Ironman 4x4 2015 Nissan NP300 Navara VL review - Practical Motoring
Robert Pepper goes off-road in Australia in a thai-spec 2015 Nissan NP300 Navara modified by Ironman 4×4. has it been worth the wait. [ updated 23/05/2015 with information on the coil sprung model ]. THE UTE MARKET just keeps getting hotter, so does Nissan’s 2015 Navara NP300 stand a chance. Either which way you look at it, the market is competitive and nowhere more than in the Big Eight of, in order of sales success – Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger/ Mazda BT-50, Mitusbishi Triton, Holden Colorado/Isuzu D-Max, Nissan Navara and Volkswagen... Tellingly, Nissan decided to sell the previous model D22 alongside the current model D40, and you don’t do that if the new model is better than the old in every way. As another example, consider again from Nissan the Y61 (GU) Patrol being sold next to the Y62, but that’s another story entirely (full offroad test of the Y62 on the way). By the way, the NP300 will replace both D40 and D22. Anyway, the Navara D40 is a decent on-road drive, but offroad it trails behind its peers, and frankly the species known as the dualcab ute is not the last word in offroad performance to begin with. Source: practicalmotoring.com.au
