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Nissan Pathfinder vs Toyota RAV4

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Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Pathfinder

$71,490 - $81,490

2024 price

Toyota RAV4
Toyota RAV4

$39,760 - $58,360

2024 price

Summary

2024 Nissan Pathfinder
2024 Toyota RAV4
Safety Rating

Engine Type
V6, 3.5L

Fuel Type
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Fuel Efficiency
10.5L/100km (combined)

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Seating
8

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Dislikes
  • V6 thirst
  • Seat height for short drivers
  • Only a space-saver spare

  • Price-tag
  • Lacks real premium punch
  • Prefer AWD to 2WD
2024 Nissan Pathfinder Summary

The Nissan Pathfinder has evolved through five generations since its launch in the mid-1980s. It commenced as a body-on-frame high-riding off-roader like the Navara ute from which it was derived, but today it’s a unitary-bodied, lower-riding crossover with seating for eight.

Even so, the fifth-gen Pathfinder is finding the path to sales leadership a challenging one. Latest VFACTS car industry figures for 2023 show that Nissan’s good-looking SUV currently represents only 1.3 per cent of its hotly contested 'Large SUV' segment, which has more than 20 models competing for buyers.

Interestingly, the top three in this market - Toyota Prado, Isuzu MU-X and Ford Everest - are all body-on-frame high-riding off-roaders, which begs the question if Nissan was correct in moving away from this traditional truck-style design?

Even so, we thought it timely to spend a week aboard the latest Pathfinder, to see if it’s worthy of a larger slice of the SUV pie.

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2024 Toyota RAV4 Summary

The Toyota RAV4 has long been one of the most popular medium SUVs on the Aussie market. In recent years, however, it has faced increasingly intense competition from its rivals.

And as car buyers move towards alternative energy sources and lower emissions, the hybrid realm has swiftly become a hotly contested section of the market.

The all-wheel drive RAV4 has impressed me, but how about the 2WD version? And in top spec to boot?

Read on.

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