NISSAN Australia has right now unveiled the most recent member of its domestically developed Warrior ute vary, the Navara SL Warrior by Premcar.
Priced from $58,000 plus on-road prices with a six-speed guide transmission or $60,500 when optioned with the seven-speed computerized – or $11,400 greater than the by-product variant – the Navara SL Warrior is predicated on the SL four-wheel drive dual-cab and provides what Nissan Australia says is “new adventure-ready gear, elevated off-road means and suspension tuned in Australia for Australian circumstances”.
Developed with Nissan’s native engineering associate Premcar, Nissan Australia says the Navara SL Warrior has benefitted from the identical exhaustive testing, tuning and localisation program because the PRO-4X Warrior.
The importer says the Warrior program goals to broaden Navara’s functionality, relatively than merely shifting it to off-road purposes, which is why “each change or addition made to the SL Warrior has been tuned and examined in all driving eventualities to make sure functionality doesn’t come on the expense of on-road consolation.”
Tools additions above these provided within the Navara SL (see beneath) embody a winch-compatible bullbar with built-in LED lightbar, a Navara-branded underbody bash plate, 40mm suspension raise (taking floor clearance to 260mm), a 100kg GVM improve, 3500kg tow pack, fender flares, a bathtub liner, and all-weather ground mats.
The Navara SL Warrior rides on what Nissan Australia says is comprehensively retuned suspension with revised entrance and rear-end damping for higher compliance, sound insulation and decreased float when towing or carrying a load. The mannequin is fitted with 17-inch wheels shod with 275/70 sequence Cooper Discoverer AT3 tyres.
The adjustments enhance the offroad geometry of the Navara SL to supply an strategy angle of 36 levels (+ 4 levels) and “near-identical” departure angle from 19.8 to 19.0 levels with the tow bar fitted.
Customary (manufacturing facility) gear for the Navara SL features a 2.3-litre four-cylinder twin-turbocharged diesel engine which develops 140kW at 3750rpm and 450Nm between 1500-2500rpm, six-speed guide or seven-speed computerized transmissions, seven airbags, a reversing digital camera, and driver help applied sciences together with Clever Ahead Collision Warning, Clever Emergency Braking and Clever Driver Alert.
The mannequin is additional outfitted with a 7.0-inch Superior Drive-Help Cluster Show and an 8.0-inch infotainment array with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, Bluetooth connectivity, six-speaker sound, and USB A and USB C retailers.
Nissan Australia backs the Navara SL Warrior with the identical five-year/unlimited-kilometre guarantee provided elsewhere within the Nissan vary, the guarantee overlaying “all Nissan and Premcar elements”.
“We’re thrilled with the response to the Premcar Warrior program thus far, and we wish as many individuals to expertise these made-for-Australia merchandise as attainable,” stated Nissan Australia managing director Adam Paterson.
“With the brand new Navara SL Warrior by Premcar, a brand new and extra accessible entry level to the Warrior household has been developed, however one which’s no much less snug on the highway, and no much less succesful off it.
“The SL Warrior will add to Australian Navara gross sales, relatively than subtract from it, with Nissan Australia securing extra models to fulfill demand. It’s additional proof of how extremely the Warrior program is regarded.”
The SL Warrior will give Nissan one other entrant within the extremely aggressive Choose-Up/Cab Chassis 4X4 section the place its Navara is already a robust contender. 12 months-to-date (YTD) gross sales (to the tip of June 2022) present Nissan has offered 5911 examples of the Navara putting the mannequin in seventh place for gross sales.
Toyota’s HiLux at the moment tops the Choose-Up/Cab Chassis 4X4 section with YTD gross sales of 23,852 models, main the Ford Ranger (18,285), Mitsubishi Triton (15,028), Isuzu D-Max (10,356), Mazda BT-50 (6324) and Toyota LandCruiser 70 Sequence (5936). The highest 10 is rounded out by the GWM Ute (2741), Ram 1500 (2197) and Volkswagen Amarok (2116).
The Navara SL Warrior is predicted to reach in Nissan showrooms throughout Australia in August 2022.
2022 Nissan Navara 4×2 pricing*:
SL single-cab chassis | $32,300 |
SL single-cab chassis (a) | $34,800 |
SL king-cab chassis (a) | $38,800 |
SL dual-cab pick-up | $39,600 |
SL dual-cab pick-up(a) | $42,100 |
ST dual-cab pick-up (a) | $47,780 |
ST-X dual-cab pick-up (a) | $51,270 |
2022 Nissan Navara 4×4 pricing*:
SL single-cab chassis | $39,300 |
SL single-cab chassis (a) | $41,800 |
SL dual-cab chassis | $44,800 |
SL king-cab chassis (a) | $45,800 |
SL dual-cab chassis (a) | $47,300 |
SL king-cab pick-up (a) | $47,600 |
ST dual-cab pick-up | $52,280 |
ST dual-cab pick-up (a) | $54,780 |
ST-X dual-cab pick-up | $55,770 |
SL Warrior dual-cab pick-up | $58,000 |
ST-X dual-cab pick-up (a) | $58,270 |
PRO-4X dual-cab pick-up | $58,730 |
SL Warrior dual-cab pick-up (a) | $60,500 |
PRO-4X dual-cab pick-up (a) | $61,230 |
PRO-4X Warrior dual-cab pick-up | $68,090 |
PRO-4X Warrior dual-cab pick-up (a) | $70,590 |
*Pricing excludes on-road prices.
