Nissan Qashqai 2016 Video Review

It's a hard, depressing fact of life that your tax dollars tend to end up paying for helicopter rides for public servants and lavish weddings for local councillors, not for roads. Just think for a minute now about the byways and highways near your place; chances are that they probably wouldn't look out of place in a post-apocalyptic thriller.

So what's a reasonable person to do? Anything low-riding, hunkered-down or in any way sleek will spend its time lurching over potholes, speed bumps and manhole covers like a land-going seal. Happily, however, there's a flock of small SUVs that'll make short work of pockmarked bitumen, thanks to their taller ground clearance and long suspension travel.

The Nissan Qashqai fits this particular bill to a T, offering a blend of small car and SUV in a way that should make molehills of city streets.

Read the full Nissan Qashqai ST auto 2016 review.