An all-new alternative for the Nissan Navara is due in Australia subsequent yr, however the ute teased by Nissan in a single day is a facelifted model of the present mannequin – which is able to proceed to be bought in Latin America – not the Mitsubishi Triton-based mannequin that will likely be launched right here in 2026.
At an occasion held final yesterday, Nissan’s chief product planning officer and soon-to-be CEO, Ivan Espinosa, detailed most of the new and up to date merchandise the carmaker is planning to launch globally in the course of the 2025 and 2026 Japanese monetary years – so, principally, between now and the primary quarter of 2027.
In accordance with Nissan, it is going to launch an “all-new one-ton pickup” that builds on “Nissan’s partnership with Mitsubishi Motors” in Australia in the course of the 2026 Japanese monetary yr. Oddly, the corporate doesn’t discuss with this automobile as a Navara.
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Present Australian Navara
As a part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance’s ‘leader-follower’ product growth mannequin, Mitsubishi is liable for the engineering of our new Navara and Nissan is answerable for its styling.
Whereas each the most recent Triton and the brand new Navara will share their underpinnings and a manufacturing unit in Thailand, it’s unclear how a lot exterior and inside differentiation the 2 autos may have.
Additionally in the course of the 2026 Japanese monetary yr, Nissan will launch a revised Navara/Frontier mannequin in Latin America. This mannequin was teased in the course of the automaker’s product presentation in a single day.
This Navara/Frontier sports activities a brand new front-end design with three LED gentle bars built-in into the perimeters of a giant grille. This automobile intriguingly has carry-over wing mirrors however newly squared-off wheel-arches.
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Nissan Frontier
Nissan’s announcement relating to the Latin American Navara/Frontier makes no point out of Mitsubishi connections. As a substitute, it talks up its “advanced design, enhanced infotainment and spectacular suite of superior driver help applied sciences”, suggesting it is going to be a considerable facelift of the present D23/NP300 mannequin.
In that case, this might imply Nissan may have three completely different mid-sized utes globally.
Of most significance to us is the upcoming Thai-built mannequin which is able to share its underpinnings with the Mitsubishi Triton launched in 2023.
Then there’s Latin American Navara – additionally bought because the Frontier or NP300 relying on the nation – primarily based on the D23 mannequin that started manufacturing in 2014.
And at last there’s the Frontier bought within the US, Canada, and Mexico. This Mississippi-built ute traces its roots again to the second-generation (D40) Navara, launched again in 2004. A redesign in 2022 gave the Frontier a brand new, longer physique, and a extra trendy inside.
