 Ladies up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am GoldPony, I do new car track SUV reviews on YouTube. And today, we are in the brand new 2024 Nissan Armada courtesy of younger Nissan in Frederick, Maryland for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So we are in this one today because this is Nissan's largest SUV. It has a reliable V8 that has been in production now for eight years. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust, football, that fun stuff. So having said all that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. So as you can imagine, there are several different trim levels for the 2024 Armada. First one being the SV starting at $55,720, SL for $59,540, midnight edition starting at $61,530. And lastly, the Platinum being the one we are in today starting at $67,790. By the way, that was all pricing for the rear wheel drive configuration. If you wanted to add four wheel drive, you can do that. Simply add $3,000 then to any of those prices. But regardless of trim level, the power plant on the Armada is going to be the same. Powering this beast is a 5.6 liter naturally aspirated V8, putting out 400 horsepower at 5,800 RPM, 413 pound feet of torque coming in at 4,000 RPM. Power sent to rear wheels or all wheels there were seven speed automatic, zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 5.8 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 14 in the city, 19 on the highway for the rear wheel drive, 13 city, 18 in on the highway for the all wheel drive taking premium unleaded fuel. And so before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in the Armada, to what I mentioned to you guys, the drive mode, there is a circular dial, silver circular dial just to the right of the shifter. Those two drive minutes will include tow and snow. So having now got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and finish straight away. Let's put the acceleration, let's put the V8 here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2024 Armada here up to speed. All right, here is our straight away in three, two, one, go. Oh my gosh, this thing moves. This thing, this thing moves man for a massive SUV as it is. I wasn't expecting that. It definitely doesn't feel like a slow vehicle whatsoever. Actually, you could feel it in the pit of your stomach. So absolutely no issues as a marriage to go into the highway. This thing is a beast both in size and under the hood. So wow, that actually surprised me. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration, as always, braking is equally important. So upfront, you will find 13.8 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 13.8 inch rear discs. As far as that 60 is your stopping distance goes, that comes in at 124 feet, which is actually insanely impressive, considering the size of this SUV. As far as braking feel goes, it feels just right. It's not a soft braking feel, but it's not a firm braking feel either, by any means, but it feels just as you would want the Armada to feel like. And like I said, 60 zero and 124 feet, that's actually brilliant. Usually in SUVs like this, you find upper 130s for that 60 zero number. So 124 feet, that's like an average sedan. So absolutely no issues with that whatsoever. Then touching on suspension and handling upfront, you're gonna get an independent double wishbone type front suspension. In the back, independent double wishbone type rear suspension as well. Front and rear stabilizer bars, but also an auto leveling rear suspension to go along with all that. So overall, my short little test drive here today, this thing rides incredibly smooth. I'm just gonna be honest. I didn't expect that either. So incredibly smooth ride in the Armada, maybe it's because of its size, but yeah, definitely no issues there. As far as steering feel goes, it definitely leans on the heavier side of things, which you guys know. I've seen my videos before, I do like. I like a heavy steering feel, and that is definitely the case here in the Armada. It's not a loose steering feel whatsoever. So as you traditionally do get with SUVs, so I actually really like that. There's no issues there. So where's cabin noise? Okay, this is where you're going zero miles per hour at this red light right now. Now, honestly, when I was driving earlier, it was a very serene cabin as well. So, so far this is feeling more like a luxury SUV, 100% and touching on rear visibility here, I actually could see 100% perfectly fine out the back. Reason being, out of my rear view mirror here is because that third row, even if the third row is up, the third row headrest, they tuck down so you get excellent visibility if nobody is actually using those third row seats. So you don't always get that. So I absolutely love that. So these are your crush in it so far. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Nissan Armada. All right, so here she is, you guys. The new 2024 Nissan Armada finished in Aspen White. In case you were curious of our exact exterior color name that we had on this one with us here today. But as always, let's go ahead and start with where the Armada is made. Taking a look at the VIN, first character is the letter J indicating that the 2024 Nissan Armada is built and assembled in Japan as it should be. JD MSUV, but starting up front V-Motion front grille of course will come standard, but the finish is gonna differ dependent upon the trim level that you go with. So you're gonna get a chrome finish for that V-Motion front grille for all trim levels but the midnight. That midnight edition is gonna give you the gloss black finish surrounding the grille there. But LED headlights with LED daytime running lights do come standard to the sides there. Automatic feature coming with them along with automatic high beams. So if you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams and when that vehicle is gone it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you there, so very convenient feature. I honestly love that one myself but LED fog lights then coming on the SL trim level end up. You guys can see those in the bottom corners there. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the front end of this one. