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2020 Nissan Frontier mid-size pickup starts at $27,885 for new V-6, but old body

By Donna R. Walsh 2 weeks ago

It’s been a long time coming. The updated 2020 Nissan Frontier comes with an updated price of $27,885 that effectively ends the $20,000 budget-truck era. The 2020 Nissan Frontier mid-size pickup averages about $2,000 more than the outgoing V-6 models, the automaker announced Tuesday.

Nissan overhauled the 2020 Frontier with a new powertrain that includes a 310-horsepower 3.8-liter V-6 with a 9-speed automatic transmission in rear-wheel drive or available four-wheel drive. The powertrain represents an increase of 49 hp over the outgoing model and will be one of the few things to carry over into the redesigned 2021 model, which

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2020 Nissan Titan Pro-4X off-road pickup truck is lost and that’s good

By Donna R. Walsh 1 month ago

Get lost isn’t the worst thing I’ll hear all day, not by a long shot.

Thirty-one minutes from my doorstep in Colorado is nowhere. I like that. Off-road pickups like the 2020 Nissan Titan Pro-4X tell me to “get lost.” Done deal.  

There’s a small but growing sub-set of pickup buyers without farm equipment, families, boats, or any other compelling reason to own a truck. I own more snowboards than boats, more hiking boots than tools, and the only manual labor I have most weekends is lugging my dogs around the state park.

A pickup that gets me to the

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2020 Nissan Pathfinder Rock Creek treks into familial, familiar territory

By Donna R. Walsh 1 month ago

The 2020 Nissan Pathfinder SV Rock Creek Edition prefers the pavement. This is not a controversial comment. 

The Nissan Pathfinder three-row crossover reaches back to a macho name once affixed to a sturdy SUV from the 1990s and even appends a special edition moniker that somehow isn’t a name for outdoor-wear, yet. Methinks it protest a little much. Today’s crossover is stronger at value—base versions cost about $32,000, and that’s before you’ve walked through the door at the dealer. Spell your name right, and you can probably knock a few bucks off that price. Maybe more. 

What’s more than the

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