In terms of ride, bump absorption is decent, but you probably won’t notice because the Armada’s handling is a roller-coaster ride of dips and bobs, lurches and lunges. Things get slippery after that, with awkwardly placed curves and swooping angles replacing the previous model’s crisp lines and sharper, truckier silhouette. The front end is its best side its stout, stern face resembles the brand’s other trucks. In what I can only assume was an effort to give the Armada a more upscale look (similar to the Infiniti QX80 on which it’s based) and increase its appeal to a wider base, Nissan has softened the SUV’s edges and turned it into a lumpy, oddly shaped Project Runway fail. I rode in the previous-generation Armada to a trailhead on a hiking trip in Utah, and the boxy, rugged-looking SUV was at home wearing a mantle of dust and dirt, crawling over rocks in the desert. It competes against other three-row behemoths like the Chevrolet Tahoe, Ford Expedition and Toyota Sequoia compare them here. Click here to compare the models side by side. The Armada skipped the 2016 model year and is back for 2017 with shapelier styling, a more upscale interior, a revised powertrain, and additional safety and convenience features. The Armada unsuccessfully tries to toe the line between capable utility vehicle and comfortable family-hauler other full-size SUVs do it better. It excels as a rugged, capable stuff-mover, but when you throw people into the mix, its abilities are diminished. When you do too many things at once, none of those things tend to be done well, and that holds true for the 2017 Nissan Armada.
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