There may be some minor equipment shuffling among models, but new features are unlikely. The model-year-’18 addition of the Platinum Reserve capitalized on the market’s appetite for even more luxury, even among non-luxury brands. Wait for the model-year 2020 freshening to see how far upmarket Nissan might push the Armada while still maintaining some distance between it and the even more opulent QX80.For ’19, expect every Armada to again include as standard heated power front seats with power lumbar, with the Platinum and Reserve versions adding cooled front seats, and, along with the SL, leather upholstery. We’re impressed that even the base SV comes with the navigation system. But you’ll again need to move to an SL or a Platinum or Reserve for access to the sorts of amenities typically expected in vehicles like this, and most Armada buyers do.For example, the 2019 SL should again build on the SV with such standard features as a power tilt/telescope steering column, remote engine start, the power liftgate, and Nissan’s Around View Monitor. The Platinum and Reserve will again include all that, plus plush leather door trim, a rear DVD entertainment system with dual 7-inch headrest displays. A power moonroof is likely to again be unavailable on the SV, optional on the SL, and standard on the Platinum and Reserve.Among the few options, the 2019 list should again include the Driver Package ($600 for 2018) that adds to the SV fog lights, power liftgate, power-folding third-row seats, among other upgrades. Substituting the second-row captain’s chairs should again add just $450 to a Platinum or Reserve. A power moonroof – though not a panoramic moonroof — should return as standard on the Platinum and Reserve and optional on the SL.As for safety features, Nissan offered the 2018 Armada with all the key driver assists, just not as standard on every trim level. That’s at odds with the automaker’s laudable decision to make autonomous emergency braking standard on virtually all its 2018 cars and crossovers. The system can warn the driver of an impending frontal collision and automatically slow and then stop the vehicle to mitigate damage and injury.On the ’18 Armada, autonomous emergency braking – with the ability to stop the vehicle even when reversing — was standard on the Platinum and Reserve and part of the $2,200 Premium Package for the SL. In all cases, it was accompanied by blind-spot warning and by adaptive cruise control that maintains a set distance from traffic ahead. Exclusive to the Platinum and Reserve was Nissan’s Blind Spot Intervention system, which can apply counter-steering if you’re about to change lanes into the path of an unseen vehicle, as well as lane-departure warning with automatic lane-maintaining steering correction.
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