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Sat-nav and leather seats come as standard
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The Murano is large - bigger than the RX300 and even X5 - and the cabin feels proportionately spacious, though the rear legroom isn't quite as generous as you'd expect - it's not quite limo-like, though four people could travel in excellent comfort. The armchair seats are well-bolstered and supportive for long journeys, and engine, wind and tyre noise are well-suppressed. The European cars have new rubber engine mountings to cut vibration and noise. The ride has been much improved too over that of the jittery, unsettled US cars, and the Murano copes with European roads well, though we've yet to test it on demanding UK surfaces and its low-speed ride is slightly stiff and unforgiving. Body roll is well-contained at speed, however, with pitch and roll virtually eliminated - you can't have everything. Storage and stowage facilities are good, with large door bins, a usefully big centre console box, under-floor compartments and the usual complement of cupholders, but rear luggage room is very limited - the high boot floor and high load bay lip mean that the boot is surprisingly shallow. Overall capacity is just 476 litres with the rear seats in place, and 877 litres with them folded flat - less than many far smaller conventional hatchbacks. This is not really a utility wagon, but then you probably guessed that by now. Enjoy, instead, the high level of standard equipment - cruise control, climate control, colour-screen sat-nav, the seven-speaker Bose audio system with six-CD autochanger and those lovely squashy heated, leather seats (power-adjustable for the driver).
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