No model can rest on its laurels and eat up the market share, even for Nissan X-Trail. The facelift version is assumed to have improvement on its body size and also a new engine.

Nissan X-Trail is famed for the well-balanced daily commute and off-road performance. You can't lay a high expectation on the model, but it won't give you any less from any aspects. That's how X-Trail achieved a satisfying selling figure in the market. But as the figure is whittling down by new launches and facelifts of its peers, X-Trail is in urgent need of a facelift.

The testing X-Trail spied by the overseas indicating a more masculine exterior design. The headlights are said to adopt a split-design as well as a restructured rear-end. Regarding the enlarged overall body size, we suspect the make's intention is to address the inadequate passenger room issue complained by the third-row passenger.

Cater to the increasing needs for a more powerful energy output, the current 2.5L naturally aspirated engine is likely to be tossed out and replaced with the new Nissan MR three-cylinder engine, which can produce up to 190 PS.

The veil of the new Nissan X-Trail facelift version will be revealed in 2020. It's unclear when Malaysia can have the version launched at home, but we can expect the make to surprise us by the end of next year!