Since autumn 2022, Nissan has sold almost 250,000 Qashqai e-POWER models in Europe, including 20,000 in Spain. Those figures sit alongside more than 15,000 registrations for the Qashqai across Spain in 2026.
According to the supplied figures, the model has slipped outside Spain’s ten best-selling cars in the latter part of the year. It remains a significant name in the urban crossover market. Its 20th anniversary comes as Nissan says the segment now contains more than 50 models and accounts for over four million vehicles a year across the industry. The Qashqai was among the early high-volume models in Europe’s modern compact-crossover segment.
Prices begin at €27,350 for the mild-hybrid version when paid for in cash. The e-POWER starts at €31,650. That distinction matters: the source specifies a cash price for the MHEV, but does not state the same payment condition for the e-POWER figure.
In the e-POWER system, the petrol engine generates electricity while an electric motor drives the wheels. The engine remains the vehicle’s onboard energy source, so e-POWER is not a battery-electric system. Drivers refuel with petrol; the electric motor supplies propulsion. The latest version is homologated at 4.3 litres per 100 kilometres under WLTP and offers up to 1,279 kilometres of WLTP range. Nissan gives a 0–100 km/h time of 7.6 seconds. WLTP consumption and range come from laboratory-cycle measurements. They can vary with temperature, speed, traffic, payload, tyres and driving style, so they do not promise identical results in everyday driving.
The Qashqai began as Nissan’s alternative to a planned redesign of the Almera. In the early 2000s, the company’s European teams chose a compact family-car footprint with SUV styling and a raised driving position. Nissan presented the production model at the Paris Motor Show in autumn 2006 and introduced it in Europe in 2007.
European demand quickly outstripped the original production arrangements. The Qashqai sold 100,000 units in its first nine months, prompting extra shifts and expanded production at Nissan’s Sunderland plant. By January 2011, worldwide sales had reached one million, including more than 750,000 in Europe.
Nissan says it has sold over 420,000 Qashqais in Spain since launch. That total forms part of more than 4.1 million European sales; around 500,000 more were recorded outside Europe. The model is sold in over 100 countries and has received more than 110 international awards, including over 20 Car of the Year titles.
Across all three generations, London teams handled design and Cranfield handled development; Sunderland built the cars, while Nissan’s Barcelona technical centre contributed to safety and propulsion systems. Nissan estimates that its UK activity adds an average of £2.8 billion a year to the British economy and supports 6,000 direct jobs in Sunderland plus 30,000 across the supply chain. A different kind of vehicle platform features in the Ducato motorhome base market, where Fiat Professional’s platform leads Europe.
