Maybe you’ve been here before: you’re driving your kids to a football practice but after a few phone calls from busy parents, you’re suddenly the chauffeur for the whole block— or however many you can fit, at least. With ample storage and seating space, the 2018 Nissan Armada is designed to tackle situations like these in a flash. You know, ‘neighborhood nice guy’ has a pretty great ring to it...
But let’s get down to the numbers: the Armada comfortably holds up to 8 adults with its 2nd and 3rd-row seating. And with 50 inches of hip room and 30 inches of headroom in the back, even those roadtrippers that draw the short straw will find themselves with plenty of space to snooze. Tired of climbing over everyone to get to your spot? This vehicle’s 60/40 split on the second bench allows easy entry to the rear.
In the event that you don’t need that extra space, don’t worry about it! Just quickly push a button, and the power folding back bench will do the rest. Need even more room than that? The 2nd row flips down completely as well, giving drivers a whopping 95 cubic feet of storage. And that’s not including the underfloor storage near the back of the vehicle.
(Posted on Dec 20, 2017 at 08:52PM by Mat Wilkins)
Autonomous cars may have started off as a pipe dream in the recent past, but vehicles that can sense their environment and cruise around with little-to-no human input are becoming more of a reality with each passing year. The Armada, with its intelligent driving system, can get you remarkably close to this seemingly sci-fi tech.
Take, for starters, a cruise control feature that’s able to sense and maintain a comfortable distance from other vehicles around you— eliminating the touch-and-go grief of congested freeways and shaving some tension off your trips. An intelligent forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking can also monitor speed and location of the car in front of you (and whoever's in front of that one, too). Highway driving gets monotonous and our minds sometimes wander, but the Armada is easily able to get your head back in the game in the safest way possible.
With its intelligent, 360º monitor, the 2018 Armada gives a birds-eye view of your surroundings. Warning whenever it detects objects in your vicinity and automatically applying the brakes to avoid collisions, it can change even the tightest parking job into what will feel like pulling up in a football field.Â
(Posted on Dec 15, 2017 at 01:55AM by Mat Wilkins)
Every single year Nissan seeks to push the limits of what their vehicles are capable of. New features are always being meticulously reworked and constructed to make your drive smoother, faster, safer, and more comfortable— the sky’s the limit. Enter the 2018 Armada with its intelligent 4x4 system, one of the company’s most recent testaments to their continued streak of innovation.
Designed so that you can drive according to changing road conditions, the 4x4 system has 3 intuitive settings. First is the auto mode, created to handle your run-of-the-mill Seattle commute. Next, for those incidentally treacherous days, there’s the 4-high mode for rocky, sandy, or snow-covered roads. Finally, 4-low is for steep grades and mud, designed with your inner thrill-seeker in mind.
Able to respond instantly to changing road conditions, the 2018 Armada can distribute power between axles, switching from 4WD to 2WD depending on your surroundings. What’s more, when you’re up to speed on the highway, the intelligent 4x4 system switches power to only the rear wheels, giving you piece of mind that you’ll only be using the fuel you need.
But this isn’t the only feature that makes the 2018 Armada one of the safest large SUVs in its class. Contact Kirkland Nissan today and see for yourself!