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Way back when the Nissan Pathfinder hit the market in 1986, it was decidedly a different beast. Sporting a body-on-frame design meant it was a true sport utility vehicle which was constructed more like a truck versus a car. Over the years, it has evolved into a unibody construction, so …

The Pathfinder is one of the more well-known names in the family SUV/crossover market given that it’s been around seemingly forever. It was originally introduced in 1986 as a body-on-frame SUV, but this latest fourth-generation is actually a unibody-construction crossover and shares its platform with the Nissan Altima, Maxima, Murano …

The midsize, seven-passenger SUV segment is chock full of choices and we all know that bigger and trendy vehicles are most profitable for automakers. In Canada every year, the mainstream brands sell about 85,000 of them combined, which already seems like a lot. However, in the United States, more than …

While compact and subcompact SUVs are gaining more and more in popularity each year, midsize SUVs are positioned as the new kings of the road. Big, powerful and versatile, the manufacturers of these vehicles are sweating the details to offer the consumer a unique driving experience. Whether we’re thinking of …

The Nissan Pathfinder has evolved from its boxy days into a curvaceous three-row hauler. Now in its the middle of its fourth generation, the 2016 Pathfinder holds steady in sales despite many changes and plenty of exposure for Nissan's latest makeover project, the Murano crossover. The Pathfinder SUV is a …

Nissan caught a lot of people off guard last year when it revamped the Pathfinder. The update coincided with the decision to ditch the ladder-type frame borrowed from the Titan pick-up. It went from being an authentic SUV to a large crossover with a unibody, front-wheel drive and optional all-wheel …

The 2013 Nissan Pathfinder marks both the beginning and the end of an era for the Japanese automaker. Until 2013, the Nissan Pathfinder represented one of the few remaining mid-size body-on-frame SUVs available from the land of the rising sun, a vehicle that was rugged enough for off-road fun when …

What was Nissan thinking when they built the last Pathfinder on a slightly shorter version of the Titan pick-up’s frame? With its optional 5.6-litre V8, rugged look and large tires, this macho Pathfinder was equipped to either climb mountains or tow them. But the market changed and its sales plummeted; …

For thousands of people in our country, moose hunting season is a time-honoured tradition. But since hunting means travelling to remote locations, you need a vehicle that can cope with bad roads and get you back home, hopefully, with the game. The Car Guide entrusted a Jeep Grand Cherokee to …