2015 Nissan Murano Platinum 0-60 Times, Top Speed, Specs, Quarter Mile, and Wallpapers

The 2015 Nissan Murano Platinum is a 4-wheel drive Sport Utility. It can accommodate up to 5 passengers. It has 5 Doors and is powered by a 3.5L V6 DOHC 24-valve engine which outputs 260 hp @ 6000 rpm and is paired with Continously variable transmission with manual mode gearbox. The 2015 Nissan Murano Platinum has cargo capacity of 940 Liters and the vehicle weighs 1787 kg. In terms of ride assists, the 2015 Nissan Murano Platinum has stability control and traction control in addition to anti-lock brake system (ABS). The vehicle has an optional engine as well It offers and Around view camera. Safety features also include Dirver-side front airbag and Passenger side front airbag. The front suspension is Front independent strut suspension while the rear suspension is Independent multi-link rear suspension. The car also features a Tire pressure monitoring system with individual tire pressure display and Easy-Fill tire alert It has 20" Machined aluminum-alloy wheels as standard. Electronic features include Cruise Control. For convenience, the car has Power windows and Power door locks. There is also a remote keyless entry feature. Moreover, the car has Remote engine starter. The steering wheel has audio control buttons. In terms of performance, the car has 284 N.m of torque and a top speed of 234 km/h. The 2015 Nissan Murano Platinum accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 7.2 seconds and hits quarter mile at 13.7 seconds. Fuel consumption is 11.2 L/100km in the city and 8.4 L/100km in the highway. The car price starts at $ 43,498

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Just as in years past, the Nissan Murano is a pleasant and versatile five-passenger midsize crossover. But with this year's redesign, it's also more stylish and luxurious. The 2015 Murano is a smart choice if you want an upscale, V6-powered crossover without having to step up to a luxury brand.

We've been impressed with the Nissan Murano ever since its debut way back in 2003. One of the first crossover SUVs, it stood out for its combination of stylish looks, roomy five-passenger seating, and power and handling characteristics that were more sport sedan than sport-utility. Since then, dozens of crossovers have followed from almost all automakers. That larger crowd makes it harder for the 2015 Nissan Murano to stand out, but this is still one crossover you'll want to check out.

Just as it did with the original, Nissan is taking some risks with the new Murano's styling. Bold and futuristic, the 2015 Murano's sporty and swoopy lines are highlighted by a "floating" roof that creates the illusion that the rear roof section is supported only by glass. Along with prominent chrome accents and distinctive winged headlights, the Murano brings a welcome dose of style to a class of vehicle that is still at its core about practicality.

There is still plenty of practicality in the new Murano, though. It's a little bigger than last year's model, and the added space provides more room for passengers and their cargo. Nissan's "Zero Gravity" seats also make their debut on the 2015 Murano. They provide great support for reduced fatigue on long drives, and in the Murano you get them not just for front occupants, but rear (outboard) passengers as well. All occupants are surrounded by quality materials and the latest in technology and safety features. Nissan's three-row Pathfinder might offer more room for a similar price, but the Murano is certainly nicer.

Nissan has softened the Murano's suspension tuning this year, biasing this crossover more for comfort than has been the case in the past. While the new Murano isn't as much fun to drive as before, the ride quality is certainly smooth and quiet. Largely unchanged are the Murano's 260-horsepower V6 engine and continuously variable transmission (CVT), but fuel economy is better this year.

That sole V6 might still be a small drawback if you want other options under the hood. Notably, the redesigned 2015 Ford Edge, which is the Murano's closest competitor, offers a range of engines that are either more fuel-efficient or more powerful. If you want some added off-road or towing ability, the 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee would be a better choice. Or, if you're willing to spend more money, you might also want to look at the 2015 Lexus RX 350 or 2015 Volkswagen Touareg. Overall, though, we like the newest Murano and its mix of style, practicality and luxury.

The 2015 Nissan Murano is a midsize crossover SUV offered in four trim levels: S, SV, SL and Platinum. Each can be had with front- or all-wheel drive.

Standard equipment on the S includes 18-inch alloy wheels, a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, 60/40 split-folding rear seat, dual-zone automatic climate control and cruise control. Electronics and entertainment features include Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity, a 7-inch touchscreen, a rearview camera, smartphone app integration and a six-speaker sound system with a CD player, satellite radio, an auxiliary input jack and a USB port with an iPod interface.

The S model is offered with an optional Navigation package that consists of an 8-inch touchscreen, voice recognition, a navigation system and HD radio.

