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| 2005 Nissan Titan Review | |||
| Whether you're about to spend $40K on a brand new car, or half that on a used car, it is always important to learn as much as you can about the used car. Read these car reviews to learn about all aspects of the vehicle. Each of the usedcar reviews cover interior and exterior features, options, road tests, and more. | |||
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This would normally be the point where we navigate our way through an endless array of models, but as mentioned earlier, the Titan's lack of choices makes things easy. All you have to remember are:1. King Cab 2WD V8 automatic - XE / SE / LE 2. King Cab 4WD V8 automatic - XE / SE / LE 3. Crew Cab 2WD V8 automatic - XE / SE / LE 4. Crew Cab 4WD V8 automatic - XE / SE / LE That was fast. Just choose which body, how many wheels you want driving, your trim line, and you're done. To the base XE, the SE adds 18x8 5-spoke alloy wheels (replacing 17x7.5 steel) with P265/70R18 tires, chrome bumpers and grille, body side molding, rear privacy glass, heated power mirrors, captain's chairs and center console, leather steering wheel, folding passenger's seat, 6-disc CD, keyless entry, alarm, and on King Cabs, power windows and locks. The XE-to-SE jump costs $2,150 on King Cabs, $1,800 on Crew Cabs. The LE changes the wheels to a 6-spoke pattern and adds fog lights, Utili-track channel system, the bedliner and storage lockbox, rear sonar parking system, Rockford-Fosgate stereo, automatic headlights, HomeLink transceiver, puddle lights on the mirrors, heated leather power front seats with driver memory, power adjustable pedals, and "aluminum-look accents." The SE-to-LE jump costs $4,450, $4,300, $4,750, or $4,600, respectively, on the models listed above. No matter the trim line, greedy Nissan makes the customer buy multiple packages before granting access to buy the Side Air Bags Package, which contains the usual six air bags plus stability control and brake assist. But along with the Tundra, the Titan is still the only one offering both of these key safety features. (The Ram has curtain bags in the rear, but that's it.) Other big packages go by the names of Off-Road, Big Tow, High Utility Bed, Trac (limited-slip rear differential for 4WD models), Mobile Theater (DVD player with 7" screen, aux inputs, remote, two wireless headsets), and a few more that add popular equipment to the XE and SE. Not counting options, the Titan tempts with its price range of $23,620 to $36,070. That $23,620 buys an 2WD, V8, automatic extended cab, which costs just under 25 at Toyota and more than 26 over at Ford, Chevy, or Dodge. The Titan's case is even more enticing in the crew cab leagues, starting at $26,470 with Toyota a few hundred higher and Ford and Chevy starting on the wrong side of $31,000. (Dodge joins the crew cab leagues shortly.) Nissan succeeded in filling in the holes Toyota left blank. The full-size truck market leaves a lot of ground to cover, and the Titan is big where the Toyota is small, the Tundra covers the entry-level engines while the Titan tackles the heavy-duty, and the Tundra's frustrating femininity is balanced by the Titan's borderline boisterous behavior. The two would make a cute couple. But there is the question of quantity, and Nissan is clearly giving more truck for the buck here. The Titan is also free of its other competitors obvious flaws, like the aging Silverado's interior, steering, and suspension or the F-150's obesity problem, and it's the only one with a chance of matching the Tundra's reliability. |
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