Have recently been shopping around for new Navara prices and a few accessories/options. I reckon we get a pretty rough deal here in Australia.
Cost of 17" alloys - $590 per rim (rubber extra) No change over from the standard 16" alloys, just an additional cost for a completely new set, eventhough if you chose them as an option you would at the time of taking delivery only have 1 set of wheels/tyres but you would have paid for 2.
Fog lights (2) - small in front bumper - $500 plus to S&F. Must be gold.
Door rubber protective mouldings - $280 per door (must also be gold)
I wrote to Nissan Australia regarding what I feel are outrageous prices for these items and to their credit they have contacted me by phone and said they would
ensure that I receive them at a good price.
I no longer want them if that is what it takes. They should be at a fair price in the first place.
Also today checked out the USA Nissan website and sussed out some of the options and accessories that they have available. Some that we don't get are:-
Rear Diff Lock
Oil pressure & Battery charging gauges in dash
Tyre pressure monitoring systems
Camping equipment (Tent) for rear tray
Heated seating
Lockable and sliding tool boxes
Rear vision mirror incorporating compass heading and outside temp. display
Off road Bilstein shocks options
380w Rockford Fosgate 10spkr subwoofer stereo option.
several different options in BFG off road rubber
Like I said this is just some of the items we don't get. I thought all of the above would have been of great interest to potential ozzie buyers. I would have been.
Base price for the Navara (Frontier in USA) 2.5TD 6sp = $15,900. Australian equivalent $40,000 plus.
I know it's all to do with dollars but they really do see us as small fry.
Still I can only imagine how expensive the car would be if we could have these options but they are certainly things that we are forced to chase up through aftermarket sources if we want them.
What's a man to do.
GU.