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now since we are around to the side of the Armada roof rails do come standard, they're gonna be finished in dark gray for all trim levels but that midnight edition, midnight edition is going to finish them in black of course if you guys haven't noticed the theme yet everything's black but chrome windows surrounds do come standard gloss black A pillar is going to be available as well. Chrome door handles coming standard to tie along with those chrome windows surrounds. Of course, you do actually get functional front fender vents. Let me see if I can get up a little closer to actually show you guys this because they actually do allow that V8 to breathe. You guys probably can't tell on camera there but anyways, it does let out some hot air from that V8 under the hood so they are actually functional. So I love that rear privacy glass of course does come standard on the Armada running boards. Actually all trim levels get that as well and I will say I have been using them so it is something that you actually will use with the Armada seeing as it does sit up a little bit higher than most other SUVs out there but then taking a look down at the wheel set up 18 inch 12 spoke aluminum alloys for the SV 20 inch 18 spoke aluminum alloys for the SL 20 inch 12 spoke aluminum alloys for the midnight edition and lastly 22 inch 14 spoke aluminum alloys for the platinum that's what you guys are looking at right now of course but that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right and so been out since we are around to the back of the Armada all the way to the top rear spoiler with an integrated brake light just below that rear window wiper of course you will find LED tail lights they do come standard for all trim levels across the board for added illumination at night there. You're either going to get some gloss black or chrome trim tying together the two tail lights platinum is obviously going to give you the chrome trim but midnight edition is gonna give you that gloss black and there actually is a black package I forget what it's called but you can also get it that way if you wanted the gloss black accents but not the midnight edition trim level necessarily but just below it all you will find a single exhaust out that kind of tucked away underneath under that passenger side there so having said that I do believe you guys know what we have to do next here as always here is that exhaust clip. I can summon out since we are around to the back of the Armada when it comes to opening that lift gate it is a power lift gate for the SL trim leveling up if you wanted that but there's a button on the key fob of course there's a button on the lift gate itself then too but once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 16.5 cubic feet behind that third row of course if that was not enough space there is a 60 40 split there's actually some buttons in the cargo area to fall down the rear seats too so it was pretty convenient bumping that up to 49.9 cubic feet then with all rows folded that comes in at 92.6 cubic feet so little bit more than your average SUV like take for example the Kia Telluride comes in at 88 cubic feet Hyundai Palisade 87 cubic feet and the Honda Pilot Toyota Highlander they all come in at around the same amount so a little bit more than all of them but eight cargo tie down hooks you can find back there there's a 12 volt power outlet as well then if you were to lift up underneath that cargo floor you are going to find a little bit of in-floor storage so I did like seeing that as well but then making our way up to the third row legroom that's going to come in at 28.4 inches for reference I mean even six feet tall this is how much space I had in the third row also for reference my old Ford Mustang GT had 29 inches so my Mustang had more legroom than the third row in the armada here so that basically says it all right there but cup holders do come standard for those third row passengers and of course you do a rear ventilation that's going to be found on the ceiling of the armada here as well but then making our way up to the second row legroom that comes in at 41 inches even for reference I mean even six feet tall still this is how much space I had back there so plenty of space for the second row passengers I will say that 12 volt power outlet back there but also 120 volt power outlet for the second row passengers that was pretty cool for our platinum trim level that we have today you also get heated rear seats absolutely love that did want to also mention there's this massive center console between the second row passengers there there's a ton of storage within there there's cup holders of course there's even a little bit of hidden storage that you can pull out in the front of it then as well then also the second row passengers do have access to the center arm rest storage between the front two passengers by simply pressing a button so a lot of storage in the armada I will definitely say that but the only big thing for me for the second row passengers that I was missing especially in an SUV like this is some rear window sunshades I am surprised that Nissan didn't add any of those but then make your way up to the front seats leatherette seating coming with the SV trim level leather seating for the SL trim level end up heated front seats actually do come standard for every single trim level across the boards you gotta love that power adjustable front seats with power lumbar again standard for all trim levels memory settings for up to two different drivers if you were to go with the SL trim level and up and then our platinum trim is also going to add to that ventilated front seats if you wanted those but overall as far as seat comfort goes it was actually plenty comfortable I love the quilted leather as well very high end feel to it so in my short little test drive here today at least absolutely no issues when it comes to seat comfort here in the armada but then taking a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping it is power adjustable for all trim levels across the board it is also leather wrapped for all trim levels across the board and if you were to go with the platinum like we have today it is going to be heated then as well so then making our way to the starter let me start