The Nissan X-Trail (Japanese: 日産・エクストレイル, Nissan Ekusutoreiru) is a compact crossover SUV produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 2000. It was one of Nissan's first crossover SUV and was released about the same time as several other companies' competing car-based crossovers. At its introduction, the X-Trail is positioned below the truck-based Xterra and Pathfinder.