2026 Nissan Armada Nismo - The Full-Size SUV with Sports Car DNA!

Nissan says it's 0 to 60 in 6.2 seconds. The regular Armadas are 6.3. Let's put that to the test. Ready? 3 2 1. The first ever performance tuned full size Nissan SUV, the Nissan Armada Nismo. It's bold, it's loud, and it has over 460 horsepower. Come along with us and see if this drives like a Nismo should. [Music] This is the 2026 Nissan Armada Nismo. My name is Christopher from Cars Unlocked and with an MSRP of 107631 here in Canada or a 79561 USD MSRP. There's a lot to unpack here, guys. And let's just start here right with the front end. Now, Nissan has added its whole Nismo scheme to the Armada for the first time that we've seen. You can tell right away when you look at the front end. They have this bold kind of front fascia, this Nismo exclusive front bumper and front grill. Much different from the other models. This one's slightly cheaper from the Platinum package, the top package of the Armada. But you can see you get a lot of fun things, and I can't wait to drive this thing. You get things like a tuned Nismo engine, tuned suspension. Really cool. And especially with this red and gray kind of accents here going around. The headlights are going to be full LED headlights. You have automatic high beam assistant, automatic headlights as well. And look at this. We have this Nismo stamping right on our front grill. So, if you were into Nismo a few years ago, maybe now you have kids, you have family, and you still want that kind of Nismo Nissan feel, this would be the car for you. These 22in raised forged aluminum alloy wheels were exclusive to this Nismo package or are exclusive to this Nismo package. They're the same company that makes the wheels for the Nissan GTR and the Performance Z packages. I love this kind of red brake caliper here. Obviously, you have your front disc brakes as well. Now, let's talk about the side profile. A little subtle differences from the other Armad. As you can see, you can obviously tell that it does have this lower stance. They've added this red accent to the step rail in traditional Nismo fashion. In terms of the mirrors, we have LED accents on our mirrors, black mirror caps to contrast great with the red and the gray. We have a camera here for our around view monitor. And then coming around to the back, you have roof rails on the top. Gonna help if you want to put things on the roof, you can add the cross rails, rear privacy glass as well. Big vehicle like this, you might want to warm it up before your family gets in it. It does come with a remote starter. So, you just click and hold and she's going to start up. Now, this wouldn't be a cars unlocked video if we didn't unlock the car. Now, it does have the remote access. You can just push the button right there on the door and it's going to open up. Now, exclusive to this Nismo, right away you see this red suede all throughout the car and you have the red seat belts which is really cool. Adds to the sporty feel. It's a 14way power adjustable driver seat. You do have heated seats and you can move up and you have ventilated seats. [Music] So, when you start it up, I love that Nismo animation that you just saw. And there's a ton of stuff going on here in the cabin. Leather wrapped steering wheel. It is a heated steering wheel. I got my Nismo badging right on the wheel here. We do have the Nissan Pro Pilot Assist as well. And behind the wheel is two 14.3 in displays here. This one has the red Nismo gauges. That's always been a part of the Nismo vehicles. And I can adjust a ton of things here with my middle screen here. I can do my height control. I can do my off-roading control, fuel economy, drive computer. There's all different displays. Tire pressure monitor. There's my music pro pilot assist. In terms of music, this one comes with 12 clips audio speakers, so it sounds phenomenal. Let's turn it up here. >> That's pretty good. Comment if you know the song. One other thing I love with this, it does have Nissan's Google built in. So, this is a very smooth and easy navigation and infotainment process. And boom. Just like Google Maps, it takes you right to where you want to go. If you prefer to use Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, it does have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Wireless. There's things like Alexa as well. And then here, I can control things like my heated seats, my heated wheel, my air conditioning. There's a lot to love here, guys. Now, one of my favorite things about this car is the digital around view monitor. Like, check this out here, guys. Right now, it's showing the back. There's a few different views that we can display here. There's our rear view. Look, I can zoom in and out. There's a lot to love with this camera. And let's just put it in drive here. There you can kind of see the front. Now, this is my favorite part. You kind of have this 3D view and you can adjust this around really to see the whole car. The fun doesn't stop. Look at this guys. You do have this digital backup camera as well. You can see the lake behind it. I can turn it on and off just with the flick of a trigger here. And look at that. It shows us a