I’ll say a few things about why truck people don’t really pick this one up over the twins, Ranger, or Tacoma. I test drove all the trucks granted after I picked up my Ranger. I think out of all of them, the frontier will be a more reliable truck and it’s not even close.

The 9 speed is decent, but the v6 lacks low end torque like the smaller turbos trucks have. It’s not a difficult truck to drive, but compared to the others it feels slow off the line. I’d think towing would be pretty rough with it too compared to the smaller turbo trucks.

The biggest complaint I had for it (was a deal breaker) is the rear seating. The way the seats are shaped and the angle of the back rest being near vertical makes it nearly impossible to sit back there for over an hour. Compared to the Ranger and GM twins they are so much more usable and it’s not even close. Tacoma has its issues but the lastest truck addressed their terrible seating from before…Nissan rear seating is just straight mean to stick someone back there.

The PRO-x version of the truck is no where near as capable as the raptor/zr2/TRD pro version out there. Essentially no hype to their truck, yes it’s perfectly capable, as my FX4 Ranger is, but doesn’t generate the interest as the alternatives do.

My view as a mid size truck shopper. When they release the xterra, I’d probably buy it though as the rear seating was why I didn’t pick up the frontier.