Nissan Oz uncertain about new Navara-based SUV - Motoring

Nissan Australia says it will "think very carefully" before it adds a new off-road wagon – based on the redesigned NP300 Navara ute – to its already extensive SUV line-up. Not counting its Infiniti premium brand, which will soon increase the number of luxury SUVs in its range to four with the QX80 and QX 30 , Nissan already offers seven SUVs in Australia, including the JUKE, X-TRAIL, QASHQAI, Murano, Pathfinder and... That hasn't stopped the Japanese car-maker developing a hard-core 4x4 wagon based on the new Navara ute, which would be a belated successor for the previous-generation Pathfinder and direct rival to ute-based SUVs like the upcoming Ford Everest ,... Launched in 2013, Nissan's latest Pathfinder is a petrol-only seven-seat crossover wagon based on the existing Murano/Maxima platform and imported from the US. It currently finds up to 500 Australian homes a month in the same segment as the... With the eventual demise of the Y61 Patrol and news that the new Murano (and Maxima) will not be built in right-hand drive or sold in Australia , Nissan's strong-selling SUV range will soon number shrink to five, leaving the Y62 Patrol as its only... Source: www.motoring.com.au