Better still, the top-spec car gets seatback screens for second-row passengers, with each able to play a different video. It makes amends for any previous entertainment-system misgivings with a Bluetooth-equipped 8.0-inch multimedia touchscreen paired with six speakers in the entry ST grade, or a 13-speaker Bose stereo in ST-L and Ti models. The good news, then, is that this 2017 update addresses those issues and then some, with Nissan stiffening the suspension at every wheel, modernising the in-cabin tech and safety equipment (including autonomous braking on all but the entry-level model), and painting a handsome new face on the Pathfinder’s huge front end.Īny parent who's driven further than their own letterbox with a car full of brats knows the value of distraction, and the updated Pathfinder adds some critical tech to maintain some decorum. Reviewed on these very pages, our guys lamented a suspension tune so soft and American it was like its springs had been replaced with cans of Easy Cheese, an on-board entertainment system lacking Bluetooth streaming, and vague steering that was slower than your average Trump voter. The brand’s overhauled seven-seater arrived in Australia in 2013 promising much – having shifted from a body-on-frame to a car-like monocoque set-up – but failing to deliver. While there’s no shortage of good things to have emerged from the USA (think the internet, Ken Block videos and all things “medicinal”), Nissan’s big and bloated Pathfinder wasn’t one of them. MINUS: Non-hybrid thirstier than competitors still a little off the pace dynamically safety equipment missing on entry-level model PLUS: Strong V6 engine better in-cabin technology more engaging handling Our drive was too brief and too rural to make a definitive verdict on the Pathfinder’s dynamic improvements, but early signs are positive for the big Nissan. Plus, it will now keep you and your brood entertained with better in-car technology across the line up. It still feels a touch off the best in class, but it looks better, drives better and it’s safer than ever before. Proof that feedback does occasionally make it back to the people that matter, this second take at a more car-like Pathfinder studiously addresses some of the bigger complaints that circled the outgoing moDel.
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