![]() ![]() They include the jumbo color display, Bluetooth connect for phone calls AND streaming audio, backup camera and the ADAD midcluster display. While our tester was the loaded Platinum model, the standard features on the S, SV and SL models are impressive nonetheless. Other newness for 2017 is Moving Object Detection for the rear cross traffic alert and an improved blindspot monitoring system. The normal backup camera and proximity alerts around back combine forces to make a very easy-to-park machine. The AroundView monitor system that creates a top view all around the car is still fairly unique in the segment, and very very helpful for parking in tight spots. ![]() A richer range of overall info is nice in the mid-cluster even when the adaptive cruise or lane-keep assist systems are not engaged. The Nissan Pathfinder definitely has lots of safety tech to populate the region! New for 2017 are Forward Emergency Braking and active cruise control, which Nissan calls ICC for Intelligent Cruise Control. This was a sore point on a few Nissans lately – where they suffer versus the latest displays from rivals in this central line-of-sight area. The Pathfinder Platinum really benefits from the “Advanced Driver Assist Display” upgrade in the midcluster. The Pathfinder’s cabin brings a standard eight-inch touchscreen for display audio in 2017 along with a new mid-cluster display between the gauges. This nose is really the hook, however, to help the new Pathfinder feel fresh as a daisy.Īpplause for Nissan on the standard LEDs – you still have to be in the top Highlander Limited and up-trim Pilot to have any LED goodness. The Pathfinder is now more than current and competitive. The 2017 Pathfinder’s tail is fresh with new shaping to the liftgate and rear bumper, but no LED brake lights back there unfortunately. Still halogens for the highbeams and foglamps, but the lighting package both looks better and performs better at lighting the road ahead. The Pathfinder Platinum adds LED lowbeams for the main headlights and some fresh 20-inch machined alloy wheels to beef up the look fairly effectively. The loaded Platinum test truck goes one better than just the standard DRLs that grace all four trim levels of Pathfinder for 2017. When viewed straight on, it is definitely a more upscale and trucklike face for 2017. The new nose look takes strong cues from the new Titan and even the latest Rogue. Along with the blacked-out main grille (under the chrome V-motion bars!), the fresh projector-beam headlamps are perfect for updating the Pathfinder to 2017 style. This refresh for 2017 brings a new hood, new bumpers front and back, and new headlamps with a chic and safe LED daytime running light accent for the first time. The creamy makeover and smooth bodysides are more practical than they are butch – but this speaks to the Pathfinder’s new mission as a car-based, three-row crossover. The look was definitely aging gracefully, even if not quite setting the pulses racing for the 2016 model-year. Has it really been three years since this Pathfinder bodystyle debuted as a 2013 model? ![]()
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