Nissan engaged on new off-road SUV to tackle Toyota – report

Nissan has been accused of softening a number of of its SUVs in current occasions, with the likes of the X-Path and Pathfinder – and arguably even the Patrol – pivoting extra in the direction of family-oriented automobiles than rugged off-roaders (or soft-roaders, within the case of the X-Path).

Whereas the Patrol nonetheless maintains its off-road credibility, Nissan now seems to be engaged on an all-new mid-size off-road automobile – with Toyota firmly in its crosshairs.

Talking to enterprise information outlet Bloomberg, Nissan Americas Chairman Christian Meunier confirmed the corporate is engaged on bringing again the Xterra – Nissan’s reply to the Toyota 4Runner – with hybrid V6 energy.

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Regardless of Nissan by no means providing the Xterra in Australia (nor the later D23 Navara-based Terra SUV offered in some Asian and Center Japanese markets since 2018), each generations had been associated to the Nissan Pathfinder and Navara of the day, sharing platforms and engines.

However whereas the Pathfinder and Navara continued, the Xterra disappeared from the Nissan lineup in North America again in 2015 on account of growing stringent emissions requirements.

In keeping with Mr Meunier, the brand new Xterra will share its underpinnings and powertrains with the most recent Pathfinder, in addition to a number of different fashions from Nissan and its luxurious arm, Infiniti, spelling a shift from ladder-frame to unibody (monocoque) building.

“The sellers are tremendous enthusiastic about it as a result of it’s going to be an awesome instance of Nissan coming again,” he advised Bloomberg.