I like the review (and turning radius is definitely the worst thing). But, as a 2022 frontier owner, I'm frustrated that off-road youtube reviewers don't understand the running boards. They're actually dual purpose rock rails with removable steps attached. If you're going to off-road this thing, take the steps off and the rock rail will help protect the truck without the loss of clearance.

Great review 👍🏻. Considered one of these until the dealer slipped in a $5k “Market Adjustment”. Can’t wait til these dealers go belly up

I love the infotainment display, it's not overbearing, isn't required for most functions, and allows for still a majority of tactile buttons to be used over the touch screen. Very practical and a lot safer than some of the infotainment displays that displace safer buttons while driving. Have to give Nissan props for that.

I just bought one and absolutely love it so far. Its on-road manners are great (quiet, smooth shifting, no gear hunting), and off road it’s impressive.

I love mine, bought it last September. The 4wheel drive system does well in bad weather. I have to be honest, most of the issues that people seem to have with this truck don't apply to me. I'm not concerned about backup cameras or the most up-to-date technology. It's a pickup truck not a luxury vehicle luxury vehicle. If you want the finest luxuries get a sports car.

Not having different drive modes is a huge plus in my book.

Love my Pro4-x, it’s a 19, it’s got the 4.0, a little less MPG. Bought it with 7k miles, now I have about 21k after about 2 years of ownership, there is a reason NISSAN stuck with the same platform for 15 years and then barley changed their motor, to make it even better. I always have said the Frontier is the average man’s Tacoma, the Frontier really gained some traction with the new 22 and put it back on the map, great video man

Thanks for another great review. Just took the Frontier for a test drive and wow I was very impressed. I think a Frontier will be in my driveway soon.

I've been waiting for this vid for ages! Just sat down with my morning coffee, what perfect timing!

Sold my tacoma and bought this truck. Drives and feels 10 times better than the taco. Not to mention lifetime powertrain warranty!

I have the 2023 Baja Storm 4X and I love it! I had a 2002 Silverado 4x4 for 20 years and it was in my opinion irreplaceable. I was wrong, my son has that truck now and I have this. My only complaint is that there is NO telescoping steering wheel (I am 6'4"). But hey small price to pay for a non turbo charged modern V6. I despise turbos as I see them come through my shop constantly for overheats, block issues etc... Glad I was able to snatch this little beauty up. I'm almost 50 now so this will be the last truck I buy. It will become an heirloom IMO.

I’ve been waiting for this one. Nice color too!

Thank you for testing this truck on your channel, love it.

I now have a 2021 Frontier. Had a 2010 frontier for 10 years. They are known for a poor turning radius. TFL did a test and a 4WD F-150 had a significantly tighter turning radius, and it tied a 4WD RAM 2500. Still love my truck. I had my 2010 off road numerous times and it ALWAYS took me wherever I wanted to go. I was tail end charlie on a group of 4x4 trucks. I kept having to stop at the bottom of an uphill to allow the guys in front of me to make it up the muddy roads, as even with all the latest tech ( I had the oldest vehicle in the 2010 ), they were spinning wheels and slinging mud everywhere. I was worried someone would get stuck in front of me. Once they got out of the way (barely in some cases), I'd kick it into 4 low, get it moving, and let it tootle on up the hill w/o all the wheel spinning. And I didn't even have the rear end locked. Surprised a guy that took that "road" regularly. I wouldn't get the running boards either. Those are for mall crawlers, not off road. I'd go with after market REAL rock sliders instead. Even with the steps off, they still reduce the clearance where honest to God rock sliders leave it almost the same. One of my son's has a lifted 2019 4WD F-150. We went elk hunting here in Colorado, and he was shocked at how sure footed that little truck was. I went places w/o question that he admitted he'd have had second thoughts about taking his truck. Never had to engage the locker. My oldest son was so impressed by my old Frontier that he bought a 2022 when they came out.

As an owner of a 2021 Titan Pro4x, I love these smaller versions. Very underrated.

Not so keen on this Nissan but can't miss one of your videos. Keep up the great work!

Great review. It's making me consider buying it as I have an Xterra and it's been great.

