A list of every single new Nissan around the world: Part 2

"Kar Wai Wong" (kingawesome467) 01/07/2020 at 12:25 • Filed to: A list of every single:, Nissan, Lists

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The so-called boring replacement to the Juke. Personally I prefer the looks of this over the Juke, but whatever.

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Déjà vu! Just like the two different Tiidas, the Indian Kicks is actually running on a different platform from the Kicks sold elsewhere, using a Dacia platform, with great lengths to make it look the same . The Indian Renault Captur also shares this distinction. The easiest way to tell the difference for me is the wing mirrors attached to the door (which I’m convinced are the same units from the Captur) instead of the A-pillar and an overall wider body.

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Presumably due to Europe’s higher tolerance to weird, the Juke does very well there, so they’re keeping it for a second round. And it went from quirky, to quite good looking, while still keeping that Juke essence.

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Seen here in its natural element, waiting to escort VIPs by the private jet.

This is a rebadged Dacia Duster, which I guess will be succeeded by the Kicks, yet is still here. The Terrano name has a weird history, originally being the name of the Pathfinder outside North America, and a smaller version called the Terrano II was launched in Europe. But it’s now attached to this completely unrelated model, several sizes down.

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Something, something Cash cow.....

The previous gen was originally known as the Dualis in Japan and Oceania due to it’s infamously difficult name, but eventually I guess they went “fuck it”. However they do call it the Rogue Sport in America, which makes sense, considering how indistinguishable it looks from the Rogue.

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I’m quite fond of the previous boxy X-Trails, but the new one is essentially a 7 seater Qashqai, yet the 7 seats are an option. Merged with the American only Rogue.

The X-Trail NISMO Performance Package and X-Trail Autech. The NISMO is just a style pack, despite what the name says, not that full NISMOs add that much in the first place.

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Its a CUV.

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A Navara based, body-on-frame 7 seater SUV primarily targeted at Asia. It replaces the Xterra, but why the slight name change?

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For whatever reason, every generation so far, the Pathfinder flip flops from unibody to body-on-frame. I hope they flip one more time, cos this ain’t it.

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There used to be a UAE exclusive NISMO version.

Nissan’s long running big body-on-frame Land Cruiser rival.

In North America, a restyled version is sold as the 2nd gen Armada, which the first gen was essentially a bigger Pathfinder.

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Although they still sell the previous generation. The Middle East is the only place you can get the SUV, it was discontinued in Oceania a few years back under the name Patrol Y51.

Despite that, in many nations such as most of Africa, the pickup is still available.

Left to right: Patrol Gazelle, Patrol Falcon and Patrol Gazelle X.

Back to the Middle East, it is available with a ton of awesome offroad versions!

Patrol Super Safari.

AND THEY BROUGHT BACK THE 3 DOOR! HF2E/B84H$%NKJA!!

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NV100 Clipper Rio on the left, NV100 Clipper on the right.

Nissans cute little Kei van! Formerly known as the Nissan Clipper, its a rebadged Suzuki Carry. Interestingly enough the previous, previous gen !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! as they added the V-motion grille, but is nowhere to be found here. The NV100 Clipper is a cargo van, with the NV100 Clipper Rio being the passenger version.

Nissan’s commercial vehicle naming scheme goes, NV for vans, NP for pickups and NT for trucks, followed by a multiple of 50 denoting placement in the lineup. To not lose all that precious heritage, for some models the old names are used as a suffix, hence NV100 Clipper.

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JDM vans have windows, which is why it looks like a regular car. I’m still searching for the answers exactly why.

And likewise, this used to be named the Nissan AD, a cargo van that is also sold as the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and formerly the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , with obviously no mechanical relationships to the deceased cars they share their names with. They look real weird with the obvious Nissan V-motion grille.

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North Americans NV200s are the only ones with the V-motion grille for whatever reason.

Remember how this was gonna be the next yellow cab and hackney carriage? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Americans don’t get passenger or electric versions though.

