Old Patrol gone within 18 months - Motoring
The legendary Y61 Nissan Patrol will no longer sold in Australia within 18 months, leaving the way clear for a new NP300 Navara ute-based wagon to replace it and become the company’s new seven-seat, turbo-diesel, heavy-duty SUV option. Both the wagon and the cab-chassis versions of the Y61 are set to disappear, leaving the larger and more luxurious Y62 Patrol that has been on sale here since early 2013, but only with a V8 petrol engine. The Navara-based off-road wagon is yet to be officially confirmed by Nissan, but is spoken of matter-of-factly by Emery. He has previously made it clear it was under serious consideration for Australia , but stresses the spiritual successor to the original Pathfinder would only come here if the business case stacked up. Emery said fitting it into an already crowded... However, there is some differentiation as the Pathfinder is a light-duty off-roader and is offered only with petrol engines, although one of those is a fuel-saving petrol-electric option. “Having a diesel-based seven-seat tow vehicle – which is where Y61 has been really successful for us – means it (the Navara-based wagon) would give us an opportunity to retain those traditional Y61 buyers in the brand," he said. Source: www.motoring.com.au