The available nismo/billstien leveling kit & upgraded even better billstien shocks dramatically improves both on road & off road comfort & handling especially when fitted with the nismo alloy wheels that only weigh a fraction of stock or otherwise opted wheels it really wakes the truck up with quite a noticeable difference you can get these upgrades at dealership thru nismo & still spend less $ than a trd pro it's more than well worth the investment

Great review! I own the truck and love it. I average 19 mpg, and really I drive 80-90 on the hwy so I’m sure it would be better if I slow down. It is annoying that only the drivers window is automatic, and the cameras are terrible as you mentioned. Just a pro tip? The steps on the step-ups are removable, making them more like rock rails and giving you the ground clearance back!

This truck is a home run in my opinion. 👍

Nissan, build a Frontier based Xterra for North America!

I actually like it's more basic look. It's price is also pretty great. You can snag one for $40k. A completely fair price. A year old for about $35k. The powertrain is also well proven and very reliable. I'm more worried about the day Nissan comes to "improve" it

Bought an s model trim 4x4 , drives great, I had a Titan before. Never had a small truck before but I’m really happy with it. Changed the rims and getting a line x spray in bed liner.

Finally been waiting for you to test a frontier

I just traded in my 2020 Ranger XLT on a 2022 Pro 4X. What a deal and upgrade in amenities and ride quality. This is my 14th Nissan and my dealer did not charge a Market Adjustment.

Many great years with my '10 Pro-4x 6spd! They've done a great job with the latest design.

Thanks for the detailed explanation on the off-road segment. You just got a new subscriber.

Finally,been waiting for ur review on the frontier.....it took long actually before u got to feature it in ur channel but very honest and detailed review.....Hope we can see this perform on ur own trail soon...(I forgot what that trail is called).

The fenders are made by Panasonic and the sounds is great. Fenders are in all the VWs as well.

Good review! Considering a new Frontier… I have a 2012 SV trim with 6M… wish the new ones came with a manual option. It has been a great truck with minimal repair issues but about time to upgrade. Likely will wait for the ‘23 model…. leaning Frontier but will consider Ranger and others. Most of my off-pavement is forest service roads (some pretty rough) or deep soft sand (air down to 18psi). No rock crawling. Appreciate your review with the good, bad, and ugly.

Solid 2-man crew/one man show video content. From my visits to Oregon mostly and some Washington State they go overboard there on stripping large sections of forest where it looks like a small nuclear weapon went off or a 5 mile wide F-5 tornado came through. I found it tragic and disturbing the stripping of the land/resources.

The step portion is removable on those running boards, leaving only a rock rail. A lot of reviewers whine about them, but I don't think they realize that the steps are designed to be removed when off-roading.

Just bought mine today love it

Great video, especially, the off-reading portion. I found the use of the 4L, locker, etc buttons more understandable in this vehicle than just about any of the others I’ve viewed w/all the optional driving modes. Maybe its me, maybe its hard to translate in video (despite yours & others best attempts), maybe this old school just works well, maybe even better than the tech….Nissan needs to improve the turn radius though. It’s so important on the trails to have a tight radius. Heck, in the urban jungles I navigate, the super tight radius of my 6th gen OB is phenomenal & required!

Great review as always. Would it be possible to upgrade cameras after market?

I have one. Love it. Gets between 9 - 10L per 100kms roughly highway. Mines lifted, bed rack, 33" tires. Its fantastic. Highly recommend

Great video and great truck. That's the truck's truck in fact. It went so easily over those very slippery obstacles vs the Tacoma or any other true offroader you went up there with. Now, imagine if in Nissan infinite knowledge they would bring back the X-Terra based on that platform. It would probably steal the show imo.

Test drove a couple of these, and liked them. Just too small for my family/work use, especially back seats. Titan Pro4x was/is the winner, and wasn’t that much more.

Perfect review ..and l like or always watching your Chanel .. really fantastic.. Keeping on ..👍👍and thanks so much......

“Those side rails will just grind on everything” sounds like my ex-wife! Appreciate the thorough review!

I have 2018 Pro-4X. Yes it is designed for adventure off road but it also has to navigate the traffics of Los Angeles in this high-fuel cost post-Covid era. It is a truck that does everything well. My truck does about 17 MPG (with all the work-related equipment on board) which is rather low compared to the other trucks - but has good power and most of all, very good AC. My work colleague has 2017 Tacoma TRD Sport which we use for work - in comparison, Tacoma gets a bit better gas mileage, and has much better infotainment screes (older model has very old info system) but in every other aspects, Pro-4X is better in terms of power, comfort, and drivability. This new model is an excellent choice.

