Nissan Xterra

Nissan Xterra
Nissan Xterra
Overview
Manufacturer	Nissan
Production	2000–present; 2003–2007 (Brazil)
Assembly	Smyrna, Tennessee, United States; São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
Body and chassis
Class	Compact SUV
Body style	4-door SUV
Layout	Front engine, rear-wheel drive / four-wheel drive
Chronology
Successor	Nissan Rogue (Mexico)

The Nissan Xterra is a compact SUV built on the Nissan F-Alpha platform. The Frontier-based vehicle is named after the XTERRA off-road triathlon race series that Nissan sponsored through the end of 2006.

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Awards and recognition

Soldiers and Nissan Xterra vehicles of Brazil"s Força Nacional de Segurança.

2000 Motor Trend's Sport Utility of the Year
2000 North American Truck of the Year
2000 New England Motor Press Association's Winter Vehicle Award of New England for Best in Class - Mini Sport Utility
2001 Named Top Car by AAA New Car and Truck Buying Guide
2005 Named on the Automobile Magazine's 50 Great New Cars list
2006 Nominated as North American Truck of the Year
2006 Motor Trend's Sport Utility of the Year
2006 Motor Trend's Truck Trend's Best Little-Guy SUV Award
2006 Car and Driver Rock-Hopper SUV Winner.^[1]
2006 4x4 of the Year award from Peterson's 4-Wheel and Off-Road magazine.
2006 Edmunds.com Editor's Most Wanted Vehicle
2009 4Wheeler Magazine's SUV of the Year
2010 Xterra received the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's highest Side-impact Safety Rating (five stars).

Production elsewhere

All Nissan-produced Xterras are built in Smyrna, Tennessee, and São José dos Pinhais, Brazil until 2007. It is built under license by Pars Khodro in Iran and called the Nissan Roniz, and in China by Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile and sold as the (Template:Lang-ja) starting in 2003. The Paladin uses the same chassis and running gear as the first generation Nissan Xterra, but the engine is a 2.5 diesel mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. The front end is from the local Pickup.

Cultural references

In the sitcom The Office (episode "Did I Stutter"), we learn that Andy Bernard drives a Nissan Xterra, which he subsequently sells to Dwight.
In the crime-drama The Sopranos, A.J. Soprano drives a yellow Nissan Xterra.
In the teen drama Veronica Mars, Logan Echolls drives a yellow Nissan Xterra with aftermarket parts including an ARB front bumper and a Safari Snorkel.
In the movie The Big Bounce, Jack Ryan drives a yellow Nissan Xterra.
In the movie Orange County, the main character drives a first-generation silver Nissan Xterra.
In IL Politics Ex-governor Rod Blagojevich drives a silver 2002–2004 Xterra to and from court

References

^ Rock-Hopper 2006 Competition Car and Driver.com, April, 2006. Accessed on June 11, 2007.

A story of Nissan Paladin and Chinese Team in Dakar 2005 from Nissan Motorsports website

External links

[1] Rock-Hopper 2006 Competition Car and Driver.com, April, 2006. Accessed on June 11, 2007.

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