Nissan could literally make this exact vehicle in 2020 in this body and interior and I would buy it as soon as it dropped

"designed 10 years ago" That explains why I like it.

bring the Xterra back

I still would take it over a Wrangler all day long.

seriously need more boxy SUV vehicles. hate the curvy grandma looking ones

The Xtrra is built for purpose not comfort. I own a 2012 pro-4x and it is a monster off road. It is a man's suv and not a city cruiser.

Glad Nissan kept at least one of their offroad vehicles pure....what they did to the once great Pathfinder is maximum garbage....took away its manliness.

Saving up for a 2010 Nissan Xterra. I absolutely love this style! If I could afford it, I would definitely make the 2015 my goal! I hate the curviness/ smoothness of newer SUVs/ crossovers, and I love, love, love the squarer frames of the older (specifically the Xterra). What Nissan did to the new Armadas and Pathfinders should be labeled as a sin!

They really need to bring this back. My grandma had a 2001 all of my childhood. It was my favorite vehicle and still is.

This is the vehicle of my dreams

the side steps on the side are not to help you get in, but rather to help you reach the cargo on the roof.

I'm 24 and even I know they need to bring back the traditional SUV look. Body to Frame all day baby.

I have this exact car, same color, transmission, and interior. I've put roughly 4,000 miles on it and I really enjoy it. This SUV gets a lot of grief in reviews I've read for ride quality, interior refinement, and fuel economy. I can honestly say that fuel economy is the only gripe that's justified. I was extremely impressed that low 30's got me a body on frame SUV with Navigation, Backup camera, heated seats, Bluetooth, and arguably the best sound system I've ever heard in an automobile in this price range. The interior has hard plastics but they're put together really well with no rattling or coming loose. I love the fact that I got cloth seats that are heated, that's a hard combination to find. And the cloth doesn't get too hot in the desert summers in New Mexico and the heated seats are perfect when it has gotten cold out. The ride quality is actually really good for an off-road inclined SUV. I drive mine around town and it has never gotten too harsh, bumpy, or loud for me. The engine is very peppy and quick, I do wish Nissan would've at least put in a 6-speed automatic as the 5-speed occasionally struggles to find the right gear. I personally didn't get the wrangler because of the higher price and I did not want the removable roof. If you're in the market for an SUV in the low 30's and you want something a little more manly this really is a good value.

I have a 2005 Xterrs with 137,000 miles on it. I love it! Who cares of it's "dated" or "cheap plastic" Mine is 11 years old and it still feels new! It sure beats any of the soccer mom SUV's out there! I am lookig at a PRO 4X tomorrow in fact!

As for the "cheap" interior, let me say, bought a new one when they changed the design in 2005, the interior was designed to be able to literally hose out - all seats, including the front, folded completely flat and you could take your garden hose to it and wash the mud, snow and grime out without doing any damage - one of the features that truly came in handy. Also, 6' 4" hubby shattered his ankle and was able to sit in the back seat with the front passenger seat completely folded forward in half to elevate his casted leg in comfort. Has tons of "giddy up". One of my favorite vehicles I've owned. I am sad to hear they will no longer manufacture after 2015.

God, it's beautiful.

I own 2 Xterras. Just bought a 3rd. Please bring back the Xterra!!!

This guy is not qualified to review this four wheel drive. He is comparing it to a Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, and Nissan Rogue. Not even close. This is a true body on frame SUV with a fully locking rear differential 4-Wheel drive. It should be compared to Toyota FJ Cruiser, Jeep Wrangler, or Toyota 4-Runner.

Say masculine one more time. . .

I'm sad that the new Pathfinders are crossovers. Such a shame. I liked the old school pathfinders and armadas

Wish they’d bring this back !

I bought my 2008 X in 2009. It had been a rental and had 28k miles on it. I payed 16k for it. It's been payed off for years, still runs likes like new. 175k miles and no issues. Plan is to pass it down to my currently 14yo girl when she gets a drivers licenese. It's pretty much bullet proof.

Best vehicle I have ever owned thus far. Love it. Great off-roader.