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The NV250 is a rebadged Renault Kangoo ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ), which competes in the same segment as the NV200. So why does this exist? Well in Europe and Japan, production of the petrol and diesel NV200s have been stopped, leaving only the e-NV200 to be sold, with the NV250 filling in the gap in Europe. Seems unnecessarily complicated to me.

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Naturally, Nissan has a history of rebadging Renault commercial vehicles, this here is a Renault Trafic. And yet, despite being partners and all, they always take like a year or two to announce their version, compared to the Opel/Vauxhall version which are announced nearly simultaneously to the Renaults. Granted that whole Opel wont be an issue soon anymore, but its weird.

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Nissan’s cabover van, originally known as just the Caravan in Japan, and the Urvan everywhere else.

The NV350 Caravan Rider.

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Is the V-motion grille upside-down?

Once again, rebadged Renault, this time the Renault Master. I’m not entirely sure why, but the Nissan vans never seem to be as popular as their Renault and Opel/Vauxhall variants.

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These seem to get alot of hate, but I quite like them. I think it’s one of the last body-on-frame van along with the Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana, and unlike those vans, it’s not an antique. And its got strong boxy styling to match, while still unashamedly a van.

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What’s the point of adding a V-motion grille if you’re gonna black it out?

This is a rebadged Dacia Logan Pick-Up only for South Africa, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Straight from 2008, the regular 4 door Logan used to be sold as the Nissan Aprio in various nations, but has since been discontinued.

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They tried naming this the NP300 Navara, to bring it into the new naming scheme but they reverted back to just Navara in most markets, and I’m not entirely sure why.

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For a 15 year old truck, its aged pretty well though.

Why do emerging nations have a newer Nissan pickup than America? Still I respect it as a simple no-frills small truck, that I’m sure has its place in the market, and yet people complain that this is too old. In Mexico, this is sold alongside the new one in PRO-4X trim only.

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But if we’re talking old, you can’t beat the South African Hardbody, which dates back to 1997.

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Come on Nissan? You couldn’t have named this the NP1500 Titan or something? It’s your naming scheme. Whatever. Sadly only the crew cab versions remain now.

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And the heavier duty XD version, that isn’t called Titan HD because it slots partway between a half ton and three-quarter ton class. Shame the Cummins diesel that was such a big selling point is gone.

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I guess this a truck? Pretty self-explanatory, the truck version of the NV100 Clipper van.

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The Atlas is a re-engineered Isuzu Elf, a truck which has also been badged as many things, including as a Chevrolet, GMC, Mazda, Mitsubishi and Renault.

Non-European versions don’t get the V-motion facelift for whatever reason.

This is very confusing, but what I think happened, is that Nissan re-engineered the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to create the Atlas. And than relatively recently, Isuzu discontinued the regular Elf, and rebadged the Nissan Atlas as the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which looks real weird. And than, Nissan renamed it from the Atlas F24 in Japan, to the Atlas Gasoline because...

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The diesel versions of the Atlas have been discontinued, and to replace it, the previous gen Nissan Atlas came back just this year, (a rebadged older-gen Isuzu Elf, which Isuzu never stopped selling). You got all that? Yeah, me neither.

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For a bit bigger, you could get the NT450, which is also confusingly called Atlas.

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Nissan has one solitary coach, and it dates back to 1999. It seems kinda random.

Recently Departed

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The previous, previous gen Slyphy continued to be sold alongside the previous gen Slyphy in China as the Slyphy Classic, and Russia as the Almera until 2018.

Tsuru

We can’t talk about discontinued Nissans without the ol’ Mexican Tsuru, the 1990 Sentra sold until 2017.

Wingroad

The NV150 AD was also available as a passenger version called the Wingroad, but was discontinued in 2018. It never got it’s commercial counterpart’s facelift.

NT500

This was a rebadged Renault D-Truck for Europe, discontinued due to low sales, which couldn’t justify emissions regulation changes.

And that was Nissan’s global lineup. Here’s hoping this decade will be the year of the Nissan comeback.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Kar Wai Wong 01/07/2020 at 12:31

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The year is 2104. Nissan celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Nissan Frontier. Now introducing the Frontier Pro XT Trail.

