It looks awfully nice, and I hope more people consider this as a serious option while shopping in this segment. However, I don’t think anyone will ever be able to take down the GM full-sized SUV triplets, they’ve ruled this segment since it was conceived and don’t look to be giving up that spot anytime soon. But more competitive vehicles like this Armada is good to have as an alternative!
Alex's channel is the absolute best vehicle review site, and I am rooting for the site to cross a million subs. I am just surprised that it has not already done so, years back.
This Armada is looking great. Historically the Armada has always felt like the awkward, lower-rent alternative to the Land Cruiser. However with the latest LC really dropping the ball, this Armada is now the choice option. Even moreso if it was called the Patrol - at this point a global icon unto itself.
@ArthurBenetton well now we got the baby lc, which no one but maybe jeep with the gc has an answer for. The big lc is now just lexus (granted it's still bad imo). But thr armada name plate is just known here while the patrol is not, and it's already a suffering vehicle
@@SilverScarletSpider oh wow that is not very good it just tells you the fact that Jeeps are not the most reliable comparing to honda, toyota, lexus, or other brands.
@@SilverFox-Realtor wow , your Tahoe and Jeep must both be very awful and just junk .. “ hands down “ a new Nissan you’ve never seen let alone driven .. a few minutes of a video, and your ready to go .,
The 2025 Armada is going to sell very well compared to to many full size SUVs in this category. It’s going to be all about price. The Armada is also going to take some sales from Infiniti with QX80. The Armada is topping $82K in the Platinum reserve will the QX80 Tops $113K with options that many will not use. Averages family incomes in the US is somewhere around $50 -$75K. In my opinion the Armada does fit majority of wants for average families.
It’s official Alex. The sequoia LX GX and Land Cruiser are history. They’re toast. They’re ostensibly and soon to be objectively been discontinued Nissan knocked it out of the park. They understood, researched, engineered, and executed miles better than Toyota will ever do for any model they have Well done Nissan. The armadas the new sequoia. The real sequoia however… the less said about it the better
@ the other ones like the Tahoe Wagoneer expedition are strong rivals But the rivals i mentioned are nowhere near as competitive or as well rounded as the armada or any of the competition.
Naveen Lanza's journal: Year 2009: Toyota is history! Year 2012: Toyota is history! Year 2020: Toyota is history! Year 2024: Toyota is history! Guy is definition of insane.
It looks very good. However I would either wait for the inevitable heavy discounts on the hood, or in a year or two a CPO with low mileage at 35-40% off msrp
When was the last time u used the spare? I would much rather take storage space inside. Just buy a space saver and keep it on long road trips. Much more practical
I’m a Toyota truck guy, and I’m frustrated with the lack of full sized Lane Cruiser and the botched new Sequoia. Leaning hard towards GMC’s Yukon AT4 with the diesel. But this Nissan looks interesting. Nissan did a good job with it. I don’t love the styling of the Pro 4X but the other trims look great. Hopefully I can get a locking diff in the Plat/Reserve trim.
Same here the Sequoia is frustrating and the rear is completely useless. I haven’t owned a General Motors car in over 30 years and I’m a little nervous with a Tahoe or a Yukon to be honest. I’m gonna check out the refreshed expedition. The Wagoneer was a fail for me the seats are obnoxiously small for a giant SUV. The second row seats are so high that my head was hitting the headliner and I’m only 6 foot one the fake wood trim flexes when you push on it I really wish she would’ve done a better job with the Wagoneer because this segment needs more competition. This Armada looks interesting
Hopefully Nissan will survive their current situation and vehicles like this one will get the support it may need in the future. As good as this Aramada is looking…if Nissan goes away, I’m not sure I’d want to own one.
It looks like the Mitsubishi Outlander, and it'd be fun if they got an Endeavor based on the Armada to spread out the economies of scale even more and inject some life into the lineup.
26:32 At least some general stores in the 19th century are known to have had brass tacks affixed to the counter for measuring yards of fabric or what-have-you. So when you were actually ready to make a purchase, the clerk would bring your item down to the brass tacks. But that's just one theory of the origin.