But is it masculine?

I can't believe this design is almost 10 years old, I remember when they were coming out.

I love my 2014 Pro-4X. I take it off road all the time. Have added steel skids from shrockworks, steel rock sliders, off road bumpers from shrockworks and a nice usable roof rack. I've taken my X to places where jeeps hesitate to go unless they have the lift and larger tires.

Just found one a few days ago and bought a pro4x today. Best version fully loaded and last model year. This shall last me a good 10 years and 100k miles. It has about 60k right now

I want function, I want usability, I want reliability, I want lockers, I want durability, I want skids, I want easy to clean. I could not give a single fuck about soft, nice feeling materials, or techy-techy gimmicks or push button start (fuck off! how hard is it to turn a key). I just want shit to work. And this truck delivers in spades. It's why I bought one.

Actually, it still looks pretty good. Considering just how HIDEOUS most current Nissans look, I don't know if re-designing it is necessarily a good thing.

Old and new = Gold Had My 2015 Xterra pro-4x w/ 105k kms last sunday, Flew from Manitoba to Alberta to get the car and drove back. It was a great driving experience. I like the feel stiffness combined with soft bounce when over the bumps, the Bilstein shocks was so good. Fell in love on the seat height and road vision, Gas was not bad for me. The other thing that I like about this car is that it is tall and short.

Dated, old, cheap plastic? lol. I had a 2005 Xterra - kept it for 12 years, no problems at all. I got the 2012 PRO 4X two months ago. Love it! Even though Nissan stopped making them in 2015, I wouldn't have it any other way! King of the road!

It's so good to see at least a small amount of SUV's are still available in manual. SAVE THE MANUALS!

I have a 2006. Like the video says the design has not changed for 10 years. It's a great off road vehicle.

I have been driving for 4 years, almost 5. In 2006 my parents bought one of these brand new in the sand colour and we had it when I was 14/15 and learning to drive. It was a great vehicle to learn in, great power, can go anywhere, comfortable, lots of space. This is one of the only original great SUV's. We went off-roading with our friends who had pickup trucks. They got stuck, we were pulling them out haha. Its a really great vehicle!

Go look for a Luxury vehicle! I really hate it when he says "CHEAP"!

and nissan announced 2015 is the last year for the Xterra, so get them while you can. if you like em.. i have had 3 myself..

When it comes to reviews I really appreciate attention to detail like this. Noting the key things like Driver window auto down not up, and the key point highlighting the touch interface or missing trajectory lines for back up* Really like that👍 Great Review!!!

Xtetra's rock!! Can't please everybody.. lot of dorks in the world. Mine is an 05 and I've sold many 50-70k vehicles and I always am happy to get back in my Xterra!

The Older means more *EXPENSIVE* because they were designed and built Better.

This truck is so bad ass, you just can't find anything like this anymore. Bring it back.

The fact that no other manufacturers make these type of vehicles is why the 2019 Jeep Wrangler can cost as much as 60k. No competition = monopoly pricing.

My parents gave me their 2012 pro-4x with leather seats. Been driving it for 2 years and I love it, will keep it and fix it up for as long as i can.

This actually would be a pretty good winter beater vehicle

great review, the Xterra is one of a kind. And I love mine.

Best review you've done!

I wish they kept making these. After all the old frontier is still around. Toyota has kept the same style of the 4 runner around for about 10 years and it’s still selling well!

Excellent video! Good job. Keep doing these!

I am a woman and LOVE the Nissan Xterra style language and I plan to take it offroad when I buy one. I'm saving up because it's still like $20k

Mine is a 6sp and I never feel like it's a "gas guzzler " everybody has to complain about something.

Traded in my '06 OffRoad for the '15 Pro 4X based on discontinuing production rumours. Might be my last vehicle! Love it

My grandmother has this car and they previously had 4Runner and my mum has a 4Runner, I grew up with this kind of car and love it. I grew up all around the 4Runner and FJ cruiser, the Xterra was the only car that wasn’t Toyota for us. I miss this car and the FJ cruiser.

