2025 Nissan Pathfinder

There are lots of choices among the cheaper-to-buy-and-drive mid-size SUVs that, when properly configured, can safely tow at least 5,000 pounds.

Cars.com’s 2025 Best Cars for Car Seats list compiles a year’s worth of our Car Seat Checks in 55 vehicles.

Shopping for a three-row SUV means balancing priorities of seat quantity versus comfort. If the number of seats trump all, many three-row SUVs offer a second-row bench, but other models give up the second-row middle seat for captain’s chairs.

Take a look at how the Latch system and each car seat scored in our Car Seat Check of the 2025 Nissan Pathfinder.

The 2025 Nissan Pathfinder is right for you if your priorities include a comfortable ride, good visibility or ease of car seat installation.

Nissan is cutting prices for the 2025 Rogue and Pathfinder, unwinding much of the SUVs’ annual markups.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is tightening its crash-test requirements for its coveted Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards, resulting in fewer winners for 2025.

All 2025 Pathfinders include the Nissan Maintenance Care program with purchase, and the Rock Creek and SV trims now include the power liftgate with position memory.

The Nissan Pathfinder returns for 2025 with hardly any changes, but the brand is adding three free oil changes to every purchase to sweeten the deal.