CompactLuxuryFan > Kar Wai Wong 01/07/2020 at 12:40

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Oh god I didn’t realize such a fate befell the Terrano. That’s just a straight up badge job . Looks bizarre.

Don’t even get me started on the strange India version of the Kicks. It’s probably even more awful than the regular one. I wish the US was getting the new Juke.

I always thought Wingroad was an amazing name attached to a meh vehicle.

Jim Spanfeller > Kar Wai Wong 01/07/2020 at 12:46

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Uh... Why does everyone else’s version of the Nissan Patrol look really cool while America’s version looks like a lackluster sack of lusterless lack by comparison? I mean, w hat’s up with that?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/07/2020 at 13:00

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And the VQ continues to live on as the worlds last production internal combustion engine in an automobile.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Kar Wai Wong 01/07/2020 at 13:15

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What does this say about me that the two most intriguing things on this list are the NP 300 Hardbody and the Tsuru?   

Kar Wai Wong > Jim Spanfeller 01/07/2020 at 14:19

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B efore , the Patrol looked like this.

America actually had the good front end until recently .

Kar Wai Wong > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 01/07/2020 at 14:20

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I think that says something more about Nissan’s lineup.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Kar Wai Wong 01/07/2020 at 14:21

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Great Writeup! If you think Nissan is illogical, you should try to tackle GM in Africa and South America only.

Nissan’s car and sedan lineup is un salvageable without new models, which there isn’t the cash or time for. It’s a hot mess and there aren’t any Renaults to save them.

Nissan’s truck and van lineup is very salvageable, as long as it focuses bringing in more rugged and up to date foreign models . It needs to ditch the current Frontier and replace them with SUV and pickup versions of the Patrol to regain the attention of off road enthusiasts and create a super cheap version of the Titans for construction and utility jobs. Then, do some strategic marketing to get these d emographics in the door. They could partially regain their enthusiast fan base through off road SUVS and pickups. The Terra could be brought back as an X- Terra. The NV350 could compete in a dead segment in America, which would sell as long as it was advertised. The NV400 may not be competitive with the Transit and Sprinter so probably leave that one overseas.

They need to bring the Juke back here now that it isn’t so polarizing, mostly for the attention. They also need to drop a few models. I think either the Quasquai or the Rogue needs to go.

i86hotdogs > Kar Wai Wong 01/07/2020 at 16:15

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I’ll say it. I think the Murano looks great.

Kar Wai Wong > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/07/2020 at 16:17

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Oh I’ve done Chevrolet (a bit outdated by now), and my headaches had headaches.

Doesn’t the work Titan already exist? Sure the regular cab is going soon, but the only thing other thing is that there is no V6 option, which apparently is coming.

I love a good steelie and plastic bumpered truck, but is a cheap work Titan really instrumental to the revival of Nissan’s brand image though? I thought part of their decline was due to an over reliance on fleet sales and cheapness, doesn’t seem like it will help.

I think a redesign to put more X in the Terra is a good idea though, 4Runner i s doing great, maybe make some modern versions of the Patrol Safari offroaders to the Armada to fight the Raptor. I don’t know what would work, I’m just a nobodie  on the Internet.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Kar Wai Wong 01/07/2020 at 16:47

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Good idea. I didn’t even know the work Titan exists, and I don’t think anyone else does either, due to complete lack of any advertising . I think their foreign off road offerings are the only thing that can ride them over in the US until they design an actually competitive car.

And GM in 3rd world countries? Just reworked  versions of badge engineered versions of their own cars. So confusing.

Amoore100 > Kar Wai Wong 08/10/2020 at 16:28

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Wait, so the NT 400 Atlas is a rebadged Isuzu but the NT450 looks like a Mitsubishi Fuso rebadge ?  

Kar Wai Wong > Amoore100 08/10/2020 at 17:51

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Indeed it is a Fuso Canter , looks like I missed that.