Sick of waiting for that Toyota RAV4 Hybrid? Here's how long it will take to get the new Nissan Qashqai, X-Trail and Pathfinder

Nissan says Australia's “new normal” – customers ordering then waiting for their new vehicle, rather than picking one off the showroom floor and driving away – will continue amidst the brand's much-hyped SUV rollout, with Nissan revealing the order bank and wait times for the Qashqai, Pathfinder and X-Trail.

In describing the new normal for the brand in Australia, Nissan says you can expect to wait between eight and 12 weeks for each of its new models if you order today, while conceding that it would take a "crystal ball" to know whether supply will get better, or worse, in 2023.

In the current climate, though, things are unlikely to get easier any time soon, with supply chain issues sparking delays across almost every brand in Australia.

In fact, a wait of two to three months would represent one of the shortest delays for a major brand in Australia. 

Nissan is in the middle of a pretty major brand refresh in Australia, with four new models arriving this year. The Z has already launched, with the Qashqai, X-Trail and Pathfinder SUVs to follow. 

“We have over 5000 customer orders for the brand-new SUVs, and they will all be on sale by the end of this year,” says Nick Martin, GM of Product for Nissan Australia.

“As you’re aware, orders are the new normal in the auto industry, with COVID and supply chain challenges continuing to impact the supply of vehicles globally.

“We have the all-new Qashqai arriving in Australia from the UK this month. They will be in dealer showrooms very soon. As far as customer wait times are concerned, we’re looking at wait times for Qashqai of between two and three months.”

There are already 2500 people in the queue for an X-Trail.

Mr Martin went on to confirm the same two-to-three-month wait time for the other SUVs — the X-Trail and Pathfinder — with 1700 people already in the queue for Qashqai, 2500 people in the queue for X-Trail and around 800 orders for Pathfinder.

How those wait times look next year is anyone’s guess, but the X-Trail’s product manager, Aleksandar Pecanac, said Nissan is in a “good position” to get the production they’ve asked for.

“We’re very much in the hands of the production gods on that. We’re definitely in a very good position to get the maximum production we’ve asked for.”