2022 Frontier Revealed

[Rick Astley]

So Nissan has had 21 years to develop a new chassis for this truck and they went with the bean counter method of "uh, just modify the thing you already got", then absolutely hit the ball out of the park with:

• All-new last-in-class payload
• Upgraded last-in-class towing
• Interior plastics from 2012 never looked so good in 2002! Maybe by 2040 the interior materials will be from 2020? We can only hope
• carry-forward chassis
• Motor that got a full year of development in the 12 units sold last year, no reported issues (i kid, but the motor seems to be robust in so far as that there were very few people to complain about having it in their truck, the stat sheet looks good though)
• Always the economical choice, everybody was happy when they stopped using the dual-cooler which combined transmission and coolant in a single cooler with divorced lines. A leak in one would result in needing to replace the transmission and engine in one go. That's SMART because then the customer gets a 0-mile drivetrain! (unless out of warranty, then the sucker who buys the thing used gets to try and pass it onto an auction to be rid of the ticking timebomb)
• Engineered to a price, this thing damn well better keep being the cheapest option in it's segment.

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[Desert_6G]

It looks good. The only thing I don't like is it looks like a Frontier, F150 and Taco all in one. I wish they would have designed something completely different. The dash looks to black and basic. But overall they did more than I thought they would.

 

[ZackDanger]

This thread:

"Nissan knocked it out of the park!"

Me:

 

[Lorenzo]

Looks like a Toyota

 

[Lowcountry Bronco]

So when will they take that and make a 4Runner fighter?

The Pathfinder was released today too and the answer is never ...

https://jalopnik.com/the-2022-nissan-pathfinder-is-no-longer-a-blob-1846199926

 

[North7]

The Pathfinder was released today too and the answer is never ...

https://jalopnik.com/the-2022-nissan-pathfinder-is-no-longer-a-blob-1846199926

Well it has roof lights, it must be offroad ready

 

[Marauder]

Nissan hit it out of the park with this one.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/39048/2022-nissan-frontier-finally-america-gets-an-almost-new-truck

Good for them for finally updating the Enterprise, Alamo, National Rent-a-Car, Avis, and budget lots.

just a smidge late on Hertz

 

[Rednek]

The Pathfinder was released today too and the answer is never ...

https://jalopnik.com/the-2022-nissan-pathfinder-is-no-longer-a-blob-1846199926

Hey look a Nissan Blazer!

 

[ric42pars]

Looks like a Toyota

Agreed. It looks just like a Tacoma. Come up with your own design.

 

[Bronco4lyfe85]

I just got a Chevy vibe honestly.

 

[OhhhhhhSnap]

So Nissan has had 21 years to develop a new chassis for this truck and they went with the bean counter method of "uh, just modify the thing you already got", then absolutely hit the ball out of the park with:

• All-new last-in-class payload
• Upgraded last-in-class towing
• Interior plastics from 2012 never looked so good in 2002! Maybe by 2040 the interior materials will be from 2020? We can only hope
• carry-forward chassis
• Motor that got a full year of development in the 12 units sold last year, no reported issues (i kid, but the motor seems to be robust in so far as that there were very few people to complain about having it in their truck, the stat sheet looks good though)
• Always the economical choice, everybody was happy when they stopped using the dual-cooler which combined transmission and coolant in a single cooler with divorced lines. A leak in one would result in needing to replace the transmission and engine in one go. That's SMART because then the customer gets a 0-mile drivetrain! (unless out of warranty, then the sucker who buys the thing used gets to try and pass it onto an auction to be rid of the ticking timebomb)
• Engineered to a price, this thing damn well better keep being the cheapest option in it's segment.

Yummy strawberry milkshake .

 

[Bronco4lyfe85]

Agreed. It looks just like a Tacoma. Come up with your own design.

That too lol. I had to Google wtf a frontier was because this truck looked like a Tacoma or a Chevy to me. Tacoma was probably more of what I was seeing.

 

[ric42pars]

I just got a Chevy vibe honestly.

Possibly. I could see that. Just the first thing that came to me when I saw it was it’s a Tacoma. Everybody sees things differently. Probably because I have seen more Tacomas.

 

[XirallicBolts]

Eh, if I wanted questionable reliablity I'd buy FCA. Designers are really going all out on headlights nowadays.

Nissan did good with the VQ35 but even that, it's pretty easy for the engine to be considered reliable when the CVT usually shit itself years ahead of schedule.

 

[Rick Astley]

Eh, if I wanted questionable reliablity I'd buy FCA. Designers are really going all out on headlights nowadays.

Nissan did good with the VQ35 but even that, it's pretty easy for the engine to be considered reliable when the CVT usually shit itself years ahead of schedule.

What's FCA?

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