Australians are in for a long wait for Nissan’s new Patrol, but the company wants to make the most of the current model in the meantime.
While customer deliveries of the new Y63-series Patrol start in the Middle East in November, buyers will be waiting until 2027 in Australia. Orders open late in 2026.
“Two years for right-hand drive to come out after left-hand drive, it’s not unusual,” Nissan Oceania managing director Andrew Humberstone.
“We will be the first right-hand drive market to get in the vehicle. And we have an opportunity with the existing V8 engine, given there’s going to be fewer V8s in the market.”
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“The new product has a V6 engine, [which is] much more environmentally friendly with much lower emissions but it’s still a beast of a vehicle.
“But it’s much more premium and there will be a price walk, so how do you manage that gap?
“We can really meet customer demand and customer needs in the interim by being smart in terms of our bridging strategy to new product.”
While Mr Humberstone says Nissan wants to capitalise on the rarity of the current Y62-series Patrol’s V8 engine and its more affordable pricing, he did say “we’ve been pushing to get the new Patrol as quickly as we could”.
In the meantime, it will offer the 2010-vintage Y62, which recently received – at long last – Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
In April, Nissan’s flagship SUV gained a 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system through a partnership between the Japanese brand and Melbourne-based firm Directed Technologies.
Included in the new infotainment system is DAB+ digital radio and an iGO Street Navigation system, which comes with a complimentary one-month subscription to Hema 4×4 Navigation for off-road guidance.
Android Auto and Apple CarPlay boast wