The Nissan Pathfinder's switch to a car-based unibody platform with the fourth generation was a decision that made sense commercially and was never forgiven by buyers who remembered what the Pathfinder used to be. By 2015, the new Pathfinder had been on sale for a couple of years and had found its footing as a large family seven-seater that prioritised interior space and comfort over off-road credentials.
Simone reviews the 2015 Pathfinder and looks at what the car now is rather than what it used to be. She covers the three-row seating, the CVT transmission, the interior storage, and how the Pathfinder manages the Australian family-SUV brief that most of its buyers actually present it with. The Pathfinder competes with the Kia Sorento, Toyota Kluger, and Hyundai Santa Fe in a segment where seven seats and a practical interior are the starting point for the conversation.
The current Pathfinder is for the seven-seat buyer who wants a comfortable large SUV and has no intention of taking it further off-road than a gravel caravan park driveway. If that sounds like compromise, it depends entirely on what you were planning to do with the original. The full review is on the CarTell.tv YouTube channel above.
