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Instead of a full-vinyl seat on the S and SV (like Ford and GM) Nissan uses a tough, car-like fabric for the seat and vinyl side bolsters for improved durability. The front seats and most of the switchgear are borrowed from the Titan, complete with adjustable head rests and driver’s lumbar support. While the system will let you browse your iPod or dial a phone number while you drive off the road, you must be completely stopped to enter a navigation destination. The music player interface is fully featured, but the only voice commands built into the system are for the phone interface. If you’re familiar with aftermarket nav systems, you’ll feel right at home with the Nissan system’s snappy and straightforward interface.
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The nav system also includes XM radio, XM traffic, USB/iDevice integration, Bluetooth speaker phone functionality and a much-needed backup cam. Our SL had Nissan’s standard 5-inch touch-screen nav unit (available on the SV for $950).
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Nissan priced the NV carefully, slotting it between the GM 25 series vans (and considerably less than a “comparable” 2WD Suburban if you’re wondering.) All models come standard with a rear HVAC unit with vents in the ceiling and the floor for rear passengers. The top-of-the-line $37,690 SL model adds dual-zone electronic climate control, front and rear parking sensors, leather surfaces on all 12 seats, heated front seats and Nissan’s “low-cost navigation” system with backup cam.
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Creature comforts like power locks, power windows and cruise control can be added for $650 or come standard along with map lights, a center storage console, 120V inverter, two extra cup holders, backup parking sensors, power driver’s seat, two more speakers (6 total), and a CD player on the $34,190 SV model. The $31,990 S model is the starting point for the NV vans. Shoppers have three trim levels to choose from: S, SV and SL. Although Nissan felt the need to dress parts of the dash in matte black ala GM/Ford, the color choices seem more modern than the competition. The NV’s interior showed no early wear despite our tester’s gig as a Nissan shuttle for drunk journalists for most of its 6,500 mile life. Hard plastics in general put up to hard abuse better than trendy minivan squishy bits. The NV’s dashboard is formed from hard plastic, just like GM and Ford’s passenger vans. The hood allowed Nissan to lower the floor up front improving head room and making the vehicle feel more like a typical SUV than a big-rig. In the GM and Ford vans the engine position means your legs are cocked to one side and your right foot is cooked after a 2 hour road trip. Looks aside, there’s a practical benefit to having a hood: the engine isn’t in the foot-well.
Am I crazy? Perhaps, I like the way the Ford Flex looks too. It looks different from the current crop of domestic people movers, I like chrome bling and I have a soft spot for a long hood. The NV looks more like someone grafted a bread van box to a Nissan Titan, which in many ways is exactly what Nissan did. (This is why minor repairs on a GM van tend to start with “ first, drop the engine”). This might sound totally banal at first glance, but anyone who has worked on a GM van knows the engine isn’t under the hood it’s mostly under the dash with a bit inside the cabin.
The dominant feature on the NV is certainly the front end which features an honest-to-goodness hood. Public opinion on the NV’s styling ranged from “I love the bold grille” to “dear God, put my eyes out.” Let us know what you think in the comment section. I did not, I repeat, did not grovel and beg to Nissan’s top brass to get my hands on a full-size van. Me: (after a long pause) oh yea? What about the NV Passenger van? How about that!? Eh? Why haven’t I seen one before? Hiding something? My Nissan minder whipped out his phone, made a call and a ginormous shiny black box appeared a week later. PR person: we go the extra mile to make sure the press has access to everything we make, we don’t hide anything. Every now and then a journalist sticks his foot in his mouth, and so it was with me and a Nissan PR person.
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