I’m checking out the new Tahoe but I have to say this new armada is really attractive. Similar performance as the 6.2 but only needs regular. Yes I’m buying a truck and I care about fuel economy coz regular is $4.50 in my area
This is miles better in every way over the Toyota competition. I drove the Sequoia and it was just terrible. It had terrible ride, a boring, cheapo interior, and almost no space behind the third row.
In our side of the world we have 2 engine types a twin turbo & a natural one. Which one would you recommend as I keep hearing problem with the twin turbo engines in general. Thanks
As someone who owns a VR30 engine (same family different specs as the one in the Armada) I must say I’ve had 0 issue with my engine after 5 years of ownership. Turbos still zooming and engine still chugging along perfectly
Yeah, but what about all the horrendous extra care you have to do with the diesel all the maintenance the extra servicing that horrible fluid that you have to put into it and the price of diesel at the pump?
Alex, While Nissan's Armada ⛵boldly sets sail with lower MSRP than the competition, it typically suffers Battle of Trafalgar levels of depreciation shortly thereafter. 😉I wonder if the people who buy these monster body-on-frame SUVs with rear wheel drive would be happier with a Country Squire, Buick Roadmaster, Colony Park or Caprice Estate. 🤔
I wonder when you were at your female vegetarian sensitivity training class and tea hour - you gals talked about towing ( which makes up the vast majority of this class of buyer ).. ???
We towed the travel trailer halfway across the country with our '21 Armada and then did some off-roading in places like Moab. An old-school station wagon wouldn't have worked.
like l the 7.5' cargo bay with the rear seats folded down , for car camping /oveland adventure wagon ,like shorter wheel base ,overall length .over the crew cabs and 6.5' box
19:28. very cool ideal , 23:40 6600 lbs 30' airstream and add about 900 hitch wt airstream's have heavy hitch wt. which is part of your payload , can tow up to 8500lbs but where are you towing ? is there 6 in the car ? add 6 bikes, 2 large dogs luggage etc in the car is all payload , one should read camping worlds rv tow guide disclaimer on the first page about max towing pro4x cant wait to see one in person
@@angheloherrera very very smart, however this engine has been used in other earlier Nissan models so it’s not all totally new but I would still wait as I’m sure there are different turbos and probably tuned different.
The problem for the Nissan, if they are trying to take share from the Sequoia, which they are, is this engine is less powerful, and less fuel efficient than the Toyota hybrid. I think the vehicle itself is better, though
My first impression of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer was that it was just plain...plain and somewhat ugly. The Wagoneer just looks old too. The Koreans are the ones who are being forward thinking in their designs.
Brass tacks used to adorn coffin covers. "Brass tacks - emblem of the only inevitable and last friend, the undertaker. Studded over our final ligneous adornment, brass tacks are suggestive of stern, inexorable reality. ... Brass tacks have equalized all human earthly conditions. The peer and peasant, king and common, old and young, wise and otherwise, lie down in a common mortality from which there is no escape.”
I am fortunately, and unfortunately, in the position of having to buy another car and I don't buy brand new. I try to go no older than a few years and certainly, no more than 35000 miles, and I was driving the previous generation ~2022 armada, and I just could not find a comfortable seating position and felt like I was sitting up too high. Like the seat needed to be able to go vertically down lower by a couple of inches. So instead, I went for more comfort, and I wanted at least a little, tiny bit of sportiness, that also gave me legit. 2 speed transfer case, 4 wheel, low... and towing capacity, that's at least something.....and so I'm going in the direction of a 2022 or so Jeep Cherokee L. .....Which doesn't really seem to be too much different than a dodge durango, except for nicer, more comfortable things?.... THOUGHTS?
Beautiful looking vehicle but, unfortunately, Nissan converted the Armada from a reliable V-8 to a stressed out twin turbo V-6 and its storage capacity falls short of my needs. Therefore, my options are limited to GM's Suburban Z71, Yukon XL AT4 or Cadillac Escalade ESV.
All I want from car manufacturers is basic, reliable, long lasting design. Where in reality all of them are producing poorly made, plastic garbage with screens. Also I hope Nissan won't have trouble with this engine like Toyota does.
OK, typical Nissan just copying a different popular style in this case the Cadillac front end. Why is Nissan even manufacturing such a monstrosity, apparently just for the bloated overweight American market. Who really needs something this gargantuan besides to run down neighborhood kids.
