In back, the Frontier gets tall taillights, a bit of black plastic around the tailgate latch and its name prominently displayed. To the folks who want their small truck to have more than a little personality, in contrast to those sold by Ford, Mazda, Chevrolet, GMC and Toyota, it'll be a real key to sales success. On the inside, the Frontier gets a new instrument panel and steering wheel and bigger knobs and switches. The effect is a look that is contemporary but perhaps a little understated when compared to the banzai exterior. On the road, the new SC is a blast.
Acceleration is rabbit quick.
It's a pretty noisy truck, but that's sort of the idea here. Painted bright yellow, our tester was fully equipped. My only complaint was that the pop-up sunroof and the Crew Cab's roof rack are pretty incompatible. Take down the sunroof panel and, instead of sky, you see the tubes of the roof rack above you. It's definitely a case of function suffering for form.