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Cool truck,' and `Check out that yellow truck!' and `Great rig!' helped me begin to realize the charm of the extended-cab Frontier as well as all the other cool trucks out there. O f course the test truck was fit ted with some non-standard items that augmented the cool factor. The neatest was a body(S e e `Frontier1 page C 4) I the seat showed a surprisingly t takes a special someone to actually appreciate a truck for expansive view of the road. A scan around revealed a car-like interior more than what it does, or can do. I'll admit it. I'm not normally more reminiscent of a mid-level coupe -- with a smallish back seat that someone. So, you can imagine the look -- than a truck, despite the fact this is the new four-door Crew on my face -- me, a car guy -- Cab Frontier. when the Banana Yellow Nissan Twisting the key garnered the Frontier four-door Crew Cab showed up at my door, waiting for necessary snort from the 3.3-liter SOHC V6 that's rated at 170 a test drive and review. 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