People who want a comfortable SUV that has off road, towing and people mover capability who don't trust GM, don't want Ford and can't afford a Toyota/Lexus.
I agree they are on the precipice. They have tarnished their reputation by selling subpar products for years and probably driven a lot of people into financial ruins. Not very many people can afford a 4-5k transmission bill on a financed car with other debt
How do you know this? This is a clean sheet design with a different engine and transmission from the old one. If anything, it should be as reliable as the current Land Cruiser (300 series).
@@damilolaakanni All true but the chassis hard points on the Y63 appear to be exactly the same as the Y62. No way Nissan developed a brand new platform from scratch…they couldn’t afford it.
Where's the vehicle size comparison and combine legroom figures? I find those THE MOST useful. Thanks for all the great content Alex!
It looks awfully nice, and I hope more people consider this as a serious option while shopping in this segment. However, I don’t think anyone will ever be able to take down the GM full-sized SUV triplets, they’ve ruled this segment since it was conceived and don’t look to be giving up that spot anytime soon. But more competitive vehicles like this Armada is good to have as an alternative!
Gosh , I was at my female vegetarian sensitivity training class.. and they pretty much said the same thing you just did !!!.,
@@reserva120doesnt seem like you needed it given how bothered you already are
Too expensive
@ compared to What exactly???( but i agree that cars honing up 40 percent in five years is obscene)
Your right the facist companies always do a amazing job at full size suvs and trucks its the one thing they do right
Alex's channel is the absolute best vehicle review site, and I am rooting for the site to cross a million subs. I am just surprised that it has not already done so, years back.
This Armada is looking great. Historically the Armada has always felt like the awkward, lower-rent alternative to the Land Cruiser. However with the latest LC really dropping the ball, this Armada is now the choice option. Even moreso if it was called the Patrol - at this point a global icon unto itself.
@ArthurBenetton well now we got the baby lc, which no one but maybe jeep with the gc has an answer for. The big lc is now just lexus (granted it's still bad imo). But thr armada name plate is just known here while the patrol is not, and it's already a suffering vehicle
Yeah this completely replaces any full size offering from Toyota and Lexus IMO. I bet they take a serious bite out of Toyota Sequoia sales
I've owned a Tahoe. I currently own a Jeep Grand Cherokee, Overland model; I will take this new Armada, in Pro4x trim, hands down.
MPG's (A) in city, (B) on highway, (C) combined.
my neighbors brand new 2024 jeep grand wagonneer has a leaking moon roof
@@SilverScarletSpider oh wow that is not very good it just tells you the fact that Jeeps are not the most reliable comparing to honda, toyota, lexus, or other brands.
@@SilverFox-Realtor wow , your Tahoe and Jeep must both be very awful and just junk .. “ hands down “ a new Nissan you’ve never seen let alone driven .. a few minutes of a video, and your ready to go .,
@SilverScarletSpider I’m sick of moonroof in general. It’s enough of this stupid trend. I test drove the Wagoneer and it’s a fail.
The 2025 Armada is going to sell very well compared to to many full size SUVs in this category. It’s going to be all about price. The Armada is also going to take some sales from Infiniti with QX80. The Armada is topping $82K in the Platinum reserve will the QX80 Tops $113K with options that many will not use. Averages family incomes in the US is somewhere around $50 -$75K. In my opinion the Armada does fit majority of wants for average families.
I don’t know any family that only makes 50,000 a year or 75,000 a year. I guess the average takes in teenagers and also retirees?
Nice. It’s more butch on the outside and luxurious on the inside.
Wow. What an accurate comment 😂
It’s official Alex. The sequoia LX GX and Land Cruiser are history. They’re toast. They’re ostensibly and soon to be objectively been discontinued
Nissan knocked it out of the park. They understood, researched, engineered, and executed miles better than Toyota will ever do for any model they have
Well done Nissan. The armadas the new sequoia. The real sequoia however… the less said about it the better
This Armada does look nice, but why are the others history? If the less said about them the better, why bring them up at all?
@ the other ones like the Tahoe Wagoneer expedition are strong rivals
But the rivals i mentioned are nowhere near as competitive or as well rounded as the armada or any of the competition.
