Textual content by Tom Appel
2025 Nissan Armada Platinum Reserve 4WD
Specs
Class: Massive SUV
Nation of Manufacture: Japan
Colour: Coulis Purple
Seating Capability: 7
Miles pushed: 110
Actual-world gas economic system: 17.1 mpg
| CG Report Card | |
|---|---|
| Room and Consolation | A |
| Energy and Efficiency | B |
| Match and End | A |
| Gas Economic system | B |
| Worth | B |
| Report-card grades are derived from a consensus of test-driver evaluations. All grades are versus different automobiles in the identical class. Worth grade is for particular trim degree evaluated, and should not replicate Shopper Information’s impressions of your complete mannequin lineup. | |
| Huge & Tall Consolation | |
| Huge Man | A |
| Tall Man | A |
| Huge & Tall consolation rankings are for entrance seats solely. “Huge” ranking based mostly on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” ranking based mostly on 6’6″-tall male tester. | |
| Drivetrain | |
| Engine Specs | 425 horsepower 3.5-liter |
| Engine Sort | Turbocharged V6 |
| Transmission | 9-speed automated |
| Drive Wheels | 4WD |
Driving combine: 65% metropolis, 35% freeway
EPA-estimated gas economic system: 16/19/17 (metropolis, freeway, mixed)
Gas kind: Premium fuel
Base worth: $79,990 (not together with $2010 vacation spot cost)
Choices on take a look at car: Particular paint ($990) ProPILOT Help 2.1 Bundle ($2900), splash guards ($400), mats ($550)
Value as examined: $86,840
Execs and Cons
The good: Roomy and comfy, loads of energy
The nice: Quiet and splendid cabin
The not so good: Some jitteriness over tough roadways
Evaluation
As the price of federal import tariffs start to trickle right down to the window stickers of latest automobiles and vehicles, we enter a brand new period budget-conscious habits on the a part of carmakers. A number of firms have advised that automobiles redesigns might be pushed again, this to higher amortize the price of designs already on the highway. What this implies for customers is a coming interval of restricted innovation and slowed financial development.
Crude Predecessor
Customers are lucky then that Nissan obtained its full-size Armada out the door previous to being impacted by import taxes, as the large SUV has gotten a radical makeover, and it’s all for the higher.
Final up to date for the 2017 mannequin 12 months, the Armada shared its primary structure and design with the premium Infiniti QX80. Primarily based on Nissan’s international “Y62” chassis, the Armada and QX80 had been rugged and succesful off-road, however lacked the refinement and cabin area of the opposite automobiles within the large-SUV class, and gross sales suffered accordingly.
Improved in Each Manner
All that has modified for 2025. Whereas the Armada and QX80 stay carefully associated to one another, they’re vastly improved relative to earlier incarnations. Actually, we’d be laborious pressed to call a mannequin extra impressively improved in current historical past. For ’25 the Armada is:
- Roomier
- Quieter
- Higher driving
- Extra highly effective
- Much more gas environment friendly
- Arguably higher trying
Dimensions
And whereas the brand new Armada isn’t ALL new—it rides on the identical 121-inch wheelbase as final 12 months’s truck—it’s about an inch longer, and totally 3 inches wider.
Engines
Beneath the hood, Nissan replaces the Armada’s dated 5.6-liter V8 with a turbocharged 3.5-liter V6. The brand new engine delivers 425 horsepower (25 greater than the V8) and significantly extra torque. A 9-speed automated replaces the previous Amada’s 7-speed unit.
Costs and Trim Ranges
The brand new Armada lineup contains 5 trim ranges. First up within the entry-level SV ($59,530), adopted by the midlevel SL ($64,940), premium Platinum ($71,940), off-road oriented PRO-4X ($75,750), and the top-end, over-the-top luxuriously appointed, Platinum Reserve ($79,000). Add $3000 to any trim degree for 4WD, save for the PRO-4X, on which it’s commonplace.
Klipsch Audio
The celebrated Klipsch-brand audio system, now supplied on the Armada, comes as commonplace tools on all however the base SV trim degree, on which it isn’t supplied.
Check Car
Shopper Information lately spent per week behind the wheel of a 2025 Armanda in Coulis Purple and geared up with Nissan’s ProPILOT Help 2.1 Bundle. Together with vacation spot cost, our take a look at car got here to $86,840. For readers shocked by the worth of our take a look at car, pay attention to two issues: First, that is what topline giant SUVs price, and secondly, a well-equipped Armada is now a convincingly premium truck.
Cabin Appointments
The cabin of our take a look at Armada encompasses a two-tone tan and caramel inside with tufted seat facilities and a lavish quantity of extra-cushy soft-touch surfaces. The Platinum Reserve inside detailing rivals that of premium competitors together with the GMC Yukon Denali, Lincoln Navigator, to not point out the maker’s personal Infiniti QX80.
Room and Consolation
Room and luxury are vastly improved for 2025, particularly for giant editors similar to this scribe. Whereas I felt crammed behind the wheel of the previous-gen Armada, the most recent model is about as roomy because the competitors, which is to say very roomy. Huge door openings present easy accessibility to the entrance and a pair ofnd-row seats, and the trail to the threerd row is now bigger. And talking of the threerd, adults will now discover loads of area again in the best way again.
Connectivity
We discovered the management format trendy and pleasant sufficient, and can appear acquainted to those that spend time in Nissan merchandise. Like so many lately up to date automobiles, the Armada now employs a single panel display which serves as each the motive force instrument panel and middle console display. We discovered the display simple sufficient to function, and icons simple to determine at a look. And, as a bonus maybe, local weather management features are nonetheless dealt with with actual switches and is aware of, and haven’t been integrated into the infotainment system.
Energy and Efficiency
Underway the Armada strikes out neatly, with little to no delay in throttle response. And whereas the brand new turbocharged V6 might not sound fairly as sporty because the previous V8, it feels significantly stronger, and is, by our testing, considerably simpler on the fuel. The final Armada we examined returned simply 12.4 mpg in largely routine driving. Our 2025 Armada stretched a gallon of fuel for 17.1 mpg, an enormous 38 % enchancment. Nissan does advocate the usage of dear premium-grade gasoline, nevertheless.
Trip and Dealing with
The brand new Armada rides and handles effectively, although trip high quality does path the pack considerably. Not that there’s something flawed with how the Armada will get down the highway, however we discover the highway isolation within the Chevrolet Suburban, Ford Expedition, and Jeep Wagoneer to be higher. We took observe of some jitteriness on tough surfaces that compromised considerably the general Armada luxurious expertise. The cabin may be very quiet, nevertheless, making the large Nissan a great household/long-haul journey car.
ProPilot
We didn’t have the chance to completely consider the ProPILOT semi-autonomous driver-assistance system, however have discovered the system typically passable in different Nissan merchandise. ProPILOT shines primarily in sluggish and stop-and-go visitors, which we discover of nice worth. Be sure you request a radical demonstration of the system earlier than committing nearly $3000 for the function.
Worth
Frankly, we had written off the previous Armada as too cramped, crude, and dear to be severely cross shopped towards the opposite automobiles on this phase. And whereas the brand new Armada doesn’t outright excel in anybody class, it does do nearly all the things a household would possibly want or need very effectively—and the inside of the Platinum Reserve is completely high notch.
As we famous earlier, at near $90,000 our take a look at car is dear, however, sadly, that is what automobiles on this class price. We strongly advocate that you simply take a look at drive all of the vehicles on this class, and we fortunately advocate, for the primary time ever, you add the Armada to the group.
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