Five, across two rows, and Nissan used that decision to give the second row genuine legroom instead of squeezing in a third bench. Adults sit back there in comfort, not merely in tolerance. If you regularly carry six or seven people, you want a different vehicle and we will point you at one.

What makes the Murano quieter than other midsize SUVs?

Nissan puts real effort into acoustic glass, door sealing, and insulation in the floor and wheel wells. The result is that conversation at highway speed happens at a normal volume. It is the sort of engineering that never appears in an advertisement but shows up on every long drive you take.

Are the front seats as comfortable as people claim?

They are the Murano's signature feature. Nissan designed them to reduce fatigue over long stretches, with support in the places that usually ache after two hours. Anyone who drives for a living or takes regular long trips should sit in a set before dismissing them as marketing.

Is the Murano expensive to maintain?

Costs sit where you would expect for a midsize SUV, which is above a compact car and well below a luxury badge. Routine service is straightforward and the parts are not specialty items. Tires and brakes are the recurring expenses worth budgeting for over several years of ownership.

Does the Murano hold its value reasonably?

Reasonably well for the class, helped by the fact that two row midsize SUVs remain in steady demand on the used market. Condition and service history swing the number more than mileage alone. Documented maintenance does more for the eventual number than anything else within an owner's control.

Have Additional Questions?

Murano shoppers usually already know what they want and are checking one or two specifics before committing.

Send the specifics over and what comes back addresses them, rather than a general note about our lineup.

If we do not know, we will go and find out before answering, with no improvising in between.

Deciding What a Murano Should Cost You

A midsize SUV is a large enough purchase that the financing structure deserves as much thought as the vehicle choice. How long you intend to keep it should drive the term, not the other way around. Someone who replaces a vehicle every three years wants a different arrangement from someone who drives one until it stops.

Our finance staff will work it through on paper in front of you rather than asking you to accept a summary. The comparison usually makes the decision obvious within a few minutes. What it never does is favor the option that simply produces the smallest number per month.

Ask whether the agreement permits early payoff without a penalty, because circumstances change and securing that flexibility at signing usually costs very little or nothing at all
Seeing two structures side by side on paper settles the decision faster than any spoken explanation of how interest accrues, and you can take the sheet home with you
The smallest monthly figure and the strongest overall arrangement are frequently different options, and the gap between them is where most of the money in this transaction actually sits

Insurance is the cost people forget to include. A midsize SUV usually sits in a friendlier bracket than a sporty vehicle of similar price, but it is worth a call to your carrier before you sign. We would rather you know the full monthly picture in advance.

Nothing about this part of the process needs to be adversarial. Ask us to show the numbers and we will.

Where Your Existing Vehicle Fits In

Most people moving into a Murano are moving out of something, and that something is part of the transaction whether or not you treat it that way. Handling both sides here keeps it to one visit and one set of paperwork. It also means the trade value comes straight off what you finance.

Our appraisal reads the specific car parked in our bay, not a category average. Two identical model years can be thousands apart depending on how they were kept. Condition, tires, and records all move the number.

Two vehicles of the same year and mileage can appraise thousands apart, which is why a physical inspection beats any generic valuation drawn from a database of averages
Handling the trade and the purchase in one visit collapses two sets of paperwork into one and removes the gap where you own two vehicles
Tire condition alone can move an appraisal noticeably, since whoever buys that vehicle next would otherwise be replacing them immediately and will expect the price to reflect it

Having us appraise the car obliges you to nothing. Plenty of people take our figure, weigh it against a private sale, and choose the private sale, which is entirely reasonable and sometimes correct. The number belongs to you once we hand it over.

Mention any outstanding finance on your current vehicle early in the conversation. It alters the paperwork without making the deal harder to do.

Sorting Through the Muranos Here

Murano trims separate mostly on interior appointment and technology, not on capability. The step up brings leather, more speakers, additional camera coverage, and a heated or cooled seat arrangement depending on how the vehicle is equipped. The driving experience stays consistent across the range.

Because the Murano is not a volume seller in the way a compact crossover is, the selection here is smaller and turns over more slowly. That cuts both ways: fewer choices at any moment, but the vehicles that are here tend to be well specified. Worth asking what is on the ground.

Trim differences here concern interior appointment and technology, so the test drive tells you less than simply sitting in two cabins for a few minutes each
A slower selling model means a smaller selection at any given moment but usually better specified vehicles on the ground, since the thin trims are not the ones ordered
Heated and cooled seat arrangements vary by how a specific vehicle is equipped, so confirm it on the actual car rather than the brochure

If a particular interior color is important to you, mention it early. Interior combinations are harder to source after the fact than exterior paint, and knowing your preference lets us watch for it. Girard Nissan can flag an inbound vehicle that matches.

Come see the two upper trims next to each other. That comparison is the one that resolves most Murano decisions.

Scheduled Maintenance and What It Involves

Ownership costs on a vehicle like this are predictable if you follow the schedule. The intervals are ordinary, the work at each one is documented in the owner's manual, and nothing about it requires a specialist. Skipping intervals is where midsize SUV ownership gets expensive.

Brakes and tires are the two recurring items across a long ownership period. Both wear according to how you drive, not to a calendar, so an inspection tells you more than mileage does. We will tell you what still has life in it instead of replacing parts on principle.

Brake and tire wear tracks how you drive rather than what the odometer says, which is why an inspection beats a mileage based rule
Following the published service intervals is the difference between predictable ownership costs and an expensive surprise somewhere around year five, when neglect finally presents its bill
Work logged with us accumulates into a documented history on the car, which is the cheapest single thing an owner can do for resale

Book service here and the record follows the vehicle instead of living in a folder you will eventually lose. That documentation is worth real money at trade time and takes no effort on your part beyond turning up.

Our advisors will also tell you what the next interval brings so you can budget for it in advance. Nobody enjoys learning about a large service item on the morning it happens.

Shopping Without the Usual Pressure

The Murano attracts people who have researched thoroughly and want confirmation rather than persuasion. We try to match that: answer the specific question, hand over the keys, and let the vehicle argue its own case. It generally does.

Take the long way on the test drive. A vehicle whose main claims are quietness and seat comfort cannot demonstrate either in fifteen minutes around a block. Ask for a route with some sustained speed in it.

A vehicle whose case rests on quietness and seat comfort needs a genuinely long test drive, because neither quality reveals itself inside the first fifteen minutes of sitting down
Sit in the back seat yourself at some point during the visit, since the second row is where this particular vehicle makes half its argument
Researched buyers get confirmation or correction here instead of a pitch they have already heard, which shortens the visit considerably for everyone involved

The run up the shoreline on the interstate is where a Murano makes its argument, and it is the drive most owners around here do regularly. Anyone commuting past New London or heading further west on a weekend will spend real time at cruising speed. That is the environment the vehicle was designed around.

If the conversation reveals that you genuinely want a third row, we will show you the alternative rather than talking you into this one. Girard Nissan sells enough three row vehicles that steering you wrong would be pointless.

Drive one along a piece of road you could navigate with your eyes shut. Judged against whatever you drive today, the Murano tends to make its own case.

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