@@naveenthemachine how are they not as well rounded and why mention them specifically when you said the less said the better?
Naveen Lanza's journal: Year 2009: Toyota is history! Year 2012: Toyota is history! Year 2020: Toyota is history! Year 2024: Toyota is history! Guy is definition of insane.
Naveen”toyota hater number 1”themachine
It looks very good.
However I would either wait for the inevitable heavy discounts on the hood, or in a year or two a CPO with low mileage at 35-40% off msrp
Definitely like this over the Toyota, Ford or GM models
full sized spare - yay!!
When was the last time u used the spare? I would much rather take storage space inside. Just buy a space saver and keep it on long road trips. Much more practical
I’m a Toyota truck guy, and I’m frustrated with the lack of full sized Lane Cruiser and the botched new Sequoia.
Leaning hard towards GMC’s Yukon AT4 with the diesel. But this Nissan looks interesting.
Nissan did a good job with it. I don’t love the styling of the Pro 4X but the other trims look great. Hopefully I can get a locking diff in the Plat/Reserve trim.
Same here the Sequoia is frustrating and the rear is completely useless. I haven’t owned a General Motors car in over 30 years and I’m a little nervous with a Tahoe or a Yukon to be honest. I’m gonna check out the refreshed expedition. The Wagoneer was a fail for me the seats are obnoxiously small for a giant SUV. The second row seats are so high that my head was hitting the headliner and I’m only 6 foot one the fake wood trim flexes when you push on it I really wish she would’ve done a better job with the Wagoneer because this segment needs more competition. This Armada looks interesting
Oh I love the expand across both screens thing!
Hopefully Nissan will survive their current situation and vehicles like this one will get the support it may need in the future. As good as this Aramada is looking…if Nissan goes away, I’m not sure I’d want to own one.
Absolute home run!!!
It looks like the Mitsubishi Outlander, and it'd be fun if they got an Endeavor based on the Armada to spread out the economies of scale even more and inject some life into the lineup.
I wish these big SUV’s would get rid of the third row seats and extend the front and second row seats to fit a 6’5” person.
What i don't understand is that there are no sun screens on the rear doors but the Pathfinder has them. Makes no sense
Ya even the rogue gets them. Idk weird oversight
26:32 At least some general stores in the 19th century are known to have had brass tacks affixed to the counter for measuring yards of fabric or what-have-you. So when you were actually ready to make a purchase, the clerk would bring your item down to the brass tacks. But that's just one theory of the origin.
Love it!
The transmission buttons are so tiny. I would need my readers to put it in park 😂
You could just press the start button and when you turn the car off it’ll automatically put itself in park
Nissan SUVs have become pretty good. Now do the same with your cars and ditch the CVT for most models and lower the Z price by 5k
A wonderful review and worth looking at for 2025
I’m checking out the new Tahoe but I have to say this new armada is really attractive. Similar performance as the 6.2 but only needs regular. Yes I’m buying a truck and I care about fuel economy coz regular is $4.50 in my area
This is miles better in every way over the Toyota competition. I drove the Sequoia and it was just terrible. It had terrible ride, a boring, cheapo interior, and almost no space behind the third row.
The Sequoia simply needs to be done away with and replaced with an all new platform. The current model is unacceptable.
So is there only one taillight supplier now for large SUV? Armada & Expedition now look like the Tahoe/Suburban ones! 😁🤪
This Nissan is my next full size SUV, Ive owned a Tahoe and suburban , im currently a 23 Lexus GX owner
Lexus could learn a thing or two about interiors from this Nissan…
In our side of the world we have 2 engine types a twin turbo & a natural one. Which one would you recommend as I keep hearing problem with the twin turbo engines in general. Thanks
As someone who owns a VR30 engine (same family different specs as the one in the Armada) I must say I’ve had 0 issue with my engine after 5 years of ownership. Turbos still zooming and engine still chugging along perfectly
I still say the 37mpg on the highway diesel Tahoe is the clear choice in this segment. This is nicer than I was expecting from the Nissan though
If you live in Calitaxya you won’t be able to buy a diesel soon, they are banning them.
Diesel Tahoe 📝👍🏾
Yeah, but what about all the horrendous extra care you have to do with the diesel all the maintenance the extra servicing that horrible fluid that you have to put into it and the price of diesel at the pump?
