Nissan Xterra Discontinued After 2015

http://blog.caranddriver.com/xtra-xtra-nissan-xterra-confirmed-to-die-after-2015-model-year/

 

I built 2 xterras before switching to a Tacoma. They were fun and awesome suvs that really came with the needed and didn't come with extras. To bad Nissan couldn't get more people to follow and resurrect them. Now it's Toyota for me.

 

I actually liked the Xterra too. A lot of the winter rigs up here are Xterras.

 

I saw that a couple days ago, bummer. I always liked them and considered one before I bought the Toyota.

 

I had an'04 Xterra. If it had been 4x4 I would still have it. I have always wondered about Nissan reliability when the odometer gets into 5 digits, tho.

 

I'm a convert from Nissan: 97 Pickup/03 Xterra & 09 Versa. Still have the 03 & 09

If I didn't get the Tacoma, it would have been another Xterra.

 

I have no clue about the new VQ engines from Nissan but hear good things, I know on my old pathfinder my camshaft snapped at the sprocket under idle.

 

5 digits? I'm pretty sure even the most lowly Fiat or Lada can function well for 10,000 miles...

 

I love the 04 Gen xterras.

I wouldn't mind one for the right price if I needed the space.

 

Interesting. Thanks. I always liked the Xterras.

 

Sorry about that. That was either a brain fart or fat fingers. I meant 6 digits.

 

Good thing I got a 2015!

 

bought and paid for 2013 xterra, regret my whole entire life but it does get up and go and only get the same amount of gas as my taco. I hardly drove it so I end up giving it to my mom lol she doesn't complain, still has 20k miles.

 

The xterra wasn't a bad vehicle. Nissan just abandon it completely instead of updating it.

 

Had an '04 and just bought a '10 Off Road. They are solid, well built vehicles. Before buying it I tried to like the FJ's, but just couldn't get over the visibility issue and awkward rear doors, and gave the Jeep mommy-wagon (JKU) several tries, but those things are awful anywhere but serious trails.

 

And so continues the death of the midsized SUV based on a truck platform It's 4Runner or nothing.

 

The problem with the 4Runner is the price- well into the mid $30's, almost $10K more than an Xterra. If Nissan had tried a PRO 4X version of the Pathfinder instead of neutering it, it might have been saved as well.

 

That's exactly why I bought a new Xterra, I was looking at a 3 year old SR5 4R w/ 40,000 mi and it was $4k more than a brand new Xterra. The dealer wouldn't move on price so I went next door and bought a Nissan. I would rather have had the 4R but not for that.

 

I had a 2005 Super Charged XTerra. It was slow as dog in the mountains. I sold it and bought a V6 Outback. Power for days....

 

2005? I thought the last gen S/C with the 3.3 ended in 2004. Anyways, my current Xterra is way more powerful than my Tacoma.