In the late 90’s early 00’s I had three primera’s in a row until I got a brand new P12 estate in 2003 (the version you are thinking of) in two years and 70,000 miles it ate two turbo’s three dmf’s and among the memorable experiences one of the rear doors opened by itself while going round a roundabout. As op above testifies, heavy on the juice not paticuarly pleasant to drive and had too many Renault derived parts in it.
Stick with a mondeo for what you are looking.