Beneath the block would be the ground, which is probably covered in oil.

Haha

“It has a sluggish response in acceleration despite its decent power rating, and even with the pedal to the floor, there’s a gap of emptiness between the action and a reaction from the car. That’s expected for a typical economy car, but with more than 300 HP and a mid-$30,000s price, the Camry leaves that realm with…

People really out here buying $40k pathfinders that haven’t changed since 2010

“Nissan and Kia have officially switched places.”

“I would rather they retire the name like a sports jersey. Don’t just whore it out.” - Spot on. 

True story: I once was researching cars across all brands for work, and decided the easiest way would be just to look at every brand’s site and every model on it. I went through the Korean, European, Japanese, and American OEMs and all their models before I realized I had forgotten Nissan existed.

Way ahead of me. I was going with

When you budget $0 next to R&D and another $0 next to product development.  I think they went all in on the Leaf and got stuck in no-mans land. 

The GT-R is all we have now. It may be old as hell but thank god it still exists.

The Explorer at least seems to be not a terrible choice in the segment with the newest version going to a RWD-based platform with a choice of turbocharged engines and even a PHEV. Ford’s progression with the Explorer has, I think, improved its reputation. It was never an amazing off-roader—I’ve had a couple—and it’s…

Mallfinder

Almost a decade?  It’s been exactly a decade for the Z and 12 years for the GTR.

Path-etic

...and now we have a new verb to use.  I like it.

Don’t forget what they did to the G sedan which was a legit sport sedan in the mid 2000's, they stopped making the sleeper Altima SE-R, that they skipped on the IDx concept, that they let the Z nameplate languish into obscurity, that they threw away all respect the Nismo name had by turning it into a pinstripe…

Next thing you know there will be a Pathfinder XD with no significant differences. Or a Pathfinder SR with red stickers on the mirror caps.

It went from off-road respect to the only path it can find is to the mall.  It’s not Pathfinder anymore.  Now it is just Path.

Even the gtr and 370z have been basically the same for almost a decade. Its really sad.

Yep, a better question is ‘What happened to Nissan?’.  Seriously, other than the GT-R (and maybe the 370Z) there isn’t a Nissan that I even think about any more.  This is the same company that made a sports sedan that actually competed with the BMW 3-series (Maxima) and made a souped-up version of a basic economy car…