Nissan warranty is better than other brands.

I’ve purchased a 2023 Pro 4x and love it. First Nissan truck but have owned several Ford (F150, Rangers) and Chevy. Being near Sundance Ski Resort at high elevation wasn’t a good place for you to test 0-60. I do have the side steps and got them because my wife likes them. She’s 5” 2in. They are fairly simple to remove using an Allen wrench… so I’m told…haven’t done it yet. So if you like the look of them or someone shorter could use them, it shouldn’t be a problem taking them off when needed for off road adventures. I also added 33” wheels which gives some additional clearance.

Thank you for another great video.

Great review!

I love my '22 SV 4x4. I don't really care what's more up to date or objectively "better" now or 5 years from now because I plan on owning it a long time. If you're in the market, just go and drive options to find what you like. I enjoy how the Frontier drives with the hydraulic steering and smooth V6 power and the tech is good enough for me. I can see the appeal in other models but I just had a preference overall, some of yall are really toxic about really trivial things.

Personally, I love that Nissan kept it "Old school." All the new features are just BS addons and useless tech. This reminds me of my '07 Xterra so much, just with some upgrades

Great presentation video. Can you add a tonneau cover with the sport bar?

I had a 2004 frontier. Thing was great, only issue I had was an evap cannister error. Sold it with around 120k miles on it.

Nice job. Thx!

Country i live in is flat. Zero hills, zero off road required and i just keep watching these vids.

Great video

looks great

Great review, how would you rate this against the Colorado ZR2? I always see everyone compare against the taco. So my thought is the ZR2 is a step above? Well primarily because of the front lockers, suspension and tires? Thoughts? Thanks in advance, and btw love the channel, keep up the awesome work sir!

The potholes are really bad now after the snow melt. We were at that location last week and I am pretty sure we gave way to you on your way down. We drove to the gate and then under those powerlines. I took a great picture of my wife as she sat on the rock the last power tower you can walk to. I have been mapping the the area around us both and have found so much more challenging obstacles for you to take on. That spot you go to is not as much fun anymore. Hit us up I can share some trails we have found near us.

Fender makes guitar Amps too, so they do know a thing or two about making music sound good. I wish you would have used 2wd for as long as possible, rather than hitting 4lo right away.

Ryan, glad you found the rear cup holders, because the non-telescoping was enough for me to skip the truck...I guess someone needs to tell Nissan that it is the small, simple stuff makes the difference btwn good/ok, and great.

Good review. Ryan, I’m interested in getting your take on the Silverado ZR2. I hope you have it lined up for a future review.

Would love to see a 2023 Frontier review. I know they are pretty similar, but it would still be cool to see the latest model!

Looking forward to the comparison.

Bro reviewed this truck as if it should be a car....

I love this truck and old school feel. My daily is a 2002 xterra and would take this in a heartbeat

I hear the Alternator is located at the engine bottom causing malfunction when it get wet or get mud/sand.. is this still the case? Or they fixed for 23/24 models..

Awesome styling

Wide turns are the Frontier trademark. Excellent review Thanks!

I think those steps are removable pretty easily if I recall. I was looking at one but it's gonna be too expensive for me now, so I'm going with the GR86 as an early mid life crisis car. Then I just need a girl 10 years younger 👍

my best friend has a 2012 frontier the seat belt locked up and the airbag to deployed it was a sensitivity recall he still has this truck and uses it every single day only recently fixed the seatbelts posting this in 22

Fender has been doing audio mostly amps with speakers and are some of the best

First: great review as always, but I wish you would spend more time on how the back seats configure for a load. Those of us who want to put dogs or ice chests back there want to know. Also when giving EPA mileage could you also quickly add some competition ratings? "Frontier 4Pro-X gets XXX and the Toyota TRD Pro gets XXX. That context would be helpful. Second: Nissans have always been "old school." Which I like. But sometimes stuff gets left out that would be helpful. (Fully adjustable steering wheel for example). The idea is to go for value, but then add on a bunch of fluff for the dealer to mark up. Burt, you get it if want it. (BTW the side steps are removable, leaving just the rails.) In this case Nissan mostly succeeds. It looks great, but I wish you could get the the Pro4-X with a 6' bed and a smaller back storage area (no "crew cab")

Accelerates fast enough to be a sports car in the 80s

I pulled the trigger on a 2018 frontier today. I still think it looks better than the new ones.

