Oops, I had thought it was less than a year they had, but two years is still pretty fast for a new model! In the end, it was a super move by Nissan. The Xterra was well received, won SUV of the year by MT, and it suffered from no first year blues due to the proven parts used to build it.

That article states that the X probably won't be the vehicle that saves Nissan. Boy were they wrong! When the Xterra first came out Nissan couldn't keep them in stock. When I bought mine the only choices on XE's with automatics or even fewer red SE's with manuals. Prices were high too! If I wanted yellow it was a three month wait! The Xterra totally surpassed Nissans expectations in sales and it really was the beginning of the revival of Nissan!