New Patrol??? LMAO

The TI is now available with the 3 litre.
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The photo is of the American X-Terra. Has been on the market for several years. Nothing new. Actually IFS only, rear is beam axle, leaf sprung.

I thought the warranty for Nissan in USA was pretty short...

Every Nissan is backed by a 36-month/36,000-mile vehicle warranty coverage and a 5-year/60,000-mile limited powertrain coverage.....

I read some time ago that Nissan are looking to produce their Navara, Pathinder and Patrol on what they call an "alpha" platform. THis means that the next generation patrol will definetly have IFS, however the patrol like the navara would retain Live axel rear. Nissan want to cut costs so essentially a patrol will have a wider chassis then a pathinder but in all respects be identical. This will allow Nissan to produce the patrol cheaper along with PAthinder etc. So all the Nissan fans out there who have a love affair with the patrol front diff get ready for a divorce, because it will soon be lost forever. Rumours where that Nissan would also go to constant 4wd, alla landcruiser. Once again showing the front diff will drop in size, so as to maintain horsepower. However in true Nissan style when you buy a patrol it will have the same front end (grill etc) as a Navara and Pathinder, so much for independence. It will be a sad day though to see such a reliable motor such as the 4.2 being replaced. You think they would replace that bucket of bolts 3.0lt motor first, no offense guys, but honestly why put a small motor in a huge 4wd.

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Will be interesting to see if the move to independent suspension will hurt Nissan. Must be a few Patrol owners in having a bit of a cry now too.

Far Canel
Bean counters and thier ifs, emmision hoopla and cr@ppy designs.
Sell all this Rubbish to europe and give us what we want: live axles, coil springs, large capacity low-tech turbo diesels, slightly rounded cereal packet design and a big chome bits at the front.
Looks like the toyota 79 series for the next truck (and if that comes out in ifs.... I will have to build bridges like the Sydney Harbour one and buy a dreaded Defender). Or just keep the GU until it literally falls apart, then burn my licence and jump up and down like a crazy monkey until someone put me out of my misery :)

As for the TI coming out in diesel: finally, took them all of 20 years to notice (probably gonna take them another 20 to realise it should have the 4.2).

PS: Better not be Toyota owners playin silly buggers or look out!

PatrolBen

Name one upgrade that is not ugly as a hat full of bleep s...

new pathfinder
new lux
new disco
new triton
the list goes on and on

etc.. just shapeless boxes..

Spare wheel underneath as well...oh the horror!!! :-)

Seems like a big diversion from the current Patrol so maybe it isnt?

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/02/...anaut-concept/ <<Patrol for the moon?