"But they're God-awful ugly, worse than the worst of the current US nameplate crop."
No way. We have one as a company truck and it is tough looking. Much better than those goofy looking new GMC front-ends.
Actually, it was the nasty GeeMers that I was thinking of when I referred to the worst of the worst US-badged trucks, but I still give it the edge over the Nissan.
Just got a look inside the latest generation of F-150's yesterday. Yuk! Exterior styling, while IMO inferior to the 92-96 era, was a significant climb out of the 97-03 jellybean abyss. But what the heck were they thinking with that interior??
The front of my Titan is tougher looking than my neighbor's Toyota Tundra. And I can sit three people in the front seat, he can only get two.