2020 Nissan Titan Platinum Reserve Test Drive and Review

Woo! We're here with the big boy, the 2020 Nissan Titan Platinum. Let's check it out. As always guys, subscribe to my channel Cars Unlocked before we begin. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me in the comment section below. I post a lot of Nissan videos. Don't forget to follow the kid on Instagram at CVan Weekend. Let's check out the front end. So this one is the Platinum Reserve Package. So that's the top package. It's going to have an MSRP of about $74,898. They've redesigned this whole thing. And you can definitely tell when you compare this to the 19s I reviewed last year. With this Platinum model, you do get this nice silver brushed satin finish front grille as well. And with the Titan badging that's embossed right on the front here. There's also a camera. This one's going to come with a lot of technology. There's a camera under our Nissan emblem, which is going to help with the around view monitor. Forward sensors as well. So there's sensors on the front and the back. That's another addition to this Platinum Package. You do have the nice black tow hooks that are in between this nice chrome front bumper. Being the Platinum model, you get the full LED headlight system. So it's going to come with the Nissan LED signature headlights, the Nissan LED fog lights, LED daytime running lights. It's also going to come with the auto high beam assist, which is part of Nissan's safety technology. So a lot of technology in the front end really, really looks great when you're driving the car at nighttime. From the side, you can take a look at the rims. This is a monster of a truck and it's going to come with monster rims. 20 inch two-tone aluminum alloy rims. That's what you get with the Platinum Reserve. As part of the Platinum Reserve as well, you also get these chrome power folding side mirrors with our LED indicators as well. And of course, our camera system is embedded right in the mirror there. That's going to help you when parking this big boy. The rear window is tinted and you can choose to tint the front if you like. We do have our chrome handles, our Titan badging. It's also going to come with the body colored wheel arches and the rocker panels as well. So quite a few added accessories in this Platinum model. When we look at the back, everything is LED as well. Just like the front, the taillights come LED. Backup camera is right below our tailgate handle here. And then being this Platinum Reserve, you get this nice silver and chrome back tailgate accent. And then it says our Platinum Reserve badging and our 4x4 Titan badging. One thing the Titans are known for is it does have a lot of Titan badging on it. When I drop the tailgate, you can see it says Titan right there. If you can see it closely, down below our exhaust has a nice chrome finish. And then we do have our tow hitch as well, already connected for you. It can tow 9,270 pounds. So not a lot of towing compared to some of its competitors like those EcoBoost Ford trucks might get over 12,000 towing. 9,270 pounds towing with the Titan. If you want more, you can go up to the XD or you can use the Gooseneck in the XD. But this one, 9,000 pounds. Rear parking sensors as well. That's just like the front. And then we have this nice step up here. So you can easily step and load your items into the bed as well. We're going to open it up. Nissan's made some upgrades to the engine. We now have a 5.6 liter 32 valve V8 engine. It's going to give you about 400 horsepower and 413 pounds feet of torque. Nissan's went away with the diesel now, but you can still get the XD edition in the gasoline style engine. This one is going to come with a nine speed automatic transmission. So that's something that I love. Last year's model was a seven speed automatic transmission, which really fell short as you were accelerating and transferring through gears. It almost looked like it was struggling to find the gears. This one is a nice smooth acceleration as you go through zero to a hundred and it really, really finds the gears in the sweet spots very, very quickly. Now let's talk about that bed. When you drop the tailgate, it automatically dampens so it doesn't slam down. Let's see that again. So you can easily let go of it and start loading your cargo in there. It does come with the spray on bed liner that comes right from the factory. And then it has the Nissan utility track. So you get these four locking cleats and you can lock them into the utility track, even on the ground. And that's going to help you tie down your cargo. There's also a power outlet right here. So if you're using power tools, you need to charge anything while you're on the job site. You can charge them with the power outlet there. Payload capacity is going to be about 1500 pounds. So you can fit a couple of big boys like me, no problem hauling what you need to haul. Let's jump inside here. Without step rails, it's a little tough to get in, but you can always add the step rails after. I'm going to start it up here because this is the best part of this Titan. It sounds phenomenal. Sounds a lot nicer than last year's model. I really like that. Here we go. You can hear that. Sounds lovely. We do have the nice wood trim all throughout. The Nissan Zero Gravity seats are present and being this platinum reserve, you get the brown interior accents as well. The driver's seat and the passenger seat are air conditioned. So I'm going to turn those on because it's really hot today. Boom guys, look at this interior. That's where their 75,000 is money well spent. Nice wood grain trim, heated wheel. We do have our seven inch infotainment system in between our gauges here. And it has a lot of safety technology. It's going to do things like our speed sign recognition. So it will tell you the speed that you're going on the street that