my parents bought one. i convinced them to get that instead of a BMW X5. The X5 is useless. They were looking at an Audi allroad and a Subaru outback but went with the Xterra for towing capabilites.
But get a newer model for sure. i'm not sure when they redesigned it, but they made 8000x better. The old ones are slow as fuck, the new ones come with a sweet 265hp engine even on the base model. its really quite nice to drive, surprisingly fast. and the base models are pretty cheap and reliable. Only problem with the new Xterras besides gas mileage obviously, is its an extremely tall car so getting bikes and shit off the roof is a pain. And its hard to get in and out of the backseat cause its narrow and high. other than that its a solid car.
