Postby pyrophilus » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:46 pm
The WD21 was a body on frame, and it was used for the Pathfinder and the Hardbody Truck(D21)
The R50 was a unibody and there was no comparable truck (duh, it wasn't body on frame), but it was used for the Pathfinder and the Infiniti Qx4 (JR50)
Meanwhile, the New truck, frontier (D22) now started sharing platform with the Xterra (WD22)
The R51 went back to body on frame, but infiniti was dropped and the F-alpha was used for all of their trucks (Pathfinder, Xterra, Frontier, Armada, QX56).
What the heck is my point?
If Pathfinder is switching back to unibody for the R52, then I am guessing it's because they also want a comparable Infiniti vehicle (return of the Qx4?). As for the body on frame, I doubt that nissan will kill it completely, so my second guess is that the nwe D23 (frontier) will be sharing platform with the new Xterra (D23)???
I have owned three pathfinders ('97, '01, and '05), but I don't think many real pathfinder owners will switch to the '13 unibody model.
I am hoping that D23 Xterra will grow to the current pathfinder size (third row), and get little more dressed up??? I'd switch from my R50 to the new Xterra if that happened...