---
title: "Catch a Glimpse of the New 2021 Nissan Armada Before Next Week’s Full Reveal"
description: "Nissan is also unwrapping a new Kicks at the same time."
date: "2020-12-04"
modified: "2020-12-04"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/37953/catch-a-glimpse-of-the-new-2021-nissan-armada-before-next-weeks-full-reveal"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Nissan News"
tags:
  - "Armada"
  - "Nissan"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Catch a Glimpse of the New 2021 Nissan Armada Before Next Week’s Full Reveal

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Nissan is waiting until Tuesday, Dec. 8 to unveil the new 2021 Armada, but to whet the appetites of those who just cannot wait to see the company's updated flagship SUV, it has dropped a five-second teaser video that reveals...quite a lot of the new design, actually.

The super-short clip has our hero vehicle traveling across some sort of desert terrain to the tagline "Tame the Wild." Pause, zoom in, [enhance](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_8ZH1Ggjk0>) and we've already got a pretty good idea of what the new Armada will look like. It'll apparently rock C-shaped headlights flanking Nissan's corporate "V-motion" grille and will look very much like a sibling of [the new Rogue](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/34087/the-2021-nissan-rogue-brings-seriously-advanced-driver-safety-tech-to-the-masses>). The rest of it, however, looks mostly like carryover from the current Armada, with the same, fairly distinctive greenhouse especially aft of the rear doors.

![message-editor%2F1607043307738-nissanarmadainteaser1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1607043307738-nissanarmadainteaser1.jpg>)
**Nissan**

The Armada is the Nissan brand's biggest and most expensive SUV and is based on the body-on-frame Patrol that's sold in other markets (also sharing a platform with the Infiniti QX80). It's powered by a 5.6-liter V8 and the current 2020 version starts at $48,895.

But wait, there's more! On the other end of the crossover/SUV spectrum, Nissan is planning on unveiling a new [Kicks](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/25533/2019-nissan-kicks-new-dad-review-a-slow-but-stylish-crossover-box-for-the-frugal-family>) on Tuesday as well, a car it has also teased with the following photo.

![message-editor%2F1607043234827-2021kicksteaser-source.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1607043234827-2021kicksteaser-source.jpg>)
**Nissan**

Slim, high-mounted headlights slanted so that a V would fit perfectly in between? Looks like a 2021 [Nissan product](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/37451/the-2021-nissan-navara-gives-us-a-good-idea-of-what-the-next-frontier-will-be-like>), all right. The Kicks is Nissan's smallest and cheapest crossover, like an Armada for those who don't need nearly as much space, power, off-roadability and, y'know, expense. With a 1.6-liter four-cylinder under the hood, the current Kicks starts at a reasonable $20,165.

Both the 2021 Nissan Armada and Kicks will be unveiled at precisely 11 a.m. ET/ 8 a.m. PT this coming Tuesday, Dec. 8. Check back here on *The Drive* then to get all the details.

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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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