Height Site's 6ft11 Tester's Pick: Nissan Murano

Height Site's 6ft11 Testers Pick

Headroom	9 out of 10
Wow lots of room to spare for most of the tall testers.
Slope	9 out of 10
No noticable slope or window tinting to interfere. Good mirror placement and instrument layout
Lateral Space	10 out of 10
No leg rubbing against the center console and comfy around the left leg.
Horizontal Space	5 out of 10
Well proportioned peddles, spaced nicely. Great movement of steering wheel up and out of the way, but still not clear about the maximum space around knees.
Legroom	5 out of 10
Seat pitch seems perfect but the low marks come from the limited knowlege of the movement available to push the seat back.
Overall: This vehicle was great for our 6ft5 tester and doable for our 6ft7 tester but we were unable to guage the fit for taller drivers because the model we inspected wasn't powered up properly. Our 6ft11 tester was very excited about the prospects of testing a version without a sun roof and manual seat adjusters.

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Nissan Murano

The Height Site put together a group of four really tall drivers to tour the San Francisco Auto Show. After trying about fifty different vehicles, our 6ft11 Driver picked the Nissan Murano.

MSRP Range:
$28,199 - $30,599

The 2004 Murano SE AWD that HS Testers examined was a 4-door, 5-passenger sport-utility.

Tallest Estimated Drivers

Proportioned: 6ft5 definately, 6ft7 maybe... further testing required to guage fit for taller drivers.
Long Torso: 6ft5 definately, 6ft7 maybe... further testing required to guage fit for taller drivers.
Long Legs: 37in inseam definately, maybe more... further testing required to guage fit for taller drivers.

Height Site Team Comments

6ft5 = I fit OK, this car would work well for me.
6ft7 = The passenger seat is a couple of inches forward compared to this one, so it's not clear about how far back the driver's seat goes.
6ft11 = I love the layout of the instrument panel, I'll have to check out a different model to guage a proper fit, but this is the most promising vehicle I've seen all day and I'm excited about it.

2004 Murano's Closest Competitors

The Volkswagen Touareg (HS TESTERS = Slope makes driving impossible for 6ft11 tester. The 6ft7 tester felt he hunched down too much to see and couldn't drive it long distances).

The Buick Rainier (HS TESTERS = Couldn't evaluate because no power to move the seats)

The GMC Yukon Denali (HS TESTERS = Couldn't evaluate because no power to move the seats)

The SE AWD is equipped with a standard 3.5-liter, V6, 245-horsepower engine that achieves 20-mpg in the city and 24-mpg on the highway. A variable speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard on all versions of this vehicle.

PLEASE NOTE: The Murano is new and attractive; so many Nissan dealers likely will order the top-line version with many accessories for more profit. That's just the nature of the car (and sport-utility) business. For a better fit, Taller drivers may have to shop around for a dealer with a stripped down version sans sunroof/power seats.

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