Had the Nisaan xterra for 7 years and loved it, just picked up a 2015 Xterra Pro-x and love it too. :)

Excellent review.Thanks very much.

I actually enjoyed this review, thanks. Does help me narrow down my choice between the Xterra, the Wrangler and the 4 Runner.

I have a 2003 first generation Xterra with 270,000 km on it. I live in Western Quebec / Eastern Ontario where it will get down to minus 30 in February and the snow can really pile up. I live in a semi-rural area with back-roads and hills. Put snow tires on my vehicle and put it into 4WD and it just eats snow. I've also had it driving hard down logging roads. Fabulous vehicle.

This was a very fair review. Thanks!

Perfect review & great Nissan.

OMG #5 viewer!! YASSS!! Good videos too Redline, I watch all of them and I love them. Keep up the good work! :)

Currently renting one of these for a few days of highway tripping in Northern Ontario Canada driving highway primarily. (Typing this in the middle of my trip.) I tried to get the pathfinder but it wasnt available. I currently own a 2009 ford escape 2Wd V-6. This review was spot on. Its a rugged vehicle, the suspension travel and feel is much like a jeep wrangler. There is alot of nervous wiggling on pavement. However, I was just out at my camp a few days prior ,using a side by side polaris razor on a pipeline road, and this vehicle could handle that rough trail/ road easily. On the highway for passing, it blew by transports easily giving me a good safety margin on our two lane highways here in with few passing lanes. In comparison to my escape v-6 it feels rugged solid and heavy. The escape feels light and nimble in comparison although even without the AWD drivetrain and resultant weight the escapes motor seems like a sewing machine . I roof rack alot of gear on my escape, like standup paddleboards and wet gear, and the roof rack on this seems it could handle alot of heavy gear I have to laugh though as most of these i see are daily drivers, polished and well washed and do not see a foot of dirt road. Much like the Wrangler poser crowd. Good review.

Bought the 2015 XTerra Pro 4-X last year and LOVE it. Test drove the Jeep Rubicon and Suburu Forester Touring in addition. I wanted an SUV that felt like and SUV and not a vehicle I'd be afraid to get dirty, but still be stylish. I still have my sedan, but when we take the Prox 4-X out out to the country, it doesn't disappoint. The turn radius is tight. This model was hard to get in my area. When we ordered it to our specs, local dealer had to get it from Oklahoma. There are lots of XTerra's in town, but only 1 Pro-4X model. :)

The Xterra is still being marketed , albeit overseas. In my opinion it looks awful (the new design); and I'm upset with Nissan for discontinuing the older boxy style. Back in 2016, i bought a 2013 Nissan Xterra 4x4 from CarMax. First car i ever bought there. Can't remember the trim, but it may have been an S. Let me just say , THAT was the best vehicle i ever owned. This thing was a tank. So friggin solid. No creaking or weird noises. And this one only had 30k miles on it when i got it. It was well taken care of. As a birthay gift my wife got me an aftermarket center console screen, with BT, Apple Carplay, Android Auto,and Nav. I bought guards for the front and back lights, aftermarket headlights. It had running boards and rain guard/ deflectors on the windows. Mine was gray with aftermarket black wheels and B/F Goodrich AT tires. They actually came with it when i bought it. My apologies for how stupid this sounds, but this truck was so fuckin' bad ass. Yeah the mpg sucked. I got 20 mpg on a good day. But holy shit, was it fun to drive. Other than the fuel economy, the only other thing I wasn't a fan of was the seats. Not that they were uncomfortable, because they weren't but after a while, they did begin to smell bad from excessive driving. I had to eventually buy seat covers and that pretty much, solved the issue. After almost 7 yrs of loyal service and it only had 81,000 miles, on November 5th of 2022, my car was parked outside a Target in the Bay Area, and apparently some pos was trying to show off his driving "skills" to his buds in his stupid ass truck and loss control and totaled my car and part of someone else's car. He hit it from the driver side front. I was alerted by a voice over the PA system, telling me my license plate number was in an accident. I was overcome with so much anger , an anger i didn't even know one could feel. That was 7 months ago and I still really miss it. We've since bought a new car, a 2023 Kia Sorento hybrid. It's a great car, with a lot of tech, and is pretty damn luxurious, for a midsized suv. The fuel economy is strong to ( 39 mpg hwy) ... but deep down i still really miss my old truck. Yeah these newer SUVs have way more creature comforts, and tech, but it's just not the same. That feeling you get when you take it camping or light off-roading , or driving it down trails, can't be beat. My wife and I drove it to Colorado, and Louisiana from where we live in Northern California. One day I am going to get another one.

