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A host of features signal that the Crossbow was designed for serious off roading. The front bumper has a removable panel which reveals a built-in winch. Short overhangs font and rear were designed to maximize approach annd departure angles while off roading. The wheel arches are particularly high to allow maximum vertical movement of the wheels.

The Crossbow's large, upright windscreen & wrap-around rear windows offer superb views all around. The D-posts are moved inboard, becoming strong upright pillars which offer increased rigitity and visibility. Realising that conventional wipers were not sufficient on the massive windscreen, Nissan designed vertical wiper blades. Parked behind the A-post, the wipers run on concealed tracks to transverse the entire windscreen.

Lightbeams to the head and tail lights are fed through durable Philips fibre optics to new LED lights specifically developed by Osram. The lights provide an intensely bright, accurately focused beam in a remarkably compact design.

The Crossbow is also the first 4X4 application of Michellin's PAX system. After a puncture, PAX allows he Crossbow to be driven safely at speeds up to 100kph (60mph) as far as 600 kilometers. This eliminates the task of changing wheels on awkward terrain and the need for an onboard spare tire.

The Crossbow demonstrates Nissan's determination to make a 4X4 seen and used as the King of the Road.