can't speak about its offroad ability, but to clear up some misinformation in these answers... toyota has terrible service. most of the people i know who have nissan say the service is good.

toyota certainly has great built quality, and normally nissan does as well.

according to drivearabia.com, the pathfinder has good offroad ability - their opinion might be less biased than some of the ones on QL. here is their review:

http://www.drivearabia.com/ultimatecarbuyerguide/carpage.php/Nissan-Path...