- Location
- Denver Adjacent
I wouldn't even be mad! The fact that you got it up to enough speed to flip it is impressive!
Discontinued?
- Thread starter chuckamazuk
- Start date
- Location
- Huntsville, AL
You just quoted every Sammy owner ever.
You've got that one... you know. That one, with the wheels and the engine that drives the thing from that one company.
Cruecible
Titan Swapped / SAS'd
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
Looks like someone updated the Wikipedia page for the Xterra to reflect the announcement
Frogstar7055
Wheeling
- Location
- Jacksonville FL
Damn shame.
- 2000 Motor Trend's Sport Utility of the Year
- 2000 North American Truck of the Year
- 2000 New England Motor Press Association's Winter Vehicle Award of New England for Best in Class - Mini Sport Utility
- 2001 Named Top Car by AAA New Car and Truck Buying Guide
- 2005 Named on the Automobile Magazine's 50 Great New Cars list
- 2006 Nominated as North American Truck of the Year
- 2006 Motor Trend's Sport Utility of the Year
- 2006 Motor Trend's Truck Trend's Best Little-Guy SUV Award
- 2006 Car and Driver Rock-Hopper SUV Winner.[SUP][11][/SUP]
- 2006 4x4 of the Year award from Peterson's 4-Wheel and Off-Road magazine.
- 2006 Edmunds.com Editor's Most Wanted Vehicle
- 2009 4Wheeler Magazine's SUV of the Year
- 2010 Xterra received the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's highest Side-impact Safety Rating (five stars).
You have to remember that was the same time Ford had roll over issues with some ****ty Firestone tires... All SUVs go hit with that one
Nd4SpdSe
First Fill-Up (of many)
- Location
- Quebec, QC
There's also test showing that the Xterra has the strongest roof and is the best for roll-over safety.
I don't want a Jeep, I don't like the build of Chrystler products and the 4Runner is overly expensive...I dont see any of the new gen 4Runners off-road...
They brought Solar Yellow back a year or two ago. I just went to their website and can configure a '15 Pro4X in Solar Yellow
If these numbers are right, in the US, they sold 74'323 Frontier's in 2014.
http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/nissan-frontier-sales-figures.html
It's definitely worth for them to focus on the Frontier over the Xterrra, but i would want to say that it should help to make money since they share most of the R&D and brings total sales on that platform (excluding the others on the F-Alpha) to 90'828 , but it's only slightly ahead of the FJ Cruiser at 13'602.
Maybe the new Frontier will be shared off the same platform as the new Titan, which they did on the previous gen. The Xterra and even the WD Pathfinder was aways based on and came after their pick up truck counter part.
The Nissan 4.0L was and still is the most powerful in the small truck class, but both Nissan and Toyota's trucks are over a decade old. The new Canyon/Colorado are kicking up dust in the market, with a diesel planned for next year? This will hopefully kick them in the arse and get new designs out. We know Nissan is testing a Cummins Frontier. Ford won't joint the game, they refuse to bring over their world wide Ranger and are pushing only their F150. But even the large trucks have been hit hard with the pressure with Dodge bringing out the Ecodiesel, and Ford now going hard on the aluminum adding to the Ecoboost. I want to and hope the X will just take a hiatus for a few years after a new Frontier comes out.
And I love my Supercharger (+5spd), I wouldn't want it any other way, but you even had more options in the US with RWD and 4cyl options on the gen1 and could configure them as you wished.
IF anything, I'll just import a Patrol/Safari or get a rust-free gen1 Xterra from the US
I don't want a Jeep, I don't like the build of Chrystler products and the 4Runner is overly expensive...I dont see any of the new gen 4Runners off-road...
They brought Solar Yellow back a year or two ago. I just went to their website and can configure a '15 Pro4X in Solar Yellow
If these numbers are right, in the US, they sold 74'323 Frontier's in 2014.
http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/nissan-frontier-sales-figures.html
It's definitely worth for them to focus on the Frontier over the Xterrra, but i would want to say that it should help to make money since they share most of the R&D and brings total sales on that platform (excluding the others on the F-Alpha) to 90'828 , but it's only slightly ahead of the FJ Cruiser at 13'602.
