Nissan made some updates to its Pathfinder for 2017, in order to contribute to the growth of the large CUV’s sales.
The launch of the refreshed model comes in the context of U.S. Pathfinder deliveries drop 5.2% through June to 39,759 from first-half 2015. Benefiting from the decline are smaller CUVs, deliveries of which have skyrocketed. But Nissan don't consider this situation as a total shift in the industry.
The refreshed Pathfinder made at Nissan’s Smyrna, TN, plant, home to five model lines, represents “an opportunity to rebalance” production and to make sales of the large CUV grow. The changes made should boost buyer acceptance of the model, whose current generation had its best sales volume in 2013 with 88,632 deliveries. Enhancements to power, performance, drivability, and exterior changes were made. The refreshed ’17 Pathfinder goes on sale in September in the U.S.
