The brand new 2013 Nissan Pathfinder is surprisingly fast.
With a 260 horsepower engine the new Pathfinder will rocket to 60 MPH in real world testing in just about 7.5 seconds. But how fast is it at 1 mile above Sea Level.
In this fun TFLcar video we get to find out by testing the exact same 2013 Pathfinder to 60 MPH at sea level and at 1 mile above sea level.
If you are curious to see what 5000 feet of elevation gain and less air density can do to the power output of a normally aspirated vehicle…check out this video to find out.
Editor’s note: The 2013 Nissan Pathfinder we tested, both at sea level and a mile above sea level, is a front wheel drive (near) base model. This means that the Pathfinder is lighter without its all-wheel drive (AWD) components. Lacking those AWD components also means less drive drag from the other driving wheels.
The bottom line is that, in many cases, a two-wheel drive vehicle will be faster to 60 mph than its AWD variant.
With all of this 0 to 60 mph talk, you may think we’re a bit too anxious to do this test. Indeed, we are zealots when tit comes to doing this test as often as possible. Why? Well, for one thing, I’m (technically) more of a Zealotry representative than Roman… which is a funny thing when you think about it, and for another – 0 to 60 mph testing says a lot about a vehicle.
Merging, passing, power loss, power-to-weight, drive-line hook-up, power delivery and a multitude of other performance items can be quickly judged by a simple 0 to 60 mph run.
It’s fun to do too.
