When Nissan created its first full-size sport-utility vehicle, the Pathfinder Armada, it did so in the traditional way, using the platform of its full-size Titan pickup. Although there?s now a new Titan pickup from which a new full-size ute could be spun, Nissan decided that worldwide volume for big, body-on-frame SUVs?which sell pretty much only in North America and the Middle East?could be accommodated by consolidating its offerings around the international-market Nissan Patrol. That vehicle, ­leather-lined and reengineered for a more pampered, pavement-oriented life, already is the basis for the Infiniti QX80, and now it has spawned the new Nissan Armada. READ MORE ??
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