lot of features here. You can adjust this any way you want. But digital monitor is pretty cool. If we don't want to use a touchcreen, we have main buttons. I do like me some good buttons, like a good volume knob is crucial. We have our heated seats, our dual temperature controls, and our different drive modes. So, we got a snow mode, a standard mode, an eco mode, a sport mode, a toe mode, we got a rock mode, a sand mode, and a mud and rut mode. So, a lot of different driving sequences. I'm putting it straight to sport mode here, guys. and it actually has a good throttle response. Now, this one is the 3.5 twin turbo engine. It's a N-speed automatic transmission. It has a tuned Nismo engine, and it increases the horsepower to 460 horsepower and 515 lb feet of torque. That's up from the regular 425. So, with this Nismo package, you get a little more extra power. Now, with that extra power, you sacrifice a bit of fuel economy, 13.7 L for every 100 km. That's a combined fuel economy rating or it's about 17 MPG for all my American friends. I love the response. Like, when you put your foot down, it certainly pulls very well. You can feel the difference right away. The throttle response is sharper, the shifts are quicker, and the suspension tuning. It actually tightens up around tight corners. 8,500 pounds of towing in the Armada. Wireless charging pad. I can just put my phone right there and it's going to charge. We have a USB as well if I want to just plug in manually. Two cup holders and there is a nice large center console there and you can kind of fit whatever you need in there. I do like me a good large center console. Jumping into the rear, you get the two captain chairs here with this Nismo package. It is a seven passenger configuration. Pretty cool. These seats recline very far. Look at that. I can slide them forward and backward. And I do have the center console here for my charging of my phone. There's two USBs here. There's also two USBs in the front. I do like how they kind of put this center console off to the side a little bit so people can still step through. Unfortunately, you can't remove this thing. That was one of the nice features of the Nissan Pathfinder, but it is nice and off to the side so your kids can step through cleanly. Now, in terms of entering into the rear, this seat Oh, that's pretty good. It folds up pretty easily. And we're good to jump back in there. Now, these seats should also recline back here. Oh, it's all done with the button. That's nice. It is a power reclining seat, so pretty comfortable back here for the third row. There's a USBC as well to charge three people back here. No problem. That's why you're getting this thing a ton of space, a ton of power under the hood. Nismo theme continues on the back. You can see we have this red accent right on our rear bumper. We do have the Armada stamped right on the back. This Nismo will also come with the rear spoiler and you get the backup camera as well, which is going to help when you're parking. Now, it does come with the motion activated lift gate. This one says it's a little to the left. There we go. I found the sweet spot and it's going to open up right with your foot. And this is kind of your cargo capacity here, guys. You can see we got a little hidden storage underneath. And another cool thing, if you look at this button here, I can lower the back and I can raise the back bumper a little bit as well if I have trouble loading things. And if I want to put the seats down, they all go down just with the push of a button. Like look at this here, guys. Bing, bang, boom. Now I can kind of put whatever I want in. A ton of cargo space. If uh you're a family person, you can still make those Home Depot runs or IKEA runs. And then we can just lift them right back up and we're into family mode. Now, for a big car like this, it actually doesn't feel like a massive tank of a car. It gives me Ford Explorer kind of ST feels. Driven those a lot and it definitely reminds me of that. So, Nissan says it's 0 to 60 in 6.2 seconds. The regular Armadas are 6.3. Let's put that to the test. Ready? Three, two, one. One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four Mississippi, five Mississippi, six there. Oo, I think we were pretty much bang on. Like the 6.2, that was a fast acceleration for such a large SUV. And that's why you're buying this thing. It's fun. Uh it's t you can it's easily tunable if you want to make any any tunes to it and it kind of gives that sporty vibe to a large family car. So if you have a large family and you kind of still want that sport type drive, this would be an excellent choice for you. And a lot of people say that there's not a market for these type of SUVs, but there is a market because a lot of the manufacturers are making them. Cadillac has one, Chevy has one, Dodge has one. There is a market for these tunable or tuned full-size SUVs. So guys, comment below. What do you think of the Armada Nismo? Is it a competitor to the Tahoe RST? I'd love to hear from you guys in the comments. If you guys are new here, subscribe to our channel. We're always showcasing new Nissan vehicles like this. We will see you in the next one. [Music]