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The Nissan Quest minivan had a fairly tumultuous history since its introduction for the 1993 model year. The original Quest was a product of a joint venture between Nissan and Ford, sharing its basic design with the Ford Windstar and Mercury Villager. For 2004, Nissan radically redesigned the Quest, giving it a unique, polarizing style that set it apart from traditional minivans. This third-generation Quest had unorthodox features including a center-mounted gauge cluster and Skyview glass roof panels. The unconventional styling failed to resonate with many minivan buyers, however, and sales struggled. The Quest skipped the 2010 model year and returned for 2011 with a more conventional design, but its sales volumes still couldn’t match those of its competitors — and minivans as a whole became less popular as growing numbers of consumers opted for three-row SUVs. Nissan discontinued the Quest after the 2017 model year.

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2011-2017 Quest

The Quest returned for the 2011 model year in redesigned form after taking 2010 off. The new Quest’s styling was more conventional than before, but still bold and distinctive. Though it wasn’t as roomy inside as some competitors, the Quest offered an upscale interior with available features like dual moonroofs and a DVD entertainment system with an 11-inch screen. The 260-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6 engine provided satisfying acceleration, and the steering and handling were crisp for a minivan. For 2013, the line-topping LE trim gained an around-view camera monitor as a standard feature. For 2015, the LE was renamed Platinum, an available 5-inch display screen replaced the previous 4.3-inch screen, and the continuously variable automatic transmission was tuned to feel more like a conventional stepped-gear automatic.