Nissan Pathfinder SL 2017
Are you looking for ride that can fit your whole family easily than here is pathfinder SL by Nissan, This two wheel drive car has 7 comfortable seats and lot of other features that combine make this your picnic car. This car is in production since 1985, this was started as two doors SUV where it converted to four doors on 1989. Over the passing years this car has made lot of improvements, it passed three generation behind and this current one is 4th generation pathfinder. Current path finder has 7 seven different versions with different engine and wheel driver configuration, Current one is SL two wheel drive version. This was the brief history of Nissan pathfinder now let move toward its design.
Design:
As its name is pathfinder so its design made accordingly that fits in all condition and on all paths. This doesn’t go off road only but this can also be a great car for on-road driving or for going offices.
Exterior:
Front of vehicle has same traditional Nissan grille with chrome and gloss grey in the center, in the middle there is Nissan logo with camera inside. Front headlamps are fully automatic high beam halogen day time running same are the fog lamps.
Moving to side profile of car there has been given 18 inch aluminum alloy wheels with nice classy look and grey alloy piping through there. Overall length of car 5041 mm which is more than lot of SUV’s or crossovers as it has 7 seats inside.
Rear side of car is also good looking with nice looking tail lights and chrome popping out that surely get your attention. Black plastic has used all around the vehicle that keep your vehicle clean looking. Rear windows of pathfinder has privacy glass that keep sun shining on you and on looking people in here but looking outside is lot easier because it reduces glare.
Interior:
It has all black interior with metallic accents, soft touch material used inside doors and on arm rests. Seats has been covered with leather material with nice looking stitching, also have side bolstering but no for intrusive on your body. One nice thing that I like in outlander that mats on floor are attached using hooks so these didn’t move around.There is lot of space inside car for all passengers and luggage, there is enough space inside trunk but if there is required more than under the floor there is another cargo area where you can place your luggage.
Another artistic looking thing inside car is center console and infotainment system with 8 inch touch screen that can controlled through buttons as well. There are lot other features associated with infotainment system that all can found under features section.
Engine and Transmission:
Engine:
This car has loaded with 3.5 L DI V6 that produce 284 horse power with 351-Nm@4800-Rpm peak torque. Top speed of car is 120 miles per hour where it takes 7.4 seconds to reach 0-60 miles per hour. This six cylinder engine car give fuel economy of 20 miles per gallon within city while 27 miles per gallon on highway.
Transmission:
Nissan pathfinder has Xtronic continuous variable transmission that give you ease of selecting modes of car as well.
Comfort:
Plenty of windows present inside car to make it more visible, first and second row seats are heated to make passengers comfortable throughout their journey. Driver seat is 8 way power seat with 2 way power lumbar support.
There is enough knee and leg room for front and rear seat passengers but for 3rd row there can be problem if you are tall probably, if so than this is not going to be most comfortable spot because floor board is really close the seats so this spot can be better for children’s. Front seats have voice activated dual zone front air conditioning while rear seats also have air vents for passengers with controls as well. 2nd row seats are sliding to make more space for third row passengers if needed.
Safety:
- Electronic stability control (ESC)
- ABS and driveline traction control
- Side impact beams
- Dual stage driver and passenger seat mounted side airbags
- Rear parking sensors
- Blind spot sensor
- Forward collision and rear collision
- Tire specific low tire pressure warning
- Dual stage driver and passenger front airbags
- Curtain 1st 2nd and 3rd row airbags
- Airbag occupancy sensor
- Rear child safety locks
- Outboard front lap and shoulder safety belts-inc: rear center 3 point-height adjusters and pretensioners
- Around view monitor with moving object detection back up camera
- Front camera
- Left side camera
- Right side camera
Price of Nissan Pathfinder 2017 in USA: 37,060 $