Nissan Pathfinder IV – full readiness for start! As soon as the Nissan Pathfinder of the fourth generation was shown at the beginning of the year at the Detroit car dealership, light spilled on the appearance of a serial car. It happened as it was assumed – the other day the Japanese deliberately produced the “leak” of information on the Internet. More precisely, the first official photographs of the new crossover, not an SUV, appeared on the Facebook social network. Nissanpathfinder, differing from the predecessor, acquired a carrier, but the usual frame structure was not used in the design of an updated car. Recently, an increasing number of automakers have been abandoning the frame, but Nissan not only follows the fairway of modern automotive fashion, but also aimed at reducing expenses. Nissan Pathfinder is created on the FF-L platform, which is the basis of Nissan Murano and his brother Infiniti JX. According to the Japanese, the Nissan Pathfinder will still have the required cross-country ability, albeit not like its predecessor. Objectively reasoning, it is difficult to believe in it. The third -generation Nissan Pathfinder was equipped with a full -fledged all -wheel drive transmission Allmode 4WD, its successor boasts only an electronically controlled coupling, which automatically connects the rear axle. The predecessor, which was designed for “off -road” conditions, had a six -speed manual, the new Nissan Pathfinder model was equipped with only a seven -band variator. The behavior of variators on off -road – it is better not to mention. To do this, it is enough to talk with the owner of the Nissan Murano, who at least once found himself in his car outside the asphalt. In “declassified” photographs published on Facebook, nothing new is visible. Comparing the pre -production car, which was shown in Detroit, with the serial Nissan Pathfinder, it can be noted that it has not changed at all. It could not be otherwise, since the car is the twin brother Infiniti JX. And this means that the overall dimensions (4.89 m in length, 1.91 m in width, 2.82 m wheelbase) of both cars will be the same. The same can be said about everything else – a 3.5 liter gasoline engine, which develops a power of 265 liters. With., seven seats and equipment salon. The Nissan Pathfinder equipment will not be modest so as not to take buyers from your brother Infiniti JX. The car will also differ in a lower price. So, in the priority for the Nissan, the American market is the cost of Infiniti JX above $ 40,650, it turns out, the Nissan Pathfinder will presumably be within $ 30,000-32,000.Without a doubt, in Europe and Russia Nissan Pathfinder will give up its positions. Previously, the car was valued for off -road qualities, a turbodiesel and an acceptable price. Nissanpathfinder of the fourth generation – lost his traditional advantages, turning into an ordinary SUV. So according to the results of last year sales, the Nissan Pathfinder was in the top three of the best -selling SUVs in Russia with a result of 5,278 cars sold. With the advent of a car car, sales indicators can seriously “sink” similarly to Nissan Murano, which, according to 2011 statistics, did not enter the top ten. Although for the Japanese, the Russian market is not as important as the North American, since in America Nissan Pathfinder, dealers will sell tens of thousands, and this is enough to redraw the car to the tastes of American car enthusiasts. Surely they like the fuel consumption indicator, reduced by 25%, a seven -seater salon and the corresponding price tag. In Russia, there are completely different criteria for car assessment. Despite the pros and cons of the new Nissan Pathfinder car, we have to state the fact that one honest “rogue” has become less. In addition, after retirement, Nissan Pathfinder III, he will be forced to go into the non -existence and pickup Nissan Navara, which managed to gain popularity in Russia. There are practically no obvious reasons for the popularity of these models. So if the Nissan Navara deliberately try to replace the Nissan NP300, then with the cessation of the Nissan Pathfinder III release, the Nissan arsenal will remain only one model made in the form of a frame SUV – PATROL. However, he performs in another segment, therefore, a full replacement cannot be by definition. Times of honest, frame jeeps pass, so they will soon turn into an endangered type of machine. Perhaps they can now be considered the rare copies … Market laws dictate their conditions, Nissan is not the first to direct all their forces to the “cross -impending” direction. Thanks to popular crossovers, at this time you can make excellent money, and therefore survive in a modern unstable, constantly balancing on the verge of economic crisis of the world. This confirmation of this was the fourth -generation Nissan Pathfinder, from which only a glorious name remains.