Next Nissan Patrol and Navara teased in future roadmap

Next-generation versions of the Nissan Patrol off-road SUV and Nissan Navara ute have been teased overnight.

The all-new 2025 Nissan Patrol will debut within the next 12 months, based on the latest Infiniti QX80 with a 3.5-litre twin-turbo petrol V6 replacing the current 5.6-litre naturally-aspirated V8.

A business plan presentation from Nissan confirmed the all-new Patrol – also sold as the Armada in North America – will launch between April 2024 and March 2025.

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Local timing for the new Patrol has not been confirmed, as Nissan’s future product roadmap for Australia and New Zealand was void of any mention of the new model.

There is precedent for a delay with a new Patrol.

The current model was launched overseas in left-hand drive in 2010, but the right-hand drive version didn’t arrive in Australia until 2013 – meaning Australians could be waiting another two to three years to receive the new Patrol if a similar timeline is followed.

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Meanwhile, the all-new 2026 Nissan Navara has been confirmed for Australia, with the new model to be built in Thailand with its Mitsubishi Triton twin-under-the-skin.

Nissan has confirmed a new one-tonne ute shared with Mitsubishi will offer an electric or plug-in hybrid option – likely including the forthcoming Navara bound for Australia.

Mitsubishi told WhichCar in July 2023 that all forms of electrification were on the cards for the newly designed frame platform that will underpin the latest Triton and Navara.

“[Hybrid] is really important because maybe we can rework our current frames, so that in the short term [HEV] can fit. It would be a very good solution for electrification and CO2 reduction,” said Mitsubishi’s engineering and product strategy vice president Hiroshi Nagaoka.

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Mitsubishi has confirmed it will develop its own electrified technology for the Triton’s frame – rather than using Nissan’s E-Power series-hybrid system that is “kind of a problem in a bigger car” due to its lack of a traditional gearbox.

Nagaoka said a full-electric or plug-in hybrid option for the new Triton and Navara would likely appear once lighter and more compact solid-state batteries become available.

“Battery technology will improve, and then we can have more efficient, smaller batteries to package a plug-in hybrid. I think that’s really better than a battery EV because BEV pick-up trucks use so many batteries – think about the Ford F-150 [Lightning] – so we are also studying that solution,” added Nagaoka.

The partnership between Nissan and Mitsubishi will see the introduction of a next-generation one-tonne pick-up in North America. It will be built in Mexico and will likely replace the current Frontier that launched in 2021 as a reskinned D40 Navara-based model.

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While Nissan did not confirm when the new Navara will launch, it should appear in Australian showrooms between April 2025 and March 2026 – with the global debut likely to occur several months before its local launch.

The Japanese brand also confirmed it will introduce a ‘C-segment’ electric SUV in Australia – though this is likely to be the delayed Nissan Ariya launched overseas in 2020.

Elsewhere, Nissan has announced it will introduce a half-tonne ute shared with Renault in Latin America, which should be based on the production version of the Renault Niagara dual-cab concept unveiled in late 2023.