Maybe the new Frontier will be shared off the same platform as the new Titan, which they did on the previous gen. The Xterra and even the WD Pathfinder was aways based on and came after their pick up truck counter part.
The Nissan 4.0L was and still is the most powerful in the small truck class, but both Nissan and Toyota's trucks are over a decade old. The new Canyon/Colorado are kicking up dust in the market, with a diesel planned for next year? This will hopefully kick them in the arse and get new designs out. We know Nissan is testing a Cummins Frontier. Ford won't joint the game, they refuse to bring over their world wide Ranger and are pushing only their F150. But even the large trucks have been hit hard with the pressure with Dodge bringing out the Ecodiesel, and Ford now going hard on the aluminum adding to the Ecoboost. I want to and hope the X will just take a hiatus for a few years after a new Frontier comes out.
And I love my Supercharger (+5spd), I wouldn't want it any other way, but you even had more options in the US with RWD and 4cyl options on the gen1 and could configure them as you wished.
IF anything, I'll just import a Patrol/Safari or get a rust-free gen1 Xterra from the US
I posted this on TNX and thought Id share here
Nissan will not announce the end of Xterra till the fall of this year.
Why would they? It could kill the potential sales of 2015s on the dealer lots.
Someone asked if the Xterra is built anywhere else? Nope.. Nissan moved production to Canton MS in Aug 2012 for the 2013 build year.
and to someone else post about how could they move production 2 years ago then kill it off.. Nissan has continued to stamp most parts in Smyrna, TN. Then ship to Canton for building. The 4.0 engine is built in Decherd, TN along with many others including the new Mercedes / Infinity small CUV motor.
Is Frontier going anywhere??? Nope.. And thank GM for this.. Nissan really was looking at killing the Fronty off a few years back but something funny happened.
Dodge killed their Mid size truck then GM killed theirs.. Frontier was in the mid 40k a year mark.. So so for a small truck.. They were looking at doing a pup size truck again.. but When the other guys killed off the mid size trucks Nissans sales went up.. So Frontier will have a Gen 3.. 3 Motor options too.. (Expect the Navara in a slightly less girly trim)
To the people that think Xterra is in the Wrangler segment.. I wish this were true but its never been... Yes Nissan hinted at it with the Off Road/ P4X but the Xterra was aimed at a larger audience. They wanted the DD market. Many that own wranglers use them as a 3rd vehicle. So Jeep can take liberties with design and function. The more you want vs need crowd. And think about this.. When Xterra started showing up in 99/2000 Jeep wasn't even building a 4 door JKU. Even when the Gen2 popped the JKU was just starting out. So Wrangler was never apart of the planned market.
Also to everyone claiming Nissan never updated the insides.. You better take a look again.. Yes they could have done more but in the past 5 years the insides have been updated slightly..
The Xterra has had a great run and will continue to be active for the next 10 years or more. Most people buy new and carry a 5-7 year note right? So.. 2015-
These forums are a great reason it will stay a active off road SUV as well.
We all knew this day was coming up so its time to hop in your current Xterra and give it a good hug... Its been a great run and I don't see the sun setting just yet
Nissan will not announce the end of Xterra till the fall of this year.
Why would they? It could kill the potential sales of 2015s on the dealer lots.
Someone asked if the Xterra is built anywhere else? Nope.. Nissan moved production to Canton MS in Aug 2012 for the 2013 build year.
and to someone else post about how could they move production 2 years ago then kill it off.. Nissan has continued to stamp most parts in Smyrna, TN. Then ship to Canton for building. The 4.0 engine is built in Decherd, TN along with many others including the new Mercedes / Infinity small CUV motor.
Is Frontier going anywhere??? Nope.. And thank GM for this.. Nissan really was looking at killing the Fronty off a few years back but something funny happened.
Dodge killed their Mid size truck then GM killed theirs.. Frontier was in the mid 40k a year mark.. So so for a small truck.. They were looking at doing a pup size truck again.. but When the other guys killed off the mid size trucks Nissans sales went up.. So Frontier will have a Gen 3.. 3 Motor options too.. (Expect the Navara in a slightly less girly trim)
To the people that think Xterra is in the Wrangler segment.. I wish this were true but its never been... Yes Nissan hinted at it with the Off Road/ P4X but the Xterra was aimed at a larger audience. They wanted the DD market. Many that own wranglers use them as a 3rd vehicle. So Jeep can take liberties with design and function. The more you want vs need crowd. And think about this.. When Xterra started showing up in 99/2000 Jeep wasn't even building a 4 door JKU. Even when the Gen2 popped the JKU was just starting out. So Wrangler was never apart of the planned market.
