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This digital document is an article from Automotive Design & Production, published by Gardner Publications, Inc. on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 822 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Nissan's platform play.(On Cars)
Author: Christopher A. Sawyer
Publication: Automotive Design & Production (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: Gardner Publications, Inc.
Volume: 116 Issue: 10 Page: 44(2)Distributed by Thompson Gale

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The mid-size 2005 Pathfinder, Nissan's largest design and development program to date, involved three technical centers, and took 36 months and countless trans-Pacific trips to complete. Though it borrows major components from the full-size Titan pickup and Armada SUV, it's not just a downsized clone.

********** By now, if you follow the industry at all and Nissan in particular, you know that "F-Alpha" is the internal Nissan designation for the platform that underpins the full-size Titan pickup and Armada SUV. You may also know that it is the basis for the Frontier mid-size pickup, which means it also is the base for the new Pathfinder and the next-generation Xterra SUVs. The question is: "How can the F-Alpha platform...