NISSAN has launched its up to date Navara pick-up vary in Australia, with the brand new line-up that includes contemporary styling, mechanical adjustments, diminished variant selection and driveaway pricing, with the vary now kicking off from $33,890 for the entry SL single cab-chassis 4×2 guide.
The Japanese car-maker has made the choice to trim the vary by dropping the entry-level DX and RX grades, elevating the entry worth from $27,150 plus on-road prices.
Regardless of the discount in variants and better entry worth, Nissan Australia managing director Stephen Lester instructed GoAuto that the model would nonetheless be focusing on a gross sales enhance for its up to date pick-up.
“(Much less general gross sales) will not be a shocking assumption to make while you have a look at a contraction of the overall mannequin vary, however what I’d say is, unequivocally, the expectation for Navara is progress, interval,” he mentioned.
“Not on a per-unit or another proportion or ratio foundation, however on an absolute quantity – we have to promote extra Navaras on this market and we have to seize extra share general.
“So what we have now observed, in that DX and RX house, we’re already seeing diminished curiosity and demand, and while it performs a component or a task, we really feel way more assured that the brand new mannequin vary displays extra carefully what customers are asking for and what fleet consumers are in search of by way of the tech and spec of the autos.”
The SL now turns into the range-opening variant within the Navara line-up, provided in a single-cab 4×2 and dual-cab 4×4 guise.
Normal package on the SL single-cab contains 17-inch metal wheels, computerized halogen head- and daytime operating lights (DRLs), 8.0-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, fabric upholstery, guide air-conditioning, cruise management and energy door mirrors and home windows.
Security package extends to autonomous emergency braking, ahead collision warning, clever driver alert, hill-start help, trailer sway management, seven airbags, hill descent management and rear locking differential (4WD solely) and a reversing digital camera (pick-up solely).
Choosing the king-cab SL provides a 7.0-inch TFT instrument cluster show with a digital speedometer, whereas the dual-cab contains tailgate help for pick-ups and two Isofix factors for outboard rear seats.
Subsequent up is the ST, obtainable in dual-cab guise solely, which provides LED lighting all spherical, 17-inch alloys, rear privateness glass, power-sliding rear window, sports activities bar, leather-accented steering wheel and kit lever, auto-dimming rearview mirror, rain-sensing wipers, heated door mirrors, satellite tv for pc navigation and DAB+ digital radio.
Additional security package contains surround-view monitor, off-road monitor (4WD solely), drive-mode selector (4WD auto fashions), rear parking sensors, lane departure warning, clever lane intervention, blind spot warning, clever blind spot intervention, rear cross-traffic alert and high-beam help.
The ST-X, obtainable in king-cab or dual-cab guise, steps issues up with 18-inch alloys, stainless-steel sports activities bar, tubliner, towbar, two-channel sliding tie-down hooks, dual-zone local weather management, clever key with push-button begin and tyre strain monitor.
Two possibility packs can be found on the ST-X, the primary together with leather-based seat trim, heated entrance seats, eight-way adjustable driver’s seat and energy lumbar help. The second pack contains all of the aforementioned options in addition to an electrical sunroof.
Sitting atop the Navara vary within the newly launched Professional-4X variant which incorporates additional visible aptitude with blacked-out sports activities bar, fender flares, roof rails, alloy wheels, door mirrors, facet steps, grille and door handles, all-terrain tyres and leather-accented Professional-4X seats.
The entry-level SL 4×2 guide is powered by a single-turbo 2.3-litre turbo-diesel engine producing 120kW/403Nm, whereas the carry-over twin-turbo unit on all different variants continues to output 140kW/450Nm.
Transmission selections stay both a six-speed guide or seven-speed computerized.
As beforehand reported, the Navara replace brings in various adjustments together with the revised styling that brings it extra carefully according to different Nissan international fashions just like the Titan and Patrol.
Mechanical adjustments centre round a strengthened rear axle for higher payload and barely revised rear suspension for dual-cab variations with the multi-link coil rear finish.
The Nissan Clever Mobility lively security suite has been expanded, whereas enhancements have additionally been made to noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) ranges.
An expanded vary of real equipment can be provided, together with three totally different types of bullbar with winch compatibility, a snorkel and a roof rack.
The vary will ultimately be bolstered by the addition of the top-spec Warrior grade, nonetheless the model has not but given any timelines as to its arrival.
By the primary two months of 2021, Nissan Australia has offered 1785 examples of the Navara, marking a slight enchancment over the 1767 examples it offered over the identical level in 2020.
2021 Nissan Navara pricing*
| Single cab | |
| SL cab-chassis 4×2 | $32,300 |
| SL cab-chassis 4×2 (a) | $34,800 |
| SL cab-chassis 4×4 | $39,300 |
| SL cab-chassis 4×4 (a) | $41,800 |
| King cab | |
| SL cab-chassis 4×2 (a) | $38,800 |
| SL cab-chassis 4×4 (a) | $45,800 |
| SL pick-up 4×4 (a) | $47,600 |
| ST-X pick-up 4×4 (a) | $58,270 |
| Twin cab | |
| SL pick-up 4×2 | $39,600 |
| SL pick-up 4×2 (a) | $42,100 |
| SL cab-chassis 4×4 | $44,800 |
| SL cab-chassis 4×4 (a) | $47,300 |
| SL pick-up 4×4 | $46,600 |
| SL pick-up 4×4 (a) | $49,100 |
| ST pick-up 4×2 (a) | $47,780 |
| ST pick-up 4×4 | $52,280 |
| ST pick-up 4×4 (a) | $54,780 |
| ST-X pick-up 4×2 (a) | $51,270 |
| ST-X pick-up 4×4 | $55,770 |
| ST-X pick-up 4×4 (a) | $58,270 |
| Professional-4X pick-up 4×4 | $58,130 |
| Professional-4X pick-up 4×4 (a) | $60,630 |
*Excludes on-road prices