Also to everyone claiming Nissan never updated the insides.. You better take a look again.. Yes they could have done more but in the past 5 years the insides have been updated slightly..
The Xterra has had a great run and will continue to be active for the next 10 years or more. Most people buy new and carry a 5-7 year note right? So.. 2015-
These forums are a great reason it will stay a active off road SUV as well.
We all knew this day was coming up so its time to hop in your current Xterra and give it a good hug... Its been a great run and I don't see the sun setting just yet
- Location
- Brentwood, TN
Amen drb.
Yep. Amen. Thanks for the insight, Dave.
Dirthouse
Bought an X
- Location
- Murfreesboro, TN
This touches on an issue that Nissan has always had in which they take entirely too long to do a model redesign. The Hardbody spent 10.5 years before it was replaced. The 1st gen Frontier was 7. And the current Frontier is currently at 10 years. The Titan and Armada will be 12 years by the time the 2016 redesign hits showrooms later this year. Nissan has been in the American market long enough to know that customers become disinterested after a model passes 5 years. The big three realized this long ago and have been rolling out new models in much less time.
Frogstar7055
Wheeling
- Location
- Jacksonville FL
Its a good read.. I understand that Frontier does need a partner but in many ways it has this as its branded Navara/NP300 all over the world.
Normally they want to spread the under pinning around to help spread the cost of design and engineering.
Titan / Armada / QX / Vans - Xterra / Frontier - Pathinder / Infiniti QX - and so on..
Since Titan isn't going any where its safe to say Armada isn't either
Frontier will share some parts of the next Titan just like the current gens. Basic frame design and some drive train.
Its posable that Xterra could survive.. I do know for a fact its been designed.
Im just not sure it could be a full build or neutered SUV
donthegreek
Test Drive
- Location
- Pa.
Its posable that Xterra could survive.. I do know for a fact its been designed. Im just not sure it could be a full build or neutered SUV[/QUOTE said:
Dirthouse
Bought an X
- Location
- Murfreesboro, TN
Just to beat the dead horse some more... I had my anniversary dinner at work last night and I spoke with one of the plant veeps that had attended. When I asked him why I couldn't lease an Xterra anymore, he replied with "the Xterra lived past its "end of production life cycle" by a couple of years. There were plans to release a next generation, but it wouldn't have been cost effective. I also asked why a diesel option couldn't have been made to bring up it's average mpg like the Frontier will likely get, and he just gave me a deer in the headlights expression. I came away with the impression that they had a 3rd gen planned, but they nixed it when they looked at the logistics of it. I also asked about the next gen Frontiers information and Titan pricing. He said he hasn't received anything yet.
Malin_Rebate
Skid Plates
- Location
- Tennessee
Well damn
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IIRC, Pick-ups have different CAFE regs...so an SUV hurts more than a p-up.
As the wee truck niche was opened, the Fronty was able to step into some vacant/vacated market niches.
Body on frame rigs are an endangered species for sure. When they turned the Pathfinder into a bloated oversized hatchback, I knew it was over.
The jeep wrangler is one of the few rigs that a significant percentage of actually get off roaded....the rest of the SUV's out there are mostly bought for image reasons.
Its why jeep can get away with hinges on the outside, exposed bolt heads, simple interiors with few amenities, a rough ride and poor mpg, etc... (Compared to a cute ute...) etc.
The other heaps have unibodies not frames....portending the future.
So, as the vast majority of car buyers don't go off road, and want a nice smooth ride as their number one performance criterion...with high mpg, etc...a frame weighs too much to be worth lugging around...and leaf springs and live axles just don't lend themselves to smooth rides, etc...compared to independent systems.
HD rigs might keep frames, because 1 ton rigs, etc, need them to work well thus far...but they are going for aluminum bodies, and less steel, but of higher strength, and so forth, as compromises even in that demographic.
