Nissan Pathfinder

Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Pathfinder
	2022 Nissan Pathfinder SV (front)
Overview
Manufacturer	Nissan
Production	1985–present
Body and chassis
Class	Compact SUV (1985–1995); Mid-size SUV (1995–2012); Mid-size crossover SUV (2012–present);
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 (1985–2012); Unibody (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 1985. Until the third-generation model, the Pathfinder is based on Nissan's compact pickup truck platform which it shares with the Navara/Frontier. The front end of the D21 (first generation) and R51 (third generation) Pathfinder is notably identical with the Navara/Frontier up until the B-pillars.

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.

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