2020 Nissan Murano SL AWD Test Drive, Walk Around and Review

What's up Nissan fans? Is the Nissan Murano on your shopping list? If so, stay tuned because today I'm unlocking our 2020 Nissan Murano SL. So the Nissan Murano has been around the Canadian landscape since about 2004 and it really became a pioneer of this luxury crossover industry. Here I'm looking at the 2020 SL model. So there's a few packages. I reviewed the Platinum a few months ago which you can check out on my channel. This is right below. So you do get quite a bit of high-end features in this SL model without spending top dollar. Since its redesign in 2015, the Murano has gone through a few cosmetic and exterior changes, a little bit of refreshes, but it's definitely due for an overall upgrade which I'm sure Nissan has in the plans. But let's take a look at the front end. You can see it's very very similar to last year's model. The Nissan V-Motion grille is made out of chrome, very large, goes right to the front. Lots of sporty curvature that you see similar to your Nissan Maximas as well. Full blacked out front fascia here with our parking sensors. This Murano is going to come with our forward emergency braking, the intelligent cruise control that you can see, the intelligent remote starter. It really comes with all the Nissan high-end features and safety features that they offer. The only thing it's lacking is the pro pilot assist which I'll get to in a few minutes. The headlights are also the LED signature headlights making it really visible at night time. You can see the sexy curb appeal that this Murano offers. Nice curvature as everything flows through the back here. The chrome around the windows, the chrome accents and the chrome at the bottom of the doors here. Mirror caps are going to come with our LED turning signals and then there's a camera right in this bubble here. That's for our round view monitor which I'm going to show you when we put it in reverse. One change that they added to the 2020s was this was actually last year's platinum rims that are on this SL model. When you go up to the platinum you actually get a little different rims. Personally I like these ones better when the car is moving so I'm really happy with that change from the 2019 version. Also you can see we do have the nice floating loop hook. That was a change they made when they redesigned the Murano in 2015 because they blacked out this back pillar which really gives it a sporty look. We do have the nice boomerang style taillights. Like I said everything flows to this back here gives it a nice sporty and it does look smaller from the outside but when you get inside there is a lot of room. Murano badging and SL all-wheel drive badging is right on the rear tailgate and then we do have some nice chrome bumper accents as well as our parking sensors behind us. It's going to come with that around view monitor and rear sensors. The back trunk is foot operated so you just need to kick below the tailgate there and it's going to open up. A little finicky it takes some getting used to. I'm not the best at it but you can see it's very easy if you have your hands full. So let's open up the hood and check out the power plan. The Murano is going to come with the 3.5 liter it's a v6 engine that's going to give you about 260 horsepower and 240 pounds feet of torque. So a lot of power behind this does come with a CVT transmission. I know a lot of you like the CVT transmission so let's hear in the comments what are your thoughts on the transmission. I know they're known to be a little sluggish, a little bit unreliable, a little hard to maintain. My opinion on that is Nissan was really the first mover of the CVT transmissions back in 06, 07, 08. So they really had a lot of issues and that's what's giving them the bad rep. This will be in 2020 where a decade later they've had a lot of time to work out the kinks. It comes with a full five-year 100,000 powertrain warranty and 300 or three-year 60,000 comprehensive warranty here in Canada. With that v6 you're going to get 11.7 liters per every 100 kilometers in the city and 8.5 on the highway. Keep in mind this is the all-wheel drive model. Most of the time you're going to be in front-wheel drive but it does have the Nissan Intelligent All-Wheel Drive where it's going to switch for you. We're going to unlock the car and check out the interior but before I do I want to ask you guys to subscribe to Cars Unlocked. It really helps me out. If you want to see me unlock more vehicles you've made it this far there's obviously something you enjoy. Do not hesitate to ask me a question in the comments below. I get asked daily questions about the cars in my videos things like that. I love answering your questions guys be more than happy to help you out. If you have any questions there's no bad comment. Ask me in the comments. Let's unlock this car. This one being the SL model you do get the remote starter and it does have the intelligent climate control. So when you use the remote starter it's going to automatically activate all the heating that you left. The heated seats will come on if you left those on and your temperature control will come automatically. So it's really good to help cool the car down in the summer or you can warm it up in the winter. Let's check out the inside. Inside the driver's cabin it's very very high end from here. One thing that I noticed when they switched from 19 to 2020 is they went away with the cashmere wheel. They really went with one wheel the black wheel. Last year the cashmere's came with the cashmere wheel as well. So you're going to lose out on that but I think they found that it just got really dirty very very easily and obviously they wanted to streamline. They didn't need to make two wheel covers. However very very comfortable. I'm in the zero gravity seats. It's an eight-way power adjustable driver's seat. There's two memory settings if you have multiple drivers. The passenger is also a six-way power adjustable passenger seat. Comes in black and charcoal interior trim. Personally I do like this one. I do have a few beefs with it. Like this little faux trim that they put all throughout the vehicle that you can see. I would rather just kind of a graphite look. I don't really like this trim. However the wheel is heated. Nice big stiff wheel. We do have our cruise control right on the wheel here as well. Heated steering wheel. It's intelligent cruise control so it's going to stop automatically. We're going to get to that in a second. In between my gauges is this massive seven-inch touchscreen. This is coming in basically all the Nissan vehicles. You can see there's our speed sign recognition so it'll tell