2008 Nissan Pathfinder

10/06/2008 04:11. Funkmaster Flex was spinning his "'90s at 9" on the radio as I motored up the Garden State Parkway in the Nissan Pathfinder , and the music couldn't have been more appropriate. Not so much the song selections, but the era: The Pathfinder emerged from its latest redesign in 2005, but thematically, this Nissan is a throwback to previous decade and the golden age of SUVs.

An off-road warrior with plenty of ground clearance and a low-range transfer case for its four-wheel-drive system, the Pathfinder sits on a hefty frame (adapted from that of the full-size Armada) and feels high and heavy behind the wheel. Its big tires, with their tall sidewalls, smoother bumps in a manner that's reassuring to those who travel over a crumbling urban infrastructure. But the downside is a bobbing, bouncing... // Automobile Magazine