What do you need to know before buying a Nissan Pathfinder? We here at Lee Nissan Fort Worth think these things top the list of what you should know before buying a Pathfinder.
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The Nissan Pathfinder Is All-New
The Nissan Pathfinder isn’t just sleeker and more rounded than ever before, but it is also larger, just barely maintaining its status as a mid-size vehicle. It’s also significantly larger than the model it replaces in almost every dimension.
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The Nissan Pathfinder Abandons Its Truck-Based Roots
Although the current version of the crossover isn’t quite as capable when it comes time to venture off-road, the weight loss contributes to better handling as well as improved fuel efficiency. A more car-like suspension design is also on-hand to help civilize the Pathfinder’s on-pavement demeanor.
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The Nissan Pathfinder Provides Seven-Passenger Seating
The Nissan Pathfinder is a seven-passenger crossover, but unlike the older version of the SUV it there will be no complaints from those relegated to the rear accommodations. A sliding second row (that also reclines) maximizes comfort for adult riders, while children and teenagers will be just fine occupying the rearmost seats.
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The Nissan Pathfinder Delivers Enormous Cargo Capacity
The Nissan Pathfinder isn’t just adept at carrying human cargo – it can also swallow a respectable amount of luggage, sporting equipment, and other oversize gear once its second and third rows have been folded out of the picture. A power liftgate is also available with the vehicle in order to make it that much easier to load and unload.
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The Nissan Pathfinder Features A V-6 Engine
The Nissan Pathfinder ditches its V-8 option and low-tech base six-cylinder engine in favor of the brand’s popular 3.5-liter V-6. This unit has been tuned to provide 260 horsepower and 240 lb-ft of torque in the Nissan Pathfinder, and despite the vehicle’s not-insubstantial curb weight it does a solid job of accelerating the crossover around town and on the highway.
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The Nissan Pathfinder Comes With A CVT
The Nissan Pathfinder was designed with the idea that any new crossover replacing the older Pathfinder SUV had to be much more fuel efficient. Working together with its V-6 engine is a continuously-variable automatic transmission, a gearbox that has become Nissan’s standard answer to the question of how to squeeze as many miles per gallon as possible out of a given vehicle.
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The Nissan Pathfinder Can Be Had With Four-Wheel Drive
The Nissan Pathfinder isn’t going to be crawling rocks or fording streams like the SUV of old, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t possess excellent winter weather traction and the ability to hold on tightly to rain-slicked roads.
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The Nissan Pathfinder Is Available In Four Trim Levels
The Nissan Pathfinder starts out in S trim, which provides buyers with keyless entry, 18-inch wheels, three zones of automatic climate control, a CD changer, and cruise control. The Pathfinder SV steps up to a push button start, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, power adjustments for the driver’s seat, a rearview camera, a USB input for the stereo system, and Bluetooth connectivity, while the SL trim introduces heated leather seats front and rear, a power tailgate, parking assistance, a power passenger set up front, and heated mirrors. The top-tier Pathfinder Platinum adds a towing package, a navigation system, a louder stereo system, a DVD player, ventilated front seats, a heated steering wheel, 20-inch rims, and a more elaborate parking camera system.
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The Nissan Pathfinder Is A Safe Crossover
The Nissan Pathfinder has been engineered to protect its occupants with the latest in safety technologies. Although the Pathfinder doesn’t feature many of the active safety systems that have trickled down to the mid-size segment, it does offer a full complement of airbags, including seat-mounted side airbags up front, multi-stage forward airbags, and side curtain airbags that span the entire length of the vehicle’s passenger compartment. Electronic stability control, traction control, and electronic brake force distribution (which summons the full fury of the vehicle’s braking system at a moment’s notice) are also standard with the Pathfinder.
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The Nissan Pathfinder Shares Its Platform With The Infiniti JX
The Nissan Pathfinder has a new cousin in the Nissan family – the Infiniti JX crossover. Essentially identical under the skin, the Infiniti JX offers unique styling, access to advanced safety features, and a passenger compartment that some consider to be more upscale than that found in the Pathfinder. From a pricing perspective, however, the Nissan Pathfinder’s starting MSRP of $28,650 is more than $10,000 less than that of its Infiniti counterpart, and given the comfortable trappings of the Nissan, there’s not a huge argument to upgrade to the JX when examining the driving experience, fuel mileage, or interior space of the two vehicles.
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