Yes, I had a Qashqai as a company car back in 2010 before getting an evoque in 2012 for 3 years. The Qashqai was utterly reliable and never hit less than 50mpg and if I was buying new I would be tempted. My evoque ed4 with meridian stereo was a great car (the stereo was fantastic) but a whole lot more expensive.

I had a Qashqai as a loan car for a couple of days back when they were fairly new. A horrible thing with no obvious good points - other than that I knew I was giving it back. I guess they improved them markedly from those first versions as they are a popular car these days. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

I remember working on the early ones. They were

This was a 17 plate IIRC, and a huge improvement