2005 Nissan Pathfinder First Drive

Finding its way among larger SUVs


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Click to enlarge. 2005 Nissan Pathfinder steering wheel and driver cockpit.

If you don’t know what 4LO is, don’t be embarrassed. Most people don’t nowadays – just as most don’t use their SUVs to traverse streams. As with most SUVs, the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder will primarily be used for daily commuting from home to work and to the store.

In that way, the old Pathfinder is sure to groan. Times have, indeed, changed, and there is really no room for an SUV with vintage 1986 sensibilities in the new century. Back when the Pathfinder was a new idea, SUV owners had boats. Or knew what OHV meant.

Today, it’s less about off road and more about comfort, performance and convenience. The brilliant thing about the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder is that it gives you as close to the best of both worlds as you’re likely to get at the price: decent ride, adequate room – all with the ability to tow up to 6,000 lbs and to go off road should you ever feel like experiencing what a real SUV was meant to do. And though it’s traveled from a basic utility hardbody to seats for seven, maybe the world of SUVs hasn’t really changed that much after all. There’s still a path to find, after all, and a vehicle that will help you travel it.