you're going. We do have all of our info for our towing right on this navigation, GPS, radio, our driving aids, tire pressure monitor. And then it has the Nissan intelligent cruise control. So you can have it set with the sensor. So it will automatically adjust the speed to accommodate the car in front of you. So it's a very smooth and relaxing drive. Our shifter here, there's no center shift. It's a nice old fashioned shifter here. And then our tow mode is right on the shifter as well. I really liked the interior, huge changes. We have this nice eight inch infotainment system. Now I've chirped Nissan's infotainment system quite a bit, but this is the best one that they've come out yet. It's almost like a 1080p resolution here. Very, very high resolution. There's no lag when you flow through any of these options here. Apple CarPlay, Android Auto are all integrated. And then we can turn on our AC dual temperature control. I've mentioned this in a lot of my videos as well. Push to start button is here. And then here's our four by four mode. So you can adjust that. They say you can change on the fly. I always recommend putting it in neutral. And then here's our parking sensors, our four ways, blind spot monitor. Our brake controller is below that. And then there's two USBs. The center stack is massive. There's a lot of storage up here. Right at the start is some phone storage. Below that, it's hard to see, but there is a few map holders and holders right under the center stack. The cup holders you can take out and there's more storage under the cup holders. There's some phone holders and then you can open it up. The elbow rest. And there's way more storage. Look, I've had my whole Nissan water bottle in here the whole time. And then there's a 12 volt accessory as well. So there's no shortage of storage here. If you're working or you're using this for daily driver, there's a lot of storage. Huge sunroof in this. I've been dying to show you all this. It goes all the way to the back. Kind of like the Nissan Rogue. Full panoramic roof. Only the front one will open up to the environment, but it does let a lot of light in here. You can see the difference now. And then we do have a nice wind and bug guard that pops up automatically. So we got this thing on the road right now. And as I mentioned, the drive is a lot better. A lot more acceleration when you get on the highway. A lot smoother ride to get up to speed. But the biggest thing is the comfort now. Very, very comfortable ride in this Platinum Reserve. You have the Fender audio system. So there's 12 audio speakers. So you can tell right when you turn it on, you know this is a quality sound system by Fender. 12 speakers, like I said. And then you get just a lot smoother technology. The Nissan door-to-door navigation. You get the SiriusXM. The Bluetooth audio streaming. Everything that I mentioned. The Android Auto. Let's take a shot of that camera. Like I said, it's a 360 camera. So here we can see the front and then our around view monitor. Once I put it in reverse, I can see the backup camera and that trailer backup assist. And then I can use the 360 monitor to really help me get up to my trailer or whatever I'm hauling. If I press the camera button again, it shows the parallel view. That's going to help if you're parking in a big parallel parking. And then I have the wide camera. That will also help if you're like hitching up a boat or something like that. But that's our main camera. So there's a ton of space in the cab of this. Full-size cab. Does have the nice heated seats too. So these two seats are going to be heated. And then there's cup holders as well right in here. There's a lot of configurations that Nissan has really thought of a lot. You can see here, I can fold the seats up. This is just a locking locker. So you can lock valuables in here if you have them on your job site. There's a lot of storage space under here. And then it becomes a flat surface. If you're doing the IKEA thing. If you have furniture, so you don't have the hump. You can use this as a flat surface and put a lot of weight on it. There's two USBs in our center stack as well as the air conditioning. Lots of cup holders. There's two cup holders in each door. Two here and two here. So there's no shortage of cup holders. And you can also fold the seats down like this. So power sliding rear window. It's going to make it really easy to let air into the car. Or if you have two by fours you want to run through the bed. Things like that. It's a lot easier than a manual sliding rear window. All right, we're going to take this thing on the highway now. We're just approaching the QEW and we're going to let our foot down a little bit and see how it takes off. You can hear the sound of that engine. I love the sound of this thing. Quickly, right away up to 100 kilometers an hour. We're up to speed here. I can see my blind spot monitors activating here. Telling me not to jump on the highway. Yeah, it's right on the outside of the mirror. So now we're clear. We're good to go. Very nice technology with the Nissan Safety Suite. You can see if I signal to change lanes. You hear it beeping. That's telling me, hey, someone's in the blind spot. Don't change lanes. So it makes it easy when you're driving on the highway. Especially with the Intelligent Cruise Control. For fuel economy, we're looking at 15.1 liters per every 100 kilometers in the city and 11.1 in the highway. So not the best fuel economy, but that's not really what you're buying this truck for. So that's a wrap. Let me know what you think of this new 2020 Nissan Titan. As always, subscribe to my channel, Cars Unlocked. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask me in the comment section below. Don't forget to follow the kid on Instagram at CVanWeekend. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a DM.