The SV model gets all the equipment in the Navigation package, plus a leather-wrapped steering wheel, roof rails, foglights, an eight-way power-adjustable driver seat (with power lumbar adjustment) and a four-way power front passenger seat. An optional Premium package for the SV adds a panoramic sunroof and an 11-speaker Bose audio system.

Going with the SL model gets you the Bose audio system as standard and further adds heated outside mirrors, driver memory settings, a blind spot warning system, rear cross-traffic alerts, leather upholstery, heated front seats, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, a 360-degree parking camera system, ambient interior lighting and a power liftgate.

The top-line Murano Platinum is loaded with the above, plus a power tilt-and-telescoping heated steering wheel, 20-inch alloy wheels, LED headlights, heated and ventilated front seats, heated outboard rear seats and power return rear seats.

The SL and Platinum are offered with a Technology package that includes a panoramic sunroof, adaptive cruise control and a forward collision warning and crash mitigation system.

Powering the 2015 Nissan Murano is a 3.5-liter V6 engine that produces 260 hp and 240 pound-feet of torque. A CVT is standard, and you can get the Murano with either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive. Either way, EPA-estimated fuel economy stands at 24 mpg combined (21 city/28 highway), which is better than what you get from most competing crossover SUVs with V6 engines.

In acceleration testing, .com recorded a 7.5-second time to reach 60 mph that puts it at the top of the charts for front-wheel-drive midsize crossovers.

The 2015 Nissan Murano comes standard with antilock brakes, traction and stability control, hill-start assist, front side airbags, side curtain airbags, a driver knee airbag, active front head restraints and a rearview camera.

In .com testing, a 2015 Murano Platinum with front-wheel drive required 117 feet to stop from 60 mph, a shorter than average distance for vehicles in its class.

The SL and Platinum models add blind-spot and rear cross-traffic warning systems, as well as a 360-degree parking camera system that includes a moving-object detection feature that lights up quadrants of the around-view monitor and sounds a beep if people or objects are moving near the vehicle. Optional for these models is adaptive cruise control combined with a frontal-collision warning and mitigation system that can automatically apply the brakes to avoid or mitigate the severity of a frontal crash.

The 2015 Nissan Murano has traded earlier models' sporty character for a more luxurious ride. The ride is smooth, and ruts and potholes are never jarring, even with the Platinum model's 20-inch wheels. Despite a slight reduction in weight compared to the previous-generation model, though, the new Murano leans and feels less nimble around turns. While the steering is fairly light at low speeds, it has some reassuring heft as things pick up, but it isn't particularly direct or communicative. The new Murano is most at home just swallowing up miles on the interstate, and we suspect most car buyers will find its laidback personality easy to like.

The carry-over V6 engine is suitably powerful and works well with the CVT. While CVTs are often associated with increased engine drone during hard acceleration, this transmission acts more like a regular automatic and simulates gearshifts. That said, accelerating up to highway speeds or passing slower traffic with authority requires an aggressive right foot, and the V6 engine sounds a bit coarse in the process.

The seats might not be the first thing you notice when you hop in the Murano, but they will leave a lasting impression. Nissan calls them "Zero Gravity" seats because they are designed to contour to the position the body assumes in zero gravity. Here on 1-G Earth, we think they are among the finest seats on the market. They are especially supportive of the lower and mid back, and you'll find them both up front as well as for the two outboard rear seating positions.

The rest of the interior is also impressive. While we're not really sold on the woodlike trim, almost all of the other materials are soft to the touch and high in quality. The overall effect is certainly upscale, and the new Murano's larger size gives it an airy feeling. The Murano also gets Nissan's latest touchscreen interface. It is called Nissan Connect and it houses the available navigation system and offers smartphone app integration via owners' smartphones. We initially found the system had integration for just one app (Google search) but other Nissan models offer access to several apps, so improved functionality is sure to follow.

When it's time to haul stuff, the 2015 Murano is up to the task, with 39.6 cubic feet of space behind the second row and 69.9 cubic feet available with the rear seats folded flat. Those cargo room figures are competitive with rivals like the Ford Edge and Jeep Grand Cherokee.

The more we drove the new Murano the more we liked it, so the “social lounge” positioning by Nissan might actually do the SUV a disservice. As a daily commuter, it was topnotch – comfortable, nimble in traffic, equipped with an easy-to-use infotainment/navigation system, and a breeze to park. The key sign that an interior is designed properly is that it never annoys you, and that is what we discovered in the Murano. The 3.5-liter V6 engine offers 260 horsepower, and it is accompanied by the Xtronic continuously variable automatic transmission with new “D-Step Logic” that gives you the impression that it is changing gears. Philosophically, some of us have difficulty understanding the desire to take power delivery that should be smooth and seamless and artificially create gear-change-like pauses, but in the 2015 Murano it feels perfectly natural and tames the weirdness that plagues some CVTs. Cornering is drama-free with reasonably high limits. The steering is fairly quick and precise, and the braking is conventionally good.

