NISSAN up to date its venerable Patrol earlier this yr with a little bit of a nostril job, a pair a technological additions, some new-look wheels and, properly, that’s about it.
To be honest, the Patrol desires for little or no and represents somewhat spectacular worth for cash when one considers the breadth of the SUV’s capabilities. Nevertheless, from behind the ‘wheel, there’s little to disguise the (now 12-year-old) Y62-series Patrol’s age.
From a mechanical standpoint, the Patrol stays unaltered. It’s powered by Nissan’s confirmed 298kW/560Nm 5.6-litre quad-cam V8, which is paired completely to a seven-speed automated transmission (with handbook mode and adaptive shift management). The Japanese off-roader’s braked towing capability can also be unchanged (3500kg).
Over and above an Clever 4×4 system with digital mode choice and a rear Helical limited-slip differential, the Patrol comes with an off-road monitor, hill-descent management and hill-start help.
The seven-seat Patrol Ti-L on take a look at is priced from $95,115 (plus on-road prices), however doesn’t provide easy inclusions comparable to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibilty… and nonetheless options the clumsy foot-operated park brake.
It does, nevertheless, provide leather-based upholstery, a centre console cooler field, heated and cooled entrance seats, LED headlights, an electrically powered tailgate, DVD-based rear-seat leisure system, satnav and a 13-speaker BOSE audio system.
The cabin’s first and second rows are correctly spacious and have sufficient storage cubbies, cup holders and energy retailers to facilitate virtually any off-road journey. The third-row seats are finest thought-about a short lived resolution (for transporting babies – or folks you actually don’t like that a lot), however not less than it will get air-conditioning retailers…
There are two top-tether and two ISOFIX child-seat anchorages within the second row and just one top-tether mount within the third row. Nissan’s spec sheet says the curtain airbags cowl the third row of seats.
Additional again, the Patrol avails 468 litres of cargo house with all three rows deployed, in addition to 1413 litres in five-seat mode and a beneficiant 2623 litres in two-seat format.
After all, all that house means the Patrol is a giant unit and by that we imply “American pick-up truck” type of massive. The Ti-L measures 5175mm in size, 1995mm in width and stands 1995mm excessive. It’s additionally weighs close-as-makes-no-difference to 2800kg, which signifies that when it’s absolutely loaded (or when towing at capability), the Patrol might require a light-weight truck licence to legally function in sure states and territories. The GCM is 7000kg.
The Patrol is backed by Nissan’s five-year/unlimited-kilometre guarantee. Service intervals are pegged at six months or 10,000km (whichever comes first), with the primary six companies capped at $376, $577, $392, $860, $407 and $624 respectively.
