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The US arm of the Nissan Group sold almost 899k vehicles last year in America, up more than 23% compared to the same period of 2022 – and it was all thanks to models like the Sentra, Kicks, Rogue, or Pathfinder.
That's a nice mix, for sure – a passenger car, two crossovers, and an SUV, right? If you ask around, people will probably tell you that Nissan has more space for adding another veritable SUV in the mix alongside the Kicks, Rogue, and Pathfinder, as the latter is now also a crossover SUV rather than a truck-based model.
Of course, many of the folks will also have an idea about what Nissan should do – though few can also act and take matters into their own hands. Or rather, at the of their CGI brushes, as is the case with the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. More precisely, Jim, the virtual artist known as jlord8 on social media, loves messing around with all things CGI from GM and Ford, but sometimes also from Japanese brands.
Interestingly, his love for old-school models seems to prevail even in these cases, so we have curiously watched a new series of off-road-focused SUVs unfold over the past few months. It all started with the curious American ideas of the three-door Ram 1500 Ramcharger and Ford Bronco F-150 Raptor R, but maybe those two were still a bit too unwieldy as they were part of the full-size segment. As such, the pixel master then started daydreaming about Japanese mid-size SUVs.
For instance, he created a 2-door Toyota Tacoma Trailhunter, all dressed in bronze (including the wheels but not the black plastic cladding), followed after a while by a "new/old" Nissan Frontier Pathfinder and a modern-day Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 attempt. After another short pause, there are a couple of new ideas, yet again – the previously-discussed retro-inspired 2025 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4x4 styled after the N60 first generation and this quirky revival of the American-designed, developed, and manufactured Xterra.
Obviously inspired by the eccentric styling of the second generation Xterra that was produced between 2005 and 2015 in Smyrna, Tennessee (NSAP; 2005–2012) and then Canton, Mississippi (Nissan North America; 2012–2015), this SUV revival is clearly inspired by the latest and greatest version of the Frontier mid-size pickup truck. Finally, a standalone model focused on America, the D41 third generation, has been around since model year 2022, and it recently got a retro-styled Hardbody special edition.
The latter served as the starting point for this modern-day third-generation Nissan Xterra and showed the off-road-focused SUV paying homage to its predecessor while also looking forward to modern amenities from the current Frontier and going out on the trails for a brawl with the Toyota 4Runner, Ford Bronco, and Jeep Wrangler. Too bad it's merely wishful thinking, right?
Of course, many of the folks will also have an idea about what Nissan should do – though few can also act and take matters into their own hands. Or rather, at the of their CGI brushes, as is the case with the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. More precisely, Jim, the virtual artist known as jlord8 on social media, loves messing around with all things CGI from GM and Ford, but sometimes also from Japanese brands.
Interestingly, his love for old-school models seems to prevail even in these cases, so we have curiously watched a new series of off-road-focused SUVs unfold over the past few months. It all started with the curious American ideas of the three-door Ram 1500 Ramcharger and Ford Bronco F-150 Raptor R, but maybe those two were still a bit too unwieldy as they were part of the full-size segment. As such, the pixel master then started daydreaming about Japanese mid-size SUVs.
For instance, he created a 2-door Toyota Tacoma Trailhunter, all dressed in bronze (including the wheels but not the black plastic cladding), followed after a while by a "new/old" Nissan Frontier Pathfinder and a modern-day Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 attempt. After another short pause, there are a couple of new ideas, yet again – the previously-discussed retro-inspired 2025 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4x4 styled after the N60 first generation and this quirky revival of the American-designed, developed, and manufactured Xterra.
Obviously inspired by the eccentric styling of the second generation Xterra that was produced between 2005 and 2015 in Smyrna, Tennessee (NSAP; 2005–2012) and then Canton, Mississippi (Nissan North America; 2012–2015), this SUV revival is clearly inspired by the latest and greatest version of the Frontier mid-size pickup truck. Finally, a standalone model focused on America, the D41 third generation, has been around since model year 2022, and it recently got a retro-styled Hardbody special edition.
The latter served as the starting point for this modern-day third-generation Nissan Xterra and showed the off-road-focused SUV paying homage to its predecessor while also looking forward to modern amenities from the current Frontier and going out on the trails for a brawl with the Toyota 4Runner, Ford Bronco, and Jeep Wrangler. Too bad it's merely wishful thinking, right?
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