-The Pathfinder is one of Nissan's longest-serving nameplates, having been launched in 1986 as a two-door, off-road-themed sport-utility derived from the brand's Hardbody pickup. With its switch to a four-door body and then, for 2013, the move to a passenger-car platform (the Altima's) with a transverse engine and front-wheel drive (all-wheel drive is optional), the Pathfinder pretty well traces the trajectory of the genus sport-utility in America. This once rugged vehicle has evolved into a soft, rounded carpool-mobile, no longer tasked with taming the jungle-as the original version did in its launch ad campaign-but with toting kids to school and sports. Four years into the Pathfinder's latest iteration, Nissan appears to have had a tinge of regret at turning its SUV into the four-wheeled equivalent of mom jeans and, with the mid-cycle update for the 2017 model year, attempts to walk it back a bit. But only a bit. READ MORE ››
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