Category: Small Family 
Price Range: £15,795 to £24,645
Fine drive, added space.
Seats only useful for occasional use, hefty premium over already pricey five-seat.
Worth considering for those who occasionally carry more than five and are thoroughly bored with the MPV way of thinking.
To help accommodate the added rear pair of seats the second row can now slide. Thanks to the longer wheelbase the second row slides back some 240mm further than the short wheelbase model helping address our previous criticisms of that car's tight rear legroom.
Of course that will be at the expense of the unfortunate third row occupants. Nissan says it designed the new third row of seating for passengers no more than 1.6m tall. Slight adults under 5ft 8ins can just about squeeze in, but there will plenty of headliner rubbing and complaining if the journey is anything more than the drive back from the pub.
Those rear seats drop into the floor easily enough to make the load bay a third bigger than the smaller car. The firm has also added underfloor storage and space for parcel shelf to be stored. In both cases a traditional MPV will be the better, more practical choice but the +2 does boost the Nissan's appeal for those occasional tasked with doing the school run and even if you're not you will still notice and appreciate the bigger boot space.
The Qashqai+2 will be offered in the same three trims, Visia, Acenta and Tekna. To help sweeten the bitter pill of stumping up the £1,500-£1,850 price premium Nissan adds 17" alloys, roof rails and a huge panoramic glass roof that is not available in the short wheelbase Qashqai. Standard Bluetooth, trip computer and a chilled glovebox all carry over from the shorter car.