CONTROLS & INSTRUMENTATIONIn an era when vehicle displays and controls deliver more confusion than contentment, the new Murano SUV’s 7-inch customizable display flanked by massive, round tachometer and speedometer readouts and the available 8-inch multi-touch control display is a welcome departure.PARKING WITHOUT PEERWith four onboard cameras, three radar systems and a computerized brain, the available Around View Monitor with Moving Object Detection combined with Predictive Forward Collision Warning and Cross Traffic Alert creates a parking system in which the driver is the weakest link.

The new Murano’s interior is the soul of the vehicle, beginning with comfortable (dare I say lavish?) seating in the form of Nissan’s “zero gravity” seats in all four outboard seating positions. This demonstrates quite clearly that the Murano SUV is designed to transport two adult couples, and that notion is reinforced by the addition of a rear USB port that enables the rear-seat passengers to hook up a portable music device. Natural light comes courtesy of the massive available panoramic roof, which is larger than the 2-panel roof in the previous-edition Murano. The emphasis on providing the right accommodations for two couples extends to the rear cargo area that offers an enormous 39.6-cubic-foot area with the second row of seats in place (room for four golf bags, for instance) and nearly 70 cubic feet with the rear seatback folded down.

The exterior of the Murano screams, “Look at me,” and the design is filled with showy aspects like the “floating” roof, “boomerang” headlights and taillights, and body sides so heavily curved that they presented challenges in the creation of the stamping tools that make them. With a coefficient of drag of 0.31, the 2015 Murano was also sculpted with an eye on fuel economy, and the lower grille shutter, front and rear spoilers, rear tire deflectors, rear suspension fairings, and even what Nissan describes as an “optimized” fuel tank design, all found their way into the production vehicle to help the SUV establish an impressive fuel economy number.

Standard interior niceties include dual-zone automatic temperature control, the cushy zero-gravity seats and Nissan Intelligent Key with Push Button Ignition. Nissan’s Advanced Drive-Assist Display, which incorporates a 7-inch high-resolution color readout, is also on the standards list. On the safety front, the new Murano is particularly well-equipped with an advanced airbag system that features dual-stage supplemental front airbags with seatbelt sensors and an occupant-classification sensor, front-seat mounted side-impact supplemental airbags, roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental airbags with a rollover sensor, and a driver supplemental knee airbag.

While the base Murano S version is well-equipped, we expect most buyers of the Murano to climb the trim-level food chain because of the desirability of the additional features. Next up from the S is the Murano SV with navigation delivered on an 8-inch color monitor with multi-touch control, power-adjusted front passenger seats, remote engine start, leather-wrapped steering wheel, fog lights and roof rails. Moving to the SL nets you leather seats, Bose audio with 11 speakers including two subwoofers, Blind Spot Warning, and the terrific Around View Monitor with Moving Object Detection, among other goodies. The zooty Platinum edition has all the available electronic equipment we’ve spoken of plus 20-inch aluminum-alloy wheels, LED headlights, heated and cooled front seats, heated rear seats, and a power-folding second row. Each trim level is available in front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.

The only engine is the familiar 3.5-liter V6 engine that offers 260 horsepower and 240 lb-ft of torque. It has received a re-tuning for the new model, and even more changes were made to the Xtronic continuously variable transmission that now has new “D-Step Logic.” A happy result of aerodynamics, weight reduction and drivetrain tweaking is 20-percent-better fuel economy than in the previous Murano at 21 city/28 highway/24 combined for both front-drive and all-wheel-drive SUV models.3.5-liter V6260 horsepower @ 6,000 rpm240 lb-ft of torque @ 4,400 rpmEPA city/highway fuel economy: 21/28 mpg (FWD), 21/28 mpg (AWD)

As the most highly styled of the midsize crossover SUVs, the new Murano is in many ways a less expensive alternative to luxury crossovers like the wildly popular Lexus RX and the Cadillac SRX. Its most logical competitor is the Ford Edge, which takes its styling in a completely different direction. At the writing, it is too soon to determine a Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase Price for the 2015 Nissan Murano, but we expect its pricing to be in line with that of the Edge and with other midsize SUVs in general. We also project a higher-than-average resale value for the Murano over time versus its domestic and Korean nameplate competitors.

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