RIP, Nissan Xterra - Washington Post

When the Nissan Xterra debuted in the 2000 model year, it was hard to ignore. Alas, the ray of sunshine known as the Xterra is fading fast. Unlike other Nissan rides, the Xterra has largely been ignored. By industry standards, it should've been overhauled after seven years, but 2012 came and went -- as did 2013, 2014, and most of 2015. Nothing. Then yesterday, Nissan issued a gargantuan, 11,500-word press release. ) And tucked away in the middle of that release, among all the news of updates and refreshes and new packages and technological advances, came this wee bulletpoint:. ALSO SEE: Nissan Juke Vs. Jeep Renegade: Compare Cars. So, let's take a moment and remember the glory that was the Xterra, a vehicle that turned its back on the champagne excesses of the first dot-com bubble and drove us back to the things that mattered -- the simple things, like surfing, camping, and... Got any great Nissan Xterra stories. Source: www.washingtonpost.com