I have been considering replacing one my 2011 LCs sometime after the first of next year.
I have gotten my shopping list narrowed down to
The following
2016 or 17 silver LC
Or
2017 silver Armada
Or
2017 white Grand Cherokee summit with a diesel
Anyway the local Nissan dealer got some new 17 Armada's in last week. I stopped Saturday and test drove one.
I was really impressed with quite a few things. The seat comfort was incredible, ride was really smooth, interior was very quite going down the road. The materials were top notch, a little more spacious inside then my LCs. The Armada is so much better looking then the QX80 version. That's really the only reason I am now considering one . I had heard for a few years now, just how nice the QX is, just could never get past that odd looking nose. I really thought the Armada looked sharp.
The things I didn't care for were the lack of a split rear hatch/tailgate that I really like on my LC, lack of cool box console also something I really use on my LC more then I ever thought I would. The main gripe I had with it is, and it's really minor, but just bugs the crap out of me, was on the black leather seats they did some sort of contrast piping and stitching on the seats in a orange/brown color, yet the center console and doors, everywhere else is vehicle the contrast stitching was in a totally different color, the doors, console etc, were contrast in a white grey color stitching same as what the use in the QX80s with black seats, only in the QX they use the same color stitching on seats as they did everywhere else in the vehicle. It's as if whomever to change the contrast colors on the seats forgot the rest of the interior was shared with another vehicle that was contrast in a different color. To me it just looked like a mistake, the orange/brown contrast was just out of place. Like I said it was a minor thing.
Next up a 16/17 LC as soon as one lands around here.
Nearest one to me is currently about a 150 miles away.
I have gotten my shopping list narrowed down to
The following
2016 or 17 silver LC
Or
2017 silver Armada
Or
2017 white Grand Cherokee summit with a diesel
Anyway the local Nissan dealer got some new 17 Armada's in last week. I stopped Saturday and test drove one.
I was really impressed with quite a few things. The seat comfort was incredible, ride was really smooth, interior was very quite going down the road. The materials were top notch, a little more spacious inside then my LCs. The Armada is so much better looking then the QX80 version. That's really the only reason I am now considering one . I had heard for a few years now, just how nice the QX is, just could never get past that odd looking nose. I really thought the Armada looked sharp.
The things I didn't care for were the lack of a split rear hatch/tailgate that I really like on my LC, lack of cool box console also something I really use on my LC more then I ever thought I would. The main gripe I had with it is, and it's really minor, but just bugs the crap out of me, was on the black leather seats they did some sort of contrast piping and stitching on the seats in a orange/brown color, yet the center console and doors, everywhere else is vehicle the contrast stitching was in a totally different color, the doors, console etc, were contrast in a white grey color stitching same as what the use in the QX80s with black seats, only in the QX they use the same color stitching on seats as they did everywhere else in the vehicle. It's as if whomever to change the contrast colors on the seats forgot the rest of the interior was shared with another vehicle that was contrast in a different color. To me it just looked like a mistake, the orange/brown contrast was just out of place. Like I said it was a minor thing.
Next up a 16/17 LC as soon as one lands around here.
Nearest one to me is currently about a 150 miles away.
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