That 360 degree view camera quality cant be much worst than the one in my 4Runner.

looks so good

FYI, those side steps can be removed with an allen wrench. Was considering buying one, until I saw the local dealers hat a 10% markup.

What a beauty

The dashboard is beautiful. Nice and usable controls

My apologies Ryan, I think asked this question before, but are you planning to review Rivian R1T. Although I don’t think it is available for us here in Vancouver, BC, it would still be awesome to get your insight on it.

Cameras: Better to have something that is not 100% than nothing. I don't remember if your 4R had a front camera system or not, but mine does not. And cresting a hill or even just going up a steep hill, you are blind. Not unlike old school wheeling days. But w/out a spotter, it is no fun. Steps: Worst thing in the world to put on a 4x4 truck of any make unless all it is going to do is drive on the paved roads. Proper sliders however, best 1st upgrade one should do if you plan on OR wheeling. I was impressed with the capabilities of this truck. Even w/out the rear locker, it managed to do something old school open diffs. would have struggled on. I had an 86.5 Nissan Hardbody SEV6 4x4 and as incredible as it was OR, there were times I desperately needed a rear locker. Off camber and I was SOL. Like you said, having a rear locker would have made that truck nearly unstoppable for the times. Which leads me to the final agreement/observation about turning radius, I tried out a 1987 extended cab of the same make and it was awful! I had exactly the same thoughts you did, feels like I was trying to do a u-turn on a single lane road in a long bed F350. And apparently, they have never remedied that problem. lol Thanks for this review. Was informative. I see I am not missing anything.

Finally a nissan on driving sport tv

"Don't get the sidebars..." Every Nissan dealership: "You're getting sidebars."

Is the Fender system really just OK? My wife had a Fender system in a VW Passat years ago and it was by far the best system I had ever heard in a production car.

My company is getting me one of these, don’t know how I feel about it. We had Tacomas and F150s before but because of the shortage they can’t get their hands on them, so they decided to go with these.

You legit drove past my exit in the video.

Frontier did great 👍

This truck is awesome.

When will Pickup trucks finally implement a FULLTIME auto 4wheel drive like many SUVs have?? My Grand Cherokee has it and it also has 4low if I need that (never have). Driving a rear wheel drive pickup with a part time 4wheel drive transfer case and partially covered snow is a MAJOR annoyance!

Payload numbers sound great but is that with all the extras and the off-road package? Would really like to see the door jam to know the real payload for a Pro4x (or any truck for that matter).

VW also has Fender audio, it's in my wife's Atlas. I just got the Frontier with the Fender, and I think it is alot better than basic. Audio is a really subjective thing though.

What’s a two point turn?

I agree with the highway driving manners, although a good set of tires on a new Tacoma makes a world of difference.

2024. I just bought a 24. Love it. I will say with Spotify the Fender 440 watt system sound off the charts good. 10 Speakers 2 of which are subs. Not sure what you're listening to. No offence, FM? The side steps are removable.

I own a 2018 frontier and to be honestly I like it better than the new one because there are a few things that the old does better in. One of those would be the ride comfort in the new truck is stiffer and the pedals are little too close, not to mention the seats are on the thin side. With that said everything else about the new frontier is pretty good. If only there was a company out there that can create an adapter plate for the transmission so I could stick the nine speed trans into my truck that would great.

Turning that into a true Pathfinder SUV. It would sell

Make content about titan vs tundra. Tug of war would be a nice addition.

I think you can remove just the steps and keep the rock rails

Fender makes some of the best guitar speaker amps on the planet. However, they're not really known for making sound systems. Also, on the screen for the infotainment: the huge bezels around the display are just horrid. They coulda made that thing nearly 11 inches if they invested in a better screen to fill the gaps. Also to note: Truck King outa Canada noted a lot of rust on their loaner 2022 Frontier. It seems the underside of this one has a lot, too. That's a bit troublesome for a new car. Man, I keep adding stuff: the 0-60, 7.99 seconds. That's slower than when you tested the TRD Pro at 7.82. Interesting, isn't it? All midsize trucks are "slow".

You can take the steps off when wheeling for max clearance too

Could you testing infiniti qx80 mate?

I feel like a better comparison would have been with the sr5 trail edition but eager to see anyways.

it's a refined Tacoma to me.. I like it alot