hi... i just gt the nissan qashqai a couple of months ago n went thru allll the same stuff with good n bad n all that jazz it took me 2months to make a final decision n i went to mechanics ... went thru reviews n almost everything.... i believe i made the right choice... cuz i went for the 2x4 for the simple reason i wnt b takin it off road or anything n dat the extra gadgets that came with the full option were stuff i cud live without n dat it was a bit toooo pricing just so i cud control the volume without strechin my hand ... the car has a good feel n actually feels like a 4x4 plus it does good on fuel... the other choices were a bit over my budget so in the end all lead to one .... its ur choice n u shud look into details ..reviews on the net carry interesting info... so hope my info helped... watever u decide to get enjoy ur new ride ;)