"Predictably, the Murano can't follow its more robust Nissan stable mates, the Pathfinder and Patrol, off road. Most of the time its power is channelled through the front wheels, but it sends traction to the rear automatically when needed and there is a switch to engage permanent four-wheel-drive. Out in the countryside, though, even the feeble Freelander would leave the Murano churning like a demented dairy maid in its tyre tracks."
"Predictably, the Murano can't follow its more robust Nissan stable mates, the Pathfinder and Patrol, off road. Most of the time its power is channelled through the front wheels, but it sends traction to the rear automatically when needed and there is a switch to engage permanent four-wheel-drive. Out in the countryside, though, even the feeble Freelander would leave the Murano churning like a demented dairy maid in its tyre tracks."
Full review here:
http://motoring.independent.co.uk/road_tests/article315628.ece
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