Alex, While Nissan's Armada ⛵boldly sets sail with lower MSRP than the competition, it typically suffers Battle of Trafalgar levels of depreciation shortly thereafter. 😉I wonder if the people who buy these monster body-on-frame SUVs with rear wheel drive would be happier with a Country Squire, Buick Roadmaster, Colony Park or Caprice Estate. 🤔
I wonder when you were at your female vegetarian sensitivity training class and tea hour - you gals talked about towing ( which makes up the vast majority of this class of buyer ).. ???
We towed the travel trailer halfway across the country with our '21 Armada and then did some off-roading in places like Moab. An old-school station wagon wouldn't have worked.
@@markweaver1012 Is yours 4WD or RWD?
@@rightlanehog3151 4WD. And we added AT tires and a front skid plate.
like l the 7.5' cargo bay with the rear seats folded down , for car camping /oveland adventure wagon ,like shorter wheel base ,overall length .over the crew cabs and 6.5' box
Can you use adaptive cruise without all the other propilot stuff? I love ACC, but always turn off lane keep assist when I can.
After toyota dropping all the balls , nissan is a very good option to buy , very nice
19:28. very cool ideal , 23:40 6600 lbs 30' airstream and add about 900 hitch wt airstream's have heavy hitch wt. which is part of your payload , can tow up to 8500lbs but where are you towing ? is there 6 in the car ? add 6 bikes, 2 large dogs luggage etc in the car is all payload , one should read camping worlds rv tow guide disclaimer on the first page about max towing pro4x cant wait to see one in person
I miss the bar with the scale of size to make the comparisons with others models.
@javieroviedo5663 this wasn't a proper review this was a press event. The bar is there for reviews
I like the GMC Yukon. Nissan desperately needs this truck to succeed.
Ill buy the 2026.. waiting how the new engine performs
@@angheloherrera very very smart, however this engine has been used in other earlier Nissan models so it’s not all totally new but I would still wait as I’m sure there are different turbos and probably tuned different.
Armada 👍
The problem for the Nissan, if they are trying to take share from the Sequoia, which they are, is this engine is less powerful, and less fuel efficient than the Toyota hybrid. I think the vehicle itself is better, though
Does ProPilot 2.1 have active lane-centering if you’re not on a hands-free section of approved highways?
Yes
Yes it does
My first impression of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer was that it was just plain...plain and somewhat ugly. The Wagoneer just looks old too. The Koreans are the ones who are being forward thinking in their designs.
I'll take a YUKON XL with the big V8 please
Lifter issues?
I read many comments saying that their V8's torpedo themselves due to that stupid cylinder de-activation system.
@@fastskipper777GM is also having transmission issues.
@@noniespam Oh, boy. So, that 10 speed is no good either? Can they not make a decent stuff anymore?
So, do the 2nd and 3rd rows fold flat?
I’m a little skeptical of the long term reliability of a detuned GT-R engine. Otherwise, it looks like a triple if not an outright home run.
Does the Nissan V6 have port and direct injection or just DI?
so... how did it do towing the airstream??? you didn't say 1 word on how it felt.
Big boy
Brass tacks used to adorn coffin covers. "Brass tacks - emblem of the only inevitable and last friend, the undertaker. Studded over our final ligneous adornment, brass tacks are suggestive of stern, inexorable reality. ... Brass tacks have equalized all human earthly conditions. The peer and peasant, king and common, old and young, wise and otherwise, lie down in a common mortality from which there is no escape.”
I am fortunately, and unfortunately, in the position of having to buy another car and I don't buy brand new. I try to go no older than a few years and certainly, no more than 35000 miles, and I was driving the previous generation ~2022 armada, and I just could not find a comfortable seating position and felt like I was sitting up too high. Like the seat needed to be able to go vertically down lower by a couple of inches. So instead, I went for more comfort, and I wanted at least a little, tiny bit of sportiness, that also gave me legit. 2 speed transfer case, 4 wheel, low... and towing capacity, that's at least something.....and so I'm going in the direction of a 2022 or so Jeep Cherokee L. .....Which doesn't really seem to be too much different than a dodge durango, except for nicer, more comfortable things?.... THOUGHTS?