I still see these roaming Death Valley's most brutal off road areas with ease in their dated form. Would love to own one even 20 years from now.

STOP CALLING IT A CAR! Geez, dude.

great review my man, watched the whole thing, great detail in every aspect of the car you made clear. im buying this really quick

Nissan discontinued the Xterra because they felt it wasn't saccharine enough. At the time, they felt everybody wanted rounded, homogenized, feminized crossovers. Looks like they're leaving it to Jeep and Ford for SUVs that still look like an SUV.

The Xterra is cool, bold, tough, rugged, capable, strong, reliable, and badass! Oh, and masculine!

Great review!

Wish Nissan continued selling this. It would be selling well now

Just looked into these, 2015 Pro 4X still selling for 33k ...and that's with 62k miles..man how times have changed!

WOW, this review was TERRIBLE!!!! Did he seriously just call this a "compact" SUV??? OMG. It's a MIDSIZE SUV!!!!! I've had my 2015 Pro-4X for just over 3 years now and I have nothing but great things to say about it. It has been super reliable and very low maintenance. I love that it's a rugged off-road SUV, but it also has many luxury features and is very comfortable, even on the highway. Mine has the heated leather seats, navigation, Bluetooth, Sirius/XM radio, premium sound system, etc. This is, hands down, the best SUV I have ever owned and I would buy another one in a heartbeat. The reason why people love this vehicle's "old" design so much is because it's one of the last (if not THE last) SUVs that you can still buy that has the true body on frame design. It's not one of those ugly, useless, curvy crossovers that would get stuck in 5 inches of mud. This is a REAL sport utility vehicle. Why do you keep calling it a car??? The Nissan Sentra and Nissan Altima are cars. This is an Xterra, which is FAR from a car. This is an SUV!!!!! If you're doing to review vehicles, at least get your information straight.

We have owned our Xterra Off Road Edition ( 6 speed manual) since 2005 and it's a beast. We have not put much into it as far as expenses. Tires, breaks, and a battery. We are looking to replace out Xterra sometime soon, and may wait till the next generation of Xterra's. Hope Nissan keeps the same rugged truck platform. Drove ours through 10 New England winters and have commuted to work through countless snow storms. It kind a is what it is. It's a solid real 4WD, with out much fancy stuff to go wrong.

Great review!!

The Xterra is one of the only SUV's that's maintained its boxy design over the years, it and the Jeep Wrangler/Unlimited. At 10, there's no reason to redesign it, just like the Wrangler/Unlimited... it looks awesome the way it is.. plus this design allows for "real" 4WD... I drive a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4X4 and I don't need the latest features like push-button start or keyless access. (: I do find it odd that this thing has sixteen-inch rims on the top-of-the-line model in 2015.

Great review...I have the Pro4x 2014 leather...I have had 5 Mercedes Benz sedans and I like my Pro 4x so much better...gets through major snow storms....actually fun to drive in deep snow and guarantees I will make it to work in any East coast weather.....

God if this 'guy' says "masculine' one more time...

a lot of people I find are complaining about lack of tech in this vehicle but I'm glad it doesn't and they focus more on engineering and quality

Very capable vehicle. And I love the look of it.

Used to have a 2006. One of the best vehicles I ever owned. The 6 speed manual transmission was very reliable. The truck over all was nice and simple. Just gets the job done. The cheap plastic interior was very durable. Definitely a perfect "rugged truck".

