Do You Know? 2013 NISSAN MURANO

The Nissan Murano is a mid-size Crossover first sold by Nissan in May 2002 as a 2003 model. Nissan introduced the Murano as its first crossover SUV for the United States and Canada. Initially designed at Nissan America in La Jolla, California, the first generation Murano was based on the Nissan FF-L platform first used by the third generation Altima. The single European version of the Murano began sales in 2004. Nissan premiered a convertible variant, the CrossCabriolet, at the 2010 Los Angeles International Auto Show, marketing the variant for model years 2011-2014. The Murano was Nissan's only crossover SUV in the U.S. until September 2007 when the new 2008 Nissan Rogue went on sale. In Canada the X-Trail had been on sale as Nissan's second car-based SUV since 2004 as a 2005 model; it was replaced by the new 2008 Nissan Rogue in late 2007. The Murano is sized between the Xterra and the Pathfinder, but is priced slightly higher than the Nissan Pathfinder. The Murano was nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award for 2003. It was also named the best premium mid-size SUV by AutoPacific. The SUV is named after Murano, Italy, and for the sculptured glass manufactured there, which inspired the styling of the first-generation Murano.