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The Pathfinder has been many things in its four decades. It arrived in 1986 as a rugged two-door SUV built on Nissan's Hardbody pickup, a rival to the Toyota 4Runner and Jeep Cherokee with real off-road credentials. It switched to unibody construction in the late 1990s, went back to a truck frame in the mid-2000s, and then became a softer three-row crossover in 2013, a move that won family buyers but cost it its trail cred.

The current, fifth-generation Pathfinder, introduced for 2022, tried to recover some of that character with blockier styling, a conventional nine-speed automatic in place of the previous CVT, and an off-road-leaning Rock Creek trim. It seats seven or eight and is built in Smyrna, Tennessee. Reviewers like its roomy cabin and smooth V6, though some find the third row and the infotainment behind the class leaders, and its towing capacity is a quiet strength that families with campers appreciate.

It competes in a crowded field of three-row family SUVs, against the Toyota Grand Highlander and Highlander, Honda Pilot, Kia Telluride, Hyundai Palisade, Ford Explorer, Chevrolet Traverse, Subaru Ascent and Mazda CX-90. Its sibling, the Infiniti QX60, offers a more upscale take on the same platform. For its 40th anniversary, Nissan added a Special Edition with retro graphics that nod to the first-generation truck, and reports suggest the next Pathfinder will lean even harder into that heritage. This page tracks that development along with pricing, reviews, recalls and the anniversary celebrations that have made the old two-door a collectible.

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Forty years of family adventure, from the rugged 1986 two-door 4x4 to the three-row crossover celebrating its roots with a retro Special Edition.

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