NISSAN Australia has revealed the brand new Warrior flagship of its just lately up to date Navara pick-up vary, which has as soon as once more been developed and re-engineered by Melbourne-based outfit Premcar to take the 4×4 ute battle to Ford’s Ranger Raptor and the Toyota HiLux Rugged X.
Now badged Professional-4X Warrior, the brand new top-spec Navara’s pricing and specification particulars are but to be introduced however going by the earlier N-Trek Warrior, punters can count on a complete – extra off-road-focused – suspension and tyre improve on the very least.
As with the earlier model, Premcar has upped the visible stakes with a hoopless bullbar, crimson under-body skidplates, distinctive decals, and prolonged wheelarches housing unique black alloys shod with aggressive Cooper Discoverer AT3 rubber.
Cues taken from the donor Professional-4X embody the massive alloy sportsbars, black physique highlights and a gray hero color.
At this stage the Warrior isn’t anticipated to attain any upgrades to its twin-turbocharged 2.3-litre four-cylinder diesel engine or adjoining transmission – the Professional-4X could be had with both a six-speed guide or seven-speed computerized – that means energy and torque ought to stay regular at 140kW/450Nm.
If this proves the case, the top-spec Navara will wade into battle some 50kW/50Nm down on the HiLux and much more on the Raptor, though this hasn’t stopped the Navara from matching the heavyweights’ payloads and towing capacities previously.
Based on Nissan Australian managing director Stephen Lester, the outdated N-Trek Warrior “set a brand new benchmark for domestically developed dual-cab utes” within the native market, with extra Warrior merchandise set to be added to the model’s line-up within the close to future.
“Australia’s distinctive panorama is each rugged and exhilarating, and the Warrior program is designed to ship autos that share these attributes, with out sacrificing security, know-how or on-road consolation,” he mentioned.
“The Navara Professional-4X Warrior by Premcar will proceed to construct on that legacy, and we are able to’t await our clients to expertise it for themselves.”
Regardless of myriad off-road-oriented upgrades, Nissan and Premcar have been cautious to keep up the Navara’s drivability on a day-to-day foundation, with many of the Professional-4X’s commonplace tools highlights just like the 7.0-inch ‘superior drive-assist’ instrument cluster show, 8.0-inch touchscreen show with Apple CarPlay/Android Auto connectivity and leather-accented inside being carried throughout as commonplace.
Premcar engineering director Bernie Quinn shared Mr Lester’s enthusiasm, describing the brand new Warrior as “the true deal” with buyer and media suggestions on the outgoing mannequin proving essential to the event course of.
“We’re taking all the important thing enhancements made by Nissan on the Navara PRO-4X, like its spectacular NVH ranges, steering high quality, intensive security tools and core dual-cab performance, and we’re overlaying these updates with our personal in-house engineering experience to create the hardest and most succesful Navara on the planet,” he mentioned.
“We’ve taken every part we discovered on the primary Warrior, and the suggestions we’ve acquired from clients and the media, to create a tricky, succesful, and refined automobile that we predict might be unrivalled within the dual-cab ute market on this nation.
“Australia is an unlimited and actually distinctive place, and so the Warrior’s intensive engineering and testing program was designed to ensure it hits each requirement the Aussie ute proprietor has.”
The Navara has had a gradual begin to 2021 in a gross sales context with 4739 models offered to the tip of Might, accounting for simply 5.9 per cent of the 4×4 ute section in comparison with the 17,697 Ford Rangers (22.2%), 17,682 Toyota HiLuxes (22.2%), 9836 Mitsubishi Tritons (12.3%) and 8143 Isuzu D-Maxes (10.2%).
