LexFather

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/1...atrol/



It looks like a highlander/landcrusier without the A pillar painted.

This is actually a great workhorse SUV. Interior looks very good.

farquad

woa it does look like a landcruiser
doesn't the current armada have a pretty crappy interior?

pagemaster

I think Toyota/Nissan/LR etc will revert back to the way there SUVS were in the 1990's. I don't think we will see a redesign of the Sequoia unless it goes a little smaller and uni body like the GL class Mercedes.

pagemaster

The current Patrol is an outstanding workhorse SUV>

Manual transmission, solid axle front/rear, diesel, approach/dep angles are great, 135 litre tank, 15,000 km service intervals.

ndk83

Seriously such an amazin car, However not too crazy about the new design . the old one is alot more rugged looking its more badass. I really hope they release a 2 door version of this car like in the past.

Though i dont see how this is gonna work as an Aramda or QX replacement only because those cars were massive in size. .

Rash

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I kinda like the car, but from generations the Nissan Patrol all look the same, and now they change it completely? weird.

Many Patrol fanboys are disappointed btw :P

rdgdawg

That's a hell of lot better than what they've been putting out... inside and out

speedflex

Which is why those trucks no longer make much sense. They should have done this a long time ago.

tex2670

I can't wait until the side vents craze is over.

Koma

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Totally agreed.

This Patrol looks boring and sedate with a slap-on front from a Frontier. Interior looks nice from that one pic but need more to decide. Seriously the rear and sides are so boring.

Lil4X

In the mid-1980's the company I worked for leased a Nissan Patrol "Super Safari" while we were setting up offices in Abu Dhabi. It was an impressive vehicle, rugged, yet more comfortable than its contemporaries, the Land Cruiser or the Land Rover, that could negotiate both highways and sand dunes with equal aplomb.

A truck-based SUV, it was as handy as a Swiss army knife, performing a wide variety of tasks without complaint. It was smaller than my Suburban but, much more comfortable, and very car-like in its accommodations, while capable of going wherever it was pointed without fuss, powered by a big torquey straight 6. It was a genuine pleasure to drive and when I returned to the US, I learned that despite success overseas, there were no plans to import the Patrol. Had they made them available, I would have bought one in a heartbeat. The most amazing feature of the Nissan Patrol was that it was considerably cheaper than the Land Cruiser, and a lot less than the price of a Land Rover in the Middle East.

If they have been able to preserve the heritage of practicality, ruggedness, and sophistication that was evident in the bloodline so many years ago, Nissan, by finally importing the Patrol to our shores may be correcting a huge marketing oversight. Sadly, their timing is totally wrong.

The Armada/QX4 failed because they were not supported with either proper advertising or service. This is the vehicle they should have been selling 10-15 years ago. Choosing this moment to import a truck-based SUV with a big V8 - or even with the V6 smoker-motor, just as we are expecting another upswing in gas prices - would seem to be marketing suicide.

Lexmex

I had a diplomatic friend who lived near me in Mexico who had a late 90s Patrol and I got to drive it a few times just to test it out and it reminded me of a beefier Pathfinder. I would indeed love to have one of those if I were going over some rough terrain and he indicated to me that they would go out to more rugged areas west of the city such as going up mountain roads and it was a real pleasure to drive.

19psi

will it have the solid axles, lockers, skid plates adn other off road features of previous patrols? i bet it won't which means i don't care about it at all.

ho0n

The cabin looks like the Kia Soul.

rdgdawg

+1... and that said IMO STILL better than what I'm seeing today...