Nissan Pathfinder

Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Pathfinder
	2022 Nissan Pathfinder SV (front)
Overview
Manufacturer	Nissan
Production	1986–present
Body and chassis
Layout	Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive (1985–2012); Front-engine, front-wheel-drive (2013–present); Front-engine, four-wheel-drive (1985–present);
Chassis	Body-on-frame (1985–1995, 2004–2014); Unibody (1996–2004, 2012–present);
Chronology
Predecessor	Nissan Bushmaster; Nissan Terrano II (Europe);
Successor	Nissan Xterra (for WD21 model, as a compact SUV); Nissan Terra (for R51 model, as a body-on-frame SUV);

The Nissan Pathfinder is a range of sport utility vehicles manufactured by Nissan since 1986. Until the third-generation model, the Pathfinder is based on Nissan's compact pickup truck platform which it shares with the Navara/Frontier.

The Pathfinder was marketed as the Nissan Terrano (Japanese: 日産・テラノ, Hepburn: Nissan Terano) outside North America. Beginning in 2004, the R51 series was marketed internationally as the Pathfinder.

In 2012, the R52 series Pathfinder was released as a three-row crossover SUV based on the unibody Nissan D platform, moving away from the body-on-frame chassis format. The role of a mid-size body-on-frame SUV in Nissan's global lineup was passed to the Terra/X-Terra, which was released in 2018 and based on the D23 series Navara.

^ Palmer, Zac (5 February 2021). "The topsy turvy history of the Nissan Pathfinder". Autoblog. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

[1] Palmer, Zac (5 February 2021). "The topsy turvy history of the Nissan Pathfinder". Autoblog. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

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