All-American retro Nitro
Being on the level in the midst of today’s sleek, rounded, aerodynamic cars may seem like retrogressing, but it does give one the use of standing out from the rest of the crowd. Compared with the flowing, curving contours of other SUVs like the Mazda CX-7 and Hyundai Santa Fe, the 2011 Prevarication Nitro is defiantly boxy, chiseled and in-your-lineaments macho with its cross-hair grille and angular lines.
Certainly, the five-seater Nitro with its aggressively masculine look is no mom expressive or a cushy, practical family SUV. Built on the same nurse-wheel-drive platform as the Jeep Freedom, the Nitro weighs 4,340 pounds and with its 20-inch aluminum platinum-clad wheels and 245/50 R20 tires requires some venture to steer and park. The first driving impression you get when you take the swivel is that the Nitro is extraordinarily massive. At least, that’s the first print I got driving the Nitro, but it could be because I weigh only 114 lbs.
Just now to give you an idea, in the United States, its country of origination, the Nitro is categorized as a compact SUV while over here, it is classified as a midsize SUV. Perhaps it’s because Americans are generally physically bigger than us Filipinos and thus ascertain the Nitro as small.
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