![]() There are two sets of LATCH anchors for child seats in the second row – none in the third. The two third row passengers get air vents and cupholders, and that’s about it. The third row reclines for comfort, but there’s not enough space for adults – unless you push the second row up so far as to make it unusable. ![]() We really liked how easily the second row seats fold and then slide forward and out of the way, making ingress to the third row a breeze, especially compared to some of the competition. There’s also a separate climate control panel for rear passengers. They have DVD players and wireless headphones, while the third row has headphone jacks and volume controls. The second row gets the entertainment system with dual 7-inch screens. The seats recline and slide fore and aft, but there is a total lack of foot room under the front seats, and that makes things feel a bit tight. The two outboard seats are heated and quite comfortable. ![]() The navigation system is quite good, and the 13-speaker BOSE audio system is fantastic! A couple of nitpicks with the system – it seems as though it always wants to start in navigation mode, and irritatingly, it never intelligently bounces back to your previous activity like other systems do. There’s a tri-zone climate control system, which allows you to control the rear temperature from the front.Ĭharging is handled by four 12V plugs throughout the cabin and one 120V household plug at the back of the centre console. This high trim gets a decent amount of driver assistance technology – 360-degree camera, rear parking sensors (I did miss the front ones in tight parking spots), intelligent/adaptive cruise control, forward emergency braking, blind spot warning and rear cross traffic alert. ![]() Thankfully it functions well as a touchscreen. I also think this stuff takes up too much of the dash. It’s a combination of a rotary joystick puck and directional buttons – to me it always seems as if there are too many options when it comes to moving around the screen, and that many of these options are simply redundant. The 8″ main screen is to be controlled with Nissan’s weird input interface. The front seats are upholstered in leather, heated and cooled, and very comfortable. The heated steering wheel feels great in the hands and is power-adjustable. The “wood-tone” trim is better than in some other vehicles, but obviously fake. Materials are definitely not top-of-class – the entire dash is a huge swatch of hard plastics and that feels a bit chintzy by today’s standards. I find the Pathfinder’s cabin to be mostly a good thing. The 20-inch rims look great, and they wear 235/55-sized tires. There’s some bling to be found on the higher trim – you can’t miss the chrome grille flanked by bright LED head lights. I think it looks good, particularly in my review vehicle’s rich Caspian Blue. But the new one has done well, and it’s now a familiar sight. And it didn’t go over well with the purists that felt the Pathfinder ought to have continued on its path, bring built on a truck chassis and looking like it was ready to tackle the great outdoors. The resulting shape was relatively smooth, slick and modern. Nissan had taken the ruggedness and hurled it aside with no fanfare or goodbyes. People were shocked when we first met this generation of Pathfinder. It’s starting to show its age, but the 2017 Pathfinder is still a solid SUV.
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