i also am not impressed with the new xterra. the body styling to me lookes alittle to much like the titan. a mid-sized SUV trying to look like a full sized one. a couple of things i do like , on the offroad one, is the hill break, looking rear end, they went to disks all the way around, and i believe they got rid of the natoriously bad steering system and went back to a rack, the bigger engine is also nice...but at the cost for an 05 xterra, i would just spring for the pathfinder