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Nissan X-terra
The Nissan Xterra (also
called the XTerra) is a compact SUV based
on that company's F-Alpha platform. The Xterra
won the North American Truck of the Year award
and was Motor Trend magazine's Sport/Utility
of the Year for 2000. It was again nominated
for NACOTY and again won Motor Trend's award
in 2006. All Xterras are currently built in
Smyrna, Tennessee. The Xterra is Nissan's
smallest SUV in the United States other than
the X-Trail sold in Canada and Mexico. It
is called the Nissan Roniz in Iran, where
it is also built, under licence by Pars Khodro.
The Xterra was named
after the XTERRA series of off-road triathlon
races. Nissan has since become the race series'
primary sponsor. The
Xterra was originally introduced in the US
with the 2000 model year and was marketed
as a Basic, but true to the name' SUV with
the slogan Everything you need, nothing you
don't. Which in some ways flew in the face
of the many rival luxury models that were
saturating the 4 wheel drive market.
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