ON October 15, Nissan dealers will open the order books for the Murano and the 350Z Roadster. Just one version of the Murano will be on sale priced at £29,800. The vehicle is so well equipped that options are virtually limited to the choice of colour. And like its coupe twin, there will be two versions of the 350Z Roadster available - the standard model priced at £26,000 and the 'GT Pack' at £28,500.

Murano customers will get first crack of the whip because the order books open at 9am and later the same day at, you guessed it, 3.50pm, dealers will open the order books for the 350Z Roadster. Deliveries start from March 2005 but numbers are limited, so anyone who wants one will have to be quick.