you the speed limit, our driving aids, our fuel economy, drive computer. That's our compass there, navigation screen, radio and that's your home. So it has a digital speedometer, our blind spot monitor at the top, compass, our odometer, kilometers to empty. If we were listening to radio it'd have a radio station. A lot of information to display. You can even add more in the settings with this seven-inch driver's assistance screen. Big eight-inch touchscreen as your infotainment system. Okay I've gone through this in a lot of detail in some of my other videos so make sure you check this all out. But basically you have your GPS navigation, you have all your standard stuff from your Android Auto and your Apple CarPlay, Sirius XM. This one being the SL you get the upgraded sound system so it does have the higher end sound system and the additional speakers which are sponsored by Bose. Sounds great when you're in the car. You can also play music through Bluetooth if you don't want to use the Sirius XM. Phone connects very automatically like I said Android Auto can come in. Let's check out that 360 camera I was mentioning here. So when I put it in reverse you can see it automatically pops on. There's a camera on all four sides of the vehicle. It will also turn as I turn the wheel these guidelines will help me. Makes it very very easy to park and it does have that rear emergency brake. So if you're backing up and it senses that you're about to hit something it will apply the brake for you. And then this MOD is our moving object detection. So if a car or someone on their bike whizzes by it's going to notify you with an audio beep. If we go a little lower our dual temperature control is right below. So this is perfect when your girlfriend wants to be warm and you want to be cold. You can lower each side here so you can see I can put mine right down to cold and you can put this one all the way up. Works just like the thermostat in your house. And then below that is our push button start, our USB-C and USB chargers, and then our shifter. Lots of storage up here in the cup holders. Our heated seat controls are right in the center stack as well. Supersized panoramic roof here all with the touch of a button. It goes all the way to the back. I've mentioned this in all my videos. You can see how far it goes. Makes you feel like there's a lot of room in the car. Lets a lot of light in as well. Only the front one is going to open up to the environment. The back one is fixed and it's super nice. A very high-end feature that a lot of customers like. Obviously the Mirando is a five-seater. If you want the seven-seater you're looking at the Nissan Pathfinder. However this Mirando has a ton of space back here. Five people. Three people could fit in the back seat comfortable. 108 cubic feet of interior passenger volume. The zero gravity seats that Nissan has throughout the front in their whole lineup are in the back as well. That's a very nice feature. The seats are super comfortable. They also recline back as well just with the pull of a lever here. For those long trips if you want to take a break you can recline them back. If you like to use your entertainment like your phones and your iPads we do have a USB input and a USB-C. Two heated seats here as well with the high and lows and then there is ventilation as well. So a lot of space. Ample cup holders. There's two cup holders in the center. Rests here and one in each door. Lots of space here for your phones and you can plug in. Lots of space in the trunk of the Mirando. My favorite thing is that the seats actually fold down flat when you fold them down. This one is going to give you about 32 cubic feet when you have the seats folded up. There's also a bit of hidden storage underneath here as well for things like your snow brush and your first aid kits. Whatever you want to hide in there. Spare tires underneath as well as the Bose amplifier. This one has the upgraded sound system. Like I said my favorite part you can fold these down with the levers there and you can see it's pretty much a flat cargo area. Now it's going to give me 62 cubic feet of cargo space. Perfect if you're doing the Ikea thing. A ton of room back here when you fold the seats down and then you just need to walk around and fold them back up. So I've said this in all my previous Mirando videos. It's a real pleasure to drive these things. Very smooth ride. You know you're in a higher end vehicle when you drive the cars basically. This one is fully loaded pretty much. You get all the driver's assistance. You get the high beam assist. You get the blind spot monitoring which will notify you right here. You get the lane departure warning. I mentioned the forward emergency braking as well with the pedestrian detection. So it will actually stop if you're about to run over somebody. Rear cross traffic alert. A ton of high-end driver assist technology. Also has the intelligent cruise control that I mentioned where if you put it on it will help keep you a safe distance from the vehicle in front of you. The only thing that this car lacks that I mentioned in my Rogue versus Mirando video is the pro pilot assist. So you don't get the pro pilot assist mainly because this one's a hydraulic steering. So it doesn't have the ability to use the pro pilot assist. But great in the wintertime. Great in the snow. Performs well. Lots of power to perform in the snow. Lots of power to pass on the highway as well. Can't stress that enough. I see a lot of customers or a lot of people comment that the Mirando the CVT is sluggish. I don't really find it sluggish. Maybe I'm just kind of I'm a younger generation. But I don't really feel it sluggish. Especially in this car. I do notice it in some of the other Nissans. But not in the Mirando. I don't feel anything sluggish about this. So that's really all the positive things about driving the Mirando. Let's get to the cons. One thing that I really don't like is the visibility. I do find it a little harder to see the visibility. I find when I'm parking the Mirando. Because of the front end is so high and so long. I do have to kind of sit up in my chair to see my front end when I'm parking. I can see if someone was a little smaller than me. They might have a bit more blind spots as well when they use the mirrors. The mirrors are nice and big. But there is limited visibility when you're looking behind you as well. That's really my only negative. So that's a wrap guys. You made it this far. Feel free to send me a follow on Instagram. DM me if you have any questions. Also ask me in the comment section below. All the YouTube stuff. Like, subscribe, comment. It really helps me out. Have a great day.