2022 Nissan Frontier & Pathfinder (North America)

[CraigB]

2022 Nissan Frontier: Hands-on with a great-looking midsize truck

Our in-person walkaround of Nissan's Tacoma and Ranger rival suggest there's a lot more to love and only a few quibbles.

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The 2022 Nissan Frontier is here and it looks hella good

Nissan's third-generation pickup truck gets a much-needed overhaul.

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2022 Nissan Pathfinder: Hands-on with this much-improved 3-row SUV

Nissan's popular SUV finally dumps the CVT and gains improved tech. The redone cabin is better than we initially thought, too.

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2022 Nissan Pathfinder gets a rugged makeover

The fifth-generation Pathfinder goes modern with new looks and bunch of new technology.

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[Blind_Io]

Pathfinder: useless off road, 20" rims, and even the promotional images show smooth-as-glass desert lakebeds or 1" of snow on a highway. It's a soccer mom mobile. But hey, at least it doesn't have a CVT.

Here's how I imagine a conversation about the Pathfinder:

Jeep: "We make fun off road vehicles that sell by the dozen."
Toyota: "We have the TRD Pro 4Runner that's printing money and all over Instagram."
Ford: "We want a piece of that, let's bring back the Bronco!"
Jeep: "Hell yeah! About time you got back in the game!"
Nissan: "I'm going to cancel the Xterra and make the Pathfinder a FWD biased AWD crossover!"
Jeep, Toyota, and Ford: (look around uncomfortably.)
Ford: "You sure about that, Nissan? I mean, you kind of have a history of building awesome off roaders"
Toyota: "Yeah, the Patrol was the only real competition to the Land Cruiser for decades, what happened?"
Nissan: (resumes licking the windows)
Jeep: "Uh, why don't you go hang out with GM and talk about the Blazer. We're... uh... going over here."

Frontier: The profile is a Tacoma, the color is right from Tacoma. The hood is super high and bulky, so the 360 degree cameras are going to be necessary for off road use. We don't have ground clearance, breakover, approach, or departure angles yet, no idea on pricing and no EPA fuel economy numbers. The overall look is good, the interior is nice - it's going to be a competent midsize truck, but they will have to undercut Toyota to make a dent in the market; especially with the relatively low tow rating compared to Gladiator and Ranger.

 

[Perc]

Nissan: (resumes licking the windows)

??

 

[CraigB]

I'll stand by my reaction. It is a shame what they have done to the Pathfinder name.

 

[gaasc]

And now here are lightly camo'd pictures of how the base model looks.

 

[CraigB]

I could go for the stripper model over the Pro-4X.