Thanks for a really useful, honest, thoughtful review of the Xterra. With the demise of the FJ, the Xterra appears to be the only "rough and tumble" factory off road SUV other than the Jeep. I am thinking about getting one of the last new Xterras available in Las Vegas, but waiting to see if Nissan rolls out another truck based replacement. No word on a possible FJ replacement yet. The crossovers are NOT really for off road.

What drew me to the Xterra over the Wrangler was that it's essentially a short box Frontier, so you actually get some real payload and towing capacity. Also price. The X is a steal compared to the Wrangler. My Xterra has leather, a Rockford/Fosgate sound system that kicks, Nav, off road lights, locking rear axle straight out of the old Titan, Bilstein suspension, underbody protection (could be thicker gauge, but nonetheless, it's there and it works), and good AT tires, and not to forget that silky sweet VQ40 motor, and I got it roughly for the price of a basic Wrangler Sahara.

This is my mothers car she bought in 2004 as a 04 model, it's true not much has changed, it's still a gas guzzler but it's looks still pleases me. It's an old car that my mom has had till this day and she's looking to get a new one next year. I'm looking forward to it's redesign in the future. Even though I was just 4 years of age when she bought it, I still find it my childhood car.

great review

That is a great review.

The best Japanese SUV out there, hopefully they won't redesign it into another wussified Pathfinder.

Thanks for really going through the entire vehicle. This girl loves the truck based SUV. I can't stand the look of the crossovers. My Range Rover is ready to be sold, it's a beautiful 4x4 to look at but it really doesn't do well off road and the new style is no Buenos. Debating if it really matters to wait for the 2016 or not.

2theRedline I like the way you do your reviews people seem to love this car although the styling to me is dated and wasn't a fan when it first came out in 2000. But I am interested in a small SUV. Also I noticed that you in a lot of your video comment on Buick but I have never seen you do any on like in 2014 Regal Turbo sport or the LaCrosse. Please get some in so I can decide what type of car I would buy

Can you try and track down a Volvo S80? Preferably a V8 or T6. Thanks. I love the videos.

I bought a 2014 Pro4X with a manual transmission in Aug with 600 miles on it for 25k. I love this truck and it's beefiness. The only thing I didn't appreciate was the confusion with putting it in reverse!! It's so simple once I was actually told how. Oh and how you have to be in reverse to view camera view.. Other than that.. A+

my dad has a 2001 xterra and god that suv is good we were like almost on empty and we drove the 2 miles.

damn you are a content-rich reviewer! keep it up.

I dont know why people call this a compact SUV. This vehicle is by no means compact. This is a midsized SUV. I know that because it's pretty obvious if you see it in person. But with that out of the way, this is a great SUV. It also handles GREAT for a midsize truck based SUV. It even out handles my mom's 2003 Honda Element which is smaller(thus being a compact SUV(crossover actually)) and even has a slightly firmer ride than the Xterra. I know that because I driven both vehicles.

I love that they still make this. Rugged, capable and simple. As for people complaining about it not having sophisticated styling this vehicle isn't meant for showing off, something people think cars are for, it's meant for it's capability and go anywhere character. I know I'd rather have this than some flashy SUV with too much gadgets because when those gadgets fail which they will this old beast will still carry on.

Fucking great review, very detailed and accurate. I have a 2011 X and I love it!! Bare bones rugged beast

my favorite although it was slow was the 2003 xterra. my mom had one and got t-boned. the truck held up. of course it was totaled but it was such a nice suv

Jeeez I had my 350z at the time when this truck came out. That 3 cars I’ve owned since then.

My 04 frontier has that fob, so that thing is definitely a relic lol Yeah, I'd like to see this vehicle updated but similar, I've always thought the Xterra was kind of cool.

Now, that's what I call an in-depth review. So many of the auto "reviews" on KZfaq are nothing more than sales pitches.

It's bizzare because my 2005 looks almost identical. They barely changed the design for 10years...

I just found out from a fellow KZfaqr that Nissan may bringing back the X-Terra. Yea!!! I love it, it's a real work horse. I prefer a masculine looking suv vs. a fancy one.

Good review