘pulsing’ issue
19:18 - Verdict

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