2009 Nissan Armada LE 4x4 - Automobile Magazine
Still, for about $52,000, the Armada comes with an impressive list of features, including a heated steering wheel, heated seats with memory, navigation, hard-drive audio, Bluetooth, and twenty-inch wheels. Add in the discounts offered on a vehicle rated at 12 mpg city/18 mpg highway and a buyer who truly needs all the functionality offered by the very truck-like Armada could get quite a deal from the local Nissan dealer. I was surprised by the number of features - and accompanying buttons - inside the Armada. Our test car had a backup camera, powered rear vent windows, Bluetooth, a touch-screen navigation system, heated seats and steering wheel, and parking sensors for both the front and rear bumpers. The Armada is rated to tow 9100 pounds, beating GM's Tahoe and Yukon twins as well as the standard Ford Expedition. ) It's nice that the transfer case can be left in two-wheel drive when the weather allows, which should save some fuel compared with other SUVs with full-time AWD systems. There's an old Frank and Troise cartoon from the mid-'90s that I think of any time I get behind the wheel of an Armada. A handful of people are shown riding in a truck the size of a small house, and it's uglier than a monkey's armpit - grilles everywhere, brush bars on top of brush bars, outsized and ridiculous stuff tacked to every corner. Source: www.automobilemag.com