by showing you guys the key here you got your Nissan logo all the way to the top got lock unlocked the button to pop the tailgate there and that circular button that is going to be a remote start that does come standard but also keyless entry with the push button start of course comes standard so all I'm going to do here is simply put my foot on the brake and press that engine start button located just by the driver's right knee and so once started up when it comes to the gauges tachometers all the way to your left speedometer is on your right and there is a digital screen front and center to control what is on there there are steering wheel mounted controls found on the left side of the steering wheel there that gives you a ton of different things you could choose to display a digital speedometer readout if you wanted to of course there's trip A trip B how many miles you'll have left until you hit empty there's speed limit recognition technology displayed up there also outside temperature time of the day pretty much everything you could possibly want on a digital portion of the gauges at least but now let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality here power moonroof coming with the SL trim leveling up overhead sunglass holder for all trim levels across the board homelink controls for up to three different garage doors I see those on the bottom portion of our frameless rear view mirror I love that setup dual zoom climate control for all trim levels across the board auto dimming rear view mirror is going to come in the SL trim level and up wood tone trim for the SL trim level and up as well tri zoom climate control is going to be optional it's going to be where the rear passengers of course can set their own temperatures wireless phone charger though does come standard for every single trim level across the board and let me touch on that for a split second here cause that's actually hidden you're probably not going to know where it is unless I'm going to tell you right now it's just underneath of the armada lettering found just underneath of the climate control vents there it's actually located just in front of the shifter so there's just a little button that you press it opens up and that is where the wireless phone charger is hidden so that's kind of interesting I don't know why they would hide it but they did but overall as far as interior quality goes Nissan crushed it they absolutely crushed it I love the wood tone trim and that surrounds everything surrounding the cup holders here and the shifter and all of that that's probably my favorite part of this one so I like the saddle brown and the dark leather combination as well so everything maybe it's cause it's a platinum trim level everything is finished very high quality so I'm a huge fan of the interior quality here in this one but so now let's go ahead and touch on the infotainment screen cause this is massive it is a 12.3 inch color touchscreen display Bluetooth and audio streaming does come standard Android Auto, Apple CarPlay factory navigation system actually comes standard for every single trim level and it's pretty good too it got me to this park that I've never been to before so well done navigation system for doing that also of course you could check out your radio information up there and so when it comes to the sound systems there are two of them you're gonna find six speakers for the SV and then the SL trim level and up it's gonna give you a 13 speaker Bose sound system so of course that is the one that we have today so what do you guys say let's go ahead and turn on the radio let's see what we got playing this morning and let's test out the clarity of this one That's actually really good there is a ton of bass with this particular sound system as Nissan always does the clarity was actually perfectly on point as well and of course with it being a Bose sound system you know the credibility is behind it that I've had Bose sound system I actually had a Bose sound system in my Infinity G35 Coop when they first came out and it never failed me so amazing sound system for the Armada as well but last thing I wanna mention to you guys on the infotainment screen at least is when you do put the Armada in reverse you will find a rear view camera not the very most high quality rear view camera I will say that I've seen better quality for sure but also a 360 degree monitor that birds eye view for the SL trim level end up letting you know what is completely all around you which is always is going to lead us into safety and so front side, side curtain airbags do come standard in the back you're gonna have latch AKA the where anchors to tethers your children for the rear car seats rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard a driver attention monitoring system adaptive cruise control lane departure warning lane keep assist forward collision warning automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert and actually front and rear parking sensors coming standard as well that's pretty cool because this is a bigger SUV so I'm glad that it comes standard but overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Armada great ride quality this thing absorbed Fredrick's road imperfections like it was nothing pretty darn good steering feel as well I love that because it was on the heavier side of things incredible interior quality my personal opinion I love the contrast leather colors I like the wood trim as well they did an amazing job at least maybe it's because it's the platinum trim level but great job with that as far as room for improvement goes it's not very fuel efficient oh of course as expected with a giant V8 but that's okay if you're buying the Armada you're not necessarily looking for fuel efficiency and the other thing is it doesn't have quite as much space as the competitors so if you were to compare this because it is priced similarly to the Chevy Tahoe the Ford Expedition or even that Toyota Grand Highlander they all have more cargo space than this Nissan Armada so that's something as well but anyways let me know what you guys think of the Armada in the comment section below that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you wanted to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold