2026 Nissan Navara revealed in Australia as regionally tuned Mitsubishi Triton twin

Nissan has revealed the all-new D27-generation Navara ute, forward of its Australian launch within the early levels of 2026.

4 a long time after the nameplate first hit the Oceania area, the 2026 Nissan Navara is the primary all-new era of the Japanese model’s dual-cab ute in over a decade. That mentioned, the D27 Navara attracts closely from the present Mitsubishi Triton launched in 2023.

Revealed in Australia for the world, the brand new Navara is the Japanese model’s newest badge engineering train with Alliance companions (ie: Renault and Mitsubishi), although Nissan touts vital Australian chassis enter courtesy of its native engineering companion Premcar.

The brand new Navara will get bespoke damping using Australian-made parts, and has been subjected to greater than 18,500km of native growth testing over 12 months by the Premcar staff alone. In that point, the Australian engineering staff trialled 137 damper codes, and over 550 inside damper shims.

Because of this, Nissan and Premcar claims the Navara is “actually pleasant to drive”, because of enhanced steering response and really feel, improved main trip management (the best way the automobile handles massive bumps and dips) and secondary trip consolation (the way it manages smaller lumps and imperfections), and improved dealing with.

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Above: Nissan Navara ST-X vs Mitsubishi Triton GSR

Nissan has redesigned the entrance fascia of the Triton to include the model’s signature V-strut grille, in addition to distinctive lighting and bumper therapies in comparison with its Mitsubishi relative. There’s even a three-slot design motif above the grille that’s paying homage to the D21 Navara of the Eighties.

The corporate’s designers say the entrance defend design was additionally impressed by bull bars to determine “a commanding presence on the entrance”, with the precise grille insert that includes miniature variations of the Nissan V-strut motif.

The flagship (for now) Professional-4X grade highlights many of those design components with Lava Crimson accents, whereas the extra sedate ST-X variant presents extra refined thrives of contrasting silver.

Below the pores and skin, the Triton’s ladder-frame chassis (with a leaf-sprung rear suspension) and a couple of.4-litre bi-turbo four-cylinder diesel engine carry over, the latter producing the identical 150kW of energy and 470Nm of torque – up 10kW/20Nm on the D23 Navara’s 2.3L bi-turbo oiler.

The Euro 6b-certified diesel (with AdBlue) is mated to a ‘wide-ratio’ six-speed automated transmission with low-range switch case as commonplace, with the Triton’s ‘Tremendous Choose’ four-wheel drive system rebranded as ‘Tremendous 4WD’ within the Nissan, providing a full-time high-range mode with an open centre differential for the primary time.

Moreover, the Tremendous 4WD system – restricted to ST-X and Professional-4X grades at launch – presents seven terrain modes (Regular, Eco, Gravel, Snow, Mud, Sand and Rock) which tailor the Navara’s powertrain and traction management settings to go well with driving situations.