Except the 2017 Nissan Armada didn’t come with most of the off-road goodies that made the Patrol into a Land Cruiser rival.

On the rutted path out to the mud course, this longer (0.7 inch), wider (3.4 inches), taller (ground clearance raises from 9.1 to 9.6 inches) Armada made its presence known. With four-wheel drive ...