Well, I was looking at the standard features of each model when you go to configure it. After you select 4WD on the Off-Road edition, the standard features do say Hill descent and Hill start, but it says AT only. At least that's what I saw.

Anybody else notice Canteen is not offered on the Ofroad version. Is offered on S and SE though. Why not on all three?

anyone every seen the Night Armor color?

just looks like a real dark charcoal almost black

If I'm lucky, it was the color I was pestering the Nissan guys for in New York and Richmond Basically around 2000 either the Maxima or Frontier (or both) had this metalic charcol color... a black or dark, dark grey base color with a silver metallic fleck. Looked awesome. I hope Black Armor is the same color and dying to see a brochure with a paint swatch or a real '05 painted with it

Damn. I just put together a 2005 at around the same price as what I got for my 2003. Except it has the locker, better engine and whole ass load of extra features.

These 2005s are going to sell like mad if people have any sense left in them.

I would trade up in a snap but my baby's only 2 years old and has quite a few miles left in her yet.

I just noticed that the dashboard has oil pressure and charging system meters. That's cool- you can tell if your battery is getting drained when you're winching. Do earlier model years have that feature? (I wonder what the alternator output is.... hopefully more than 90amps.)

[Sorry if this was already mentioned; I didn't read all 39 pages of the thread.]

hi everyone. been reading around the general forum for the past 4 months and mainly this thread.

been playing around with the trims and packages on the nissanusa.com future vehicles website and got a question for anyone who can answer this.

do you think the off-road trim will come with the step rails? and also this being my first suv ever, are the step rails very helpful to all you X owners out there? or should i not worry about the step rails so much?

I was just reading the other thread about the 2005's (Any New Info On O5's) and someone posted the Motor Trend video from the NY Auto Show and I just noticed that the Xterra they show in it isn't Black. It's more of a dark grey like the cladding.

I'm thinking that it's the new Night Armor Color. I noticed it when it was showing the side of the Xterra at the Show and then it cut to the Xterra in the desert, it's clear that there is more of a contrast of the cladding and body color on the desert one (Black Xterra) and the one at the Auto Show (Night Armor).

I'm still undecided on what color I'm going to get. I'm stuck between Night Armor, Black, and Granite. I'm leaning towards Black or Granite now mainly because the Night Armor color looks more like everything (Cladding, and Body Side Moulding) is blended together.

Anyway I was just curious if anyone else noticed that for those that are interested in what the Night Armor Color is going to look like.

-Braden

No

No.

Not at all.

Most people on this site are quick to take them off if they ever intend on taking their X off-road. They serve no purpose other than helping shord people get up into the truck. If you are a short people or short people will be using your truck often get them. Otherwise don't bother.

i'm 6'4" and im thinking of buying an 05 xterra. will i have to move my driver seat far back like what i usually have to do in sedans?

The 05 step rails don't even bolt to the frame, they bolt to the body.

Nobody here has sat in an 05 yet, so I don't think anyone can comment on having to move the seat back, but as I understand it, the 05 is supposed to have more passenger room than the current one.

The folks who went on the plant tour got to rid in the '05. Knew I should hae went this year :p

D'oh, forgot about that...

I sat in, listen to and poked arround an '05 Pathy yesterday. It had the cloth interior and a third row back seat.

A few notes: The engine sounded wonderfull, I was at the office when it came by so I wasn't able to take it for a spin but when it left it took off with malice.

The seats are totally different than the Pathfinder seats I've seen.

And for the record the guy that was driving it ( A friend of mine, a Nissan exec.) said that he likes the look of the X a lot better than the Pathy. I'm going to get my hands on an X for a week/weekend in Feb. when they come out so we'll be able to wring it out.

Hehe I have both sat in, started, and gone for a ride in one.

why do some of the new xterra pics have black grills and some silver?

Maybe one of the differences between a SE and XE

hmm that would suck

Light colors get black front grill, and dark colors get the silver one.

Here are the "Off Road" model colors as per Nissan.
No blue or green but at least yellow is still there.

Minus Canteen on the Offroad version.

Wish they would do that orange that the 350z comes in ...... where are the above photos from?

Yes, I wonder why they dropped that color for the "Off Road".

BTW - the colors are (in order) yellow, black, white, silver, red "brawn", light black "night armor" and granite.

The pics are from nissanusa.com

no.

http://www.nissanusa.com/m/cma/v/fuv/fuv_xterra_gal06.html

You're probbably right... but that's what they (nissan) told me.