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Beautiful looking vehicle but, unfortunately, Nissan converted the Armada from a reliable V-8 to a stressed out twin turbo V-6 and its storage capacity falls short of my needs. Therefore, my options are limited to GM's Suburban Z71, Yukon XL AT4 or Cadillac Escalade ESV.
Thank God nissan got red off that titanic ship sized rear bumper...
This or the GX550? I can't think of why I would pick this over a Lexus.
All I want from car manufacturers is basic, reliable, long lasting design. Where in reality all of them are producing poorly made, plastic garbage with screens. Also I hope Nissan won't have trouble with this engine like Toyota does.
this is more of a 3 row luxury family school bus
@@TermlessHGWthe base model is a lot more stripped down and functional with way less to go wrong
It looks great, but it has to sell well, if not Nissan will be no longer :/
Thank God nissan got red off the titanic ship sized rear bumper...
Its rlly nice but one thing that the facist companies do great at is full size suvs and trucks ..
Would you please review the Honda Pilot trail sport 2025
Wish this had full time 4x4. Toyota dropped it in Sequoia.
Toyota should be embarrassed! Sequoia is a mess.
Nice but probably not enough to save Nissan 😅
There’s the Kicks and Murano too. Plus a hybrid Rogue coming next year.
Really you don’t think they sell one million of these at 90 thousand dollars- to save Nissan.. wow you must be a rocket scientist!!!.,
La armada le pega mil patada ala Toyota y a lexus miren el espacio y el diceño superior 👍👍👍👍👍
Finally got rid of the hideous back bumper 🎉
Looks like a Kia EV9
OK, typical Nissan just copying a different popular style in this case the Cadillac front end. Why is Nissan even manufacturing such a monstrosity, apparently just for the bloated overweight American market. Who really needs something this gargantuan besides to run down neighborhood kids.
Gone is the thirsty v8, in its place is an even more thirsty v6
Nissan claim 13% fuel improvement with the V6. Not a huge difference, but better than the V8.
@ I'd expect at least that much with an updated v8. It gets the same gas mileage as the Chevy twins with their old v8
Nissan will be gone by spring 2025. Gone with the Wind 💨 😂
😅
Truckie... Lol
who tf is buying a nissan in 2025?
People who want a comfortable SUV that has off road, towing and people mover capability who don't trust GM, don't want Ford and can't afford a Toyota/Lexus.
I agree they are on the precipice. They have tarnished their reputation by selling subpar products for years and probably driven a lot of people into financial ruins. Not very many people can afford a 4-5k transmission bill on a financed car with other debt
Me.
Rogue sells very well… hopefully this will capture some tahoe/expedition/wagoneer buyers. This is definitely a more compelling choice vs. the Sequoia.
I’d likely buy this over the Sequoia
I don't like it
CVT transmission?? If so high fail rare. I'll have to pass.
no cvt here - it's a normal automatic transmission....
@frederickmiller5492 Oh well, then I might look into it.
never have been a cvt on these and their trucks
The armada never had a CVT.
He talked about the transmission in the video...
***DO NOT BUY!*** HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH INFAMOUS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS! RUN AWAY! Go Toyota / Honda !
Fake news, 😂😂😂
Damn. Toyota Honda must have paid you serious shit to post this.😂
Yes because Toyota did such a stellar job with the V35A-FTS
How do you know this? This is a clean sheet design with a different engine and transmission from the old one. If anything, it should be as reliable as the current Land Cruiser (300 series).
@@damilolaakanni All true but the chassis hard points on the Y63 appear to be exactly the same as the Y62. No way Nissan developed a brand new platform from scratch…they couldn’t afford it.
It’s ugly Nissan is now Hyundai and Kia of the 90’s & 80’s . Crap and ugly 😑😑😑😑
Fortunately the opinion of a blind person doesn’t count.
Opinion of a person who cant afford 😂
@ it's my "opinion". 💯 Thanks for replying😘
Is cylinder #7 still slapping?
Nissan sales are declining, and they might be getting bought out by Honda if I remember correctly.
Its a merger. At least that's what they are posturing.
@tempestv8 true, the question is.. for how long before Honda makes the move to buy them out and take over?