Take a look at our newest merchandise
Nissan has teased the Tekton, a brand new SUV that leans closely on the Patrol, in addition to its alliance companion Renault.
Designed primarily for India, the Tekton is clearly primarily based on the Dacia/Renault Duster. To transform it right into a Nissan, the entrance and rear ends have been redesigned with out touching any of the Duster’s sheet steel.
On the entrance there’s a brand new headlight stack with graphics borrowed from the ‘Y63’ Patrol, which is because of launch in Australia a while in 2026. The fake steel pair of stripes that bisects the grille and runs the width of the automobile can also be impressed the next-generation Patrol.
The facial makeover additionally features a new bumper with silver highlights across the decrease air intakes, and large Tekton lettering on the vanguard of the bonnet.
CarExpert can prevent hundreds on a brand new automobile. Click on right here to get an excellent deal.
Across the facet, the Tekton options new alloy wheels and a redesigned faux vent the place the entrance door meets the fender.
On the again, Nissan has changed the Duster’s angle bracket tail-lights with one thing slightly extra conventional. Once more, the graphics are pay homage to the brand new Patrol, as does the reworked tailgate, which, just like the Patrol, has a pink mild bar stretching throughout it.
The Tekton will probably be constructed within the Renault-Nissan Alliance manufacturing unit in Chennai alongside the Indian-market Renault Duster, which has but to debut.
When the Tekton goes on sale in India, it is going to be positioned above the domestically constructed Magnite, a SUV that takes benefit of tax breaks provided to sub-4m automobiles. The one different automobile in Nissan’s Indian showrooms is the totally imported X-Path, which isn’t solely considerably bigger, however burdened with tariffs.
Nissan says the Tekton will probably be bought in “choose international markets”, though it has but announce which. Most certainly these will embody international locations within the sub-continent, and maybe components of Asia and the Center East.
Whereas Nissan has been eager to unwind its monetary and improvement ties with Renault for the reason that arrest and ouster of former CEO Carlos Ghosn, the Japanese model continues to be making use of its Alliance companion. Along with the Tekton, the most recent Nissan Micra EV for Europe is a rebodied Renault 5 E-Tech.
No phrase but on whether or not the Tekton is heading to Australia, but when it did head this fashion, it will slot in beneath the Qashqai. Whereas there’s only a 9mm distinction of their wheelbases, the Qashqai is 4425mm lengthy, whereas the Duster measures 4343mm from nostril to tail.
The Qashqai relies on the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance’s bigger CMF-CD platform, whereas the Duster/Tekton makes use of the ‘low specification’ model of the Alliance’s CMF-B structure.
The Renault Duster was launched in Australia in August, and is the primary Dacia-designed mannequin to be bought Down Underneath.
MORE: Discover the Nissan showroom
