The original, first-gen Pathfinder brought a welcome dose of civility to the emerging compact-SUV arena.
But what if an unexpected urge comes over you to whittle away at a little woodland? Or to screw around in the sand? Suppose you suddenly must saw through a snowbank? How are you going to corkscrew up a canyon, or bore over boulders, or file down a defile if you don't have a versatile little utensil like this at your hip?
Doing it all is what the so-called sport-utilities are all about. Chevy's S-10 Blazer, Ford's Bronco II, Jeep's Cherokee, Toyota's 4Runner, Mitsubishi's Montero, Dodge's Raider, Isuzu's Trooper II—almost everyone is making compact sport-utilities now, and Nissan studies show that some 489,000 were sold here in 1985. They've become popular because they offer so many automotive abilities in one small, smooth-cornered tool.
At a brief, rather carefully orchestrated press introduction in California's San Bernardino Mountains, we confirmed that the Pathfinder really does ride almost as smoothly and quietly as a normal passenger car on paved roads and seems to set a new standard for comfort and civility on unpaved ones. For the driver, visibility, steering feel, and overall handling are all satisfactory, given the vehicle's basic purposes.
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