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Target market for this thing here. I haven't drove one yet obviously, but I think Nissan smashed it out of the park mostly.
The red accents are too much for me, but those can be easily resolved on the outside with some vinyl. The interior... Hopefully they offer it in all black too, lol.
The other big miss IMO is the power. For context, this is the most powerful fullsize SUV now outside the Escalade V (which is 3 of these expensive), and grand Wagoneer (which makes no accusations of it being sporty
The next most powerful is the Expedition Stealth performance at 450hp but it's more expensive, but it's likely lighter and honestly is surprisingly quick. However, I'm told that the rest of the world version of this get 495hp vs the 465 of this, which is disappointing. 495hp would put aside any concerns of this not being as fast as expedition.
Armada was already the most athletic in this class (the athletic fat kid isn't much of a badge of honor, but when you're already in this size class it helps). So this with more power, a better suspension, and those sweet 22" forged wheels is probably going to be the pick for the best driving fullsize SUV.
Another area I'm disappointed is the brakes. They appear to just be the stock base brakes. I would have liked to see some nice Brembo or similar brakes, not because I think that this will ever see a track, but truthfully it just as a package completing thing.
Other zonk, this will have the 9 speed that's basically a Mercedes transmission. It may be a great transmission, I dunno, but it's not going to be as well supported a ZF 8 speed.
In the end, it's certainly on our list of vehicles to consider. I'm sure you'll be able to score a sweet deal on these with incentives, or a barely used one for crazy cheap too. If the aftermarket support for these works out, I could see some of these with a tune and maybe some bolt on stuff like downpipe and intercooler.
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