Long Term Road Tests of Cars, Trucks, Minivans, and SUVs to see how they perform and holdup in the real world.
The back seats or cargo area, depending on your preference, comes with a few surprises. First to the standard aspects, the seats come up with the ease of a handle and the mats are removable for easy cleaning. However, you…
Read More Cargo floor and interior storage in Nissan Titan proves very useful
One of the full-size truck market's most reliable customers is the contractor - that guy who practically lives in his truck, carrying a mix of business and personal items (tools and toys), and often a variety of people. The contractor…
In keeping with the theme of little things making big differences, we feel that our long-term Nissan Titan deserves praise for its steering wheel. Why does a truck need a cool steering wheel, you ask? Well, grip the Titan's wheel…
Given the superlative terms we heaped on our long-term Nissan Titan's liftgate mechanism, we hesitated to use another "best-on-the-market" line for fear of lessening the effect. But the Titan is really just that good, and is a rolling example of…
Read More The Nissan Titan’s Side View Mirrors Increase Visibility
When you're talking trucks, the figures and stats that normally would get your heart racing-slalom times, cornering forces, etc.--suddenly become less important, compared to numbers that car-guys generally consider mundane. Turning Radius, for example. A low-slung, Italianate exotic with nine-inch-wide…
After spending lots of quality time with our 2006 Nissan Titan long-term tester, we're prepared to say that from the C-pillars back, it's currently the most innovative full-size truck on the market this side of a Chevy Avalanche. In addition…
Read More Nissan’s tailgate Dampening Assist is a winner – drop your tailgate.
One other thing we feel compelled to mention about our Titan test truck is the common-sense approach Nissan has taken on the issue of satellite radio. Most manufacturers have elected to plop strangely-shaped, body-colored antennae on the roofs of their…
Read More The Titan’s Sirius satellite antenna is nicely hidden
One of the features of our Nissan Titan that we have found to be unexpectedly useful is the Utili-track bed system. With a name like Utili-track, you might think that this is simply one of a long list of features…
Nissan is a gutsy brand, overall--willing to take chances that other automakers would have rejected as too risky within the first committee meeting. Look at the 350Z, the Spec-V sedans, or even the alternatively-styled Quest minivan. We credit this audacious…
Read More Welcome the 2006 Nissan Titan Crew Cab to the fleet.
We’ve spent the last few days reacquainting ourselves with the full-size Nissan Titan pickup that recently joined the Roadfly long-term fleet. At-first-glance impressions and technical specs are covered elsewhere on this site, so we won’t spend much time on them…
Read More Long-Term 2006 Nissan Titan SE 4×4 Crew Cab: Initial Report
