CarExpert Choice winner: Best Affordable Mid-Size SUV

The Nissan X-Trail has taken the win as Australia’s best affordable mid-size SUV in the inaugural 2025 CarExpert Choice awards.

It beat out the top-selling Toyota RAV4, as well as the Honda CR-V, both of which have been announced as finalists.

Competing in Australia’s largest vehicle segment by volume, the X-Trail offers a huge array of variants for buyers to choose from. You can have it with five or seven seats, front- or all-wheel drive, and with either a petrol or e-Power hybrid powertrains.

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The latter is quite a different system to those employed by rivals like the RAV4 and CR-V, with the petrol engine serving as a generator instead of sending drive directly to the wheels.

The result is a smooth, EV-like driving experience, while still offering the thrifty fuel economy expected of a mid-size hybrid SUV.

But even the petrol-powered X-Trail offers a good balance of economy and responsiveness, while all X-Trails regardless of powertrain feature a spacious, well-appointed interior.

Throw in the longest warranty on the market – at 10 years or 300,000km – and the X-Trail is impossible to ignore. It’s an excellent all-rounder with few compromises, and that’s why it takes this trophy.

2025 CarExpert Choice: Best Affordable Mid-Size SUV

• Winner – Nissan X-Trail
• Finalist – Toyota RAV4
• Finalist – Honda CR-V

To see all the CarExpert Choice winners, click here.

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