2015 Nissan Navara review | first drive - Cars Guide
Joshua Dowling road tests and reviews the new Nissan Navara at international launch in Thailand, and finds it's not as big a step forward as other recent arrivals. That’s what Nissan designers think the large bulges on the bonnet of the new tough-as-guts Navara ute resemble. I’m not sure I follow Nissan’s analogy, but it reminded me I need to go to the gym more. Nissan can probably be excused for getting a little excited about its new Navara as it’s the first all-new model in 10 years. The Navara has also been the top selling Nissan in Australia for the past nine years. Thanks to some unfortunate timing, the Nissan Navara is one of the last of the top-selling utes to get a complete makeover. The Ford Ranger and Volkswagen Amarok reset the benchmark when they arrived three years ago. The new Nissan Navara is likely to get a five-star ANCAP safety rating thanks to the fitment of seven airbags (including one for the driver’s knee), and an all-new body over a modified version of the previous model's chassis. A five star rating would put it back on the eligibility lists for the many government departments, mining companies and big business fleets that insist on top safety scores for work vehicles. The steering has way too many turns lock to lock (3. 75 turns lock to the lock on the high-grade models and 4. 25 on lower grade models with skinny tyres), even by ute standards. Source: www.carsguide.com.au