As the wee truck niche was opened, the Fronty was able to step into some vacant/vacated market niches.
Body on frame rigs are an endangered species for sure. When they turned the Pathfinder into a bloated oversized hatchback, I knew it was over.
The jeep wrangler is one of the few rigs that a significant percentage of actually get off roaded....the rest of the SUV's out there are mostly bought for image reasons.
Its why jeep can get away with hinges on the outside, exposed bolt heads, simple interiors with few amenities, a rough ride and poor mpg, etc... (Compared to a cute ute...) etc.
The other heaps have unibodies not frames....portending the future.
So, as the vast majority of car buyers don't go off road, and want a nice smooth ride as their number one performance criterion...with high mpg, etc...a frame weighs too much to be worth lugging around...and leaf springs and live axles just don't lend themselves to smooth rides, etc...compared to independent systems.
HD rigs might keep frames, because 1 ton rigs, etc, need them to work well thus far...but they are going for aluminum bodies, and less steel, but of higher strength, and so forth, as compromises even in that demographic.
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- Location
- Smyrna, TN
Yep, dad told me day before yesterday the last X will roll off the line in August with MY15 being the last production year. It's official.
Cruecible
Titan Swapped / SAS'd
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
Well, here it is. An official Nissan announcement declaring the Xterra dead:
http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/releases/the-2016-nissan-lineup-charting-the-changes
"Nissan Xterra
The Nissan Xterra has completed its current production cycle. After more than 750,000 Xterras sold since its introduction as a model year 2000 vehicle, the last Xterra will be sold in the fall of 2015."
It makes me a little sad to know that it's fully concrete and official now. I guess I was holding on to a little bit of hope that the Xterra would stick around long enough for me to buy a new one in a couple years. I wanted to ignore all the hearsay and magazine announcements; denouncing them as simply myth. However, now there is some closure that I was looking for.
http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/releases/the-2016-nissan-lineup-charting-the-changes
"Nissan Xterra
The Nissan Xterra has completed its current production cycle. After more than 750,000 Xterras sold since its introduction as a model year 2000 vehicle, the last Xterra will be sold in the fall of 2015."
It makes me a little sad to know that it's fully concrete and official now. I guess I was holding on to a little bit of hope that the Xterra would stick around long enough for me to buy a new one in a couple years. I wanted to ignore all the hearsay and magazine announcements; denouncing them as simply myth. However, now there is some closure that I was looking for.
- Location
- Denver Adjacent
Sad day indeed.
emtmark
Wheeling
- Location
- San Fransisco Bay aRea
Boooooooooo
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lbishop
Need Bigger Tires
- Location
- Polk County,TN
Just wishful thinking here:
I know the xterra was never meant to be a direct competitor to the wrangler. We just kinda of Lump it into that category. Anyways, wonder why Nissan doesn't go after the wrangler segment of the market like their doing in the truck world with the new Titan? I know cafe standards played into the decision and all
But it looks to me like their is segment of the market that only jeep is competing in. With the fj & xterra dead. It leaves the 4Runner and the wrangler. Let's face it that new thing they call the 4Runner is to big to be off-road and way over priced
End rant lol
I know the xterra was never meant to be a direct competitor to the wrangler. We just kinda of Lump it into that category. Anyways, wonder why Nissan doesn't go after the wrangler segment of the market like their doing in the truck world with the new Titan? I know cafe standards played into the decision and all
But it looks to me like their is segment of the market that only jeep is competing in. With the fj & xterra dead. It leaves the 4Runner and the wrangler. Let's face it that new thing they call the 4Runner is to big to be off-road and way over priced
End rant lol
importpower99
Bought an X
- Location
- Boca Raton, FL
THe Xterra and Fj are in the same category as the Wrangler, they are all classified as Off road capable rugged vehicles. Nissan just never put the effort into being a keep player, this isnt new for Nissan and because of that, it will be the last Nissan I own.
The 4runner isn't bad, its a real capable machine that holds its value. Its really the only new and affordable off road capable SUV you can get without buying a wrangler. Toyota is smart since they can market the 4runner to off road enthusiast and soccer moms which means they can cross sell their product into two market.
There is always a Landrover :0