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If you’re like no other person in the world, you’ve probably been anxiously awaiting the debut of a next-generation Pathfinder styling study. Fear not: it’s here. Maybe.
Nissan has a microsite where Pathy lovers can sign up to find out all about the new Pathfinder as information is released. What can we tell from the photo? Not much, except that the “Fuga” Coke-bottle-waisted styling from the Infiniti M has apparently found its way into the unibody truck line.
The Pathfinder Concept will debut at the Detroit show, about twenty days from now. In the meantime, you’ll have to be content with this shot. Something tells me that we’ll all be okay waiting.
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Nissan would have to try really hard to screw this up. There are a lot of guys out there who don’t want a Murano.
I see other sites commenting (complaining) that the Pathfinder is going the CUV/unibody route. Am I missing something? Wasn’t the pathfinder already a unibody/strut suspension beast from 1996 to 2004?
I’m pretty sure it was, because I owned one. The best thing I can say about it is that I owned it for 3 years, and Nissan bought it from me for $1300 more than I paid for it. Bless you, rusty strut towers.
I think it was…
Then it went to body on shortened-Titan Frame for 2005.
A much better vehicle, IMHO than the ’96-’04 generation. A real truck, if you will.
Downsides, were, of course, having less interior space than a Honda CR-V. I still think that the BOF Pathfinder is the way to go. If they could only get similar mileage from the VQ40 that Toyota gets from its 4 liter, then we’d be cooking with gas.
The 96-04 was unibody but with RWD and a solid rear axle it was functionally a real truck.
This one is an Altima with a body kit.
It looks like it retains that 2dr thing, with the hidden rear door handles.
I can see door handles on the rear,at least I think I can. Nissans stupid hidden door handles is what killed the sales of the current Pathfinder. Many SUV buyers have little kids. Little kids can’t reach the door handle..
I never liked hidden rear door handles myself (no matter what they’re on), its still obvious when a vehicle has 4-doors and once you snap the handles they’re probably a pain to fix.
I know that the GM cars that had these tended to have their handles break over time, why not Nissans?
Will not be surprised if it turns out as a Murano-with-a-hump of some sort, CVT, FWD bias et al.
And it will look ugly.
They already made that in the form of the Juke.
Fearless prediction: 10% better fuel economy, 20% less towing capacity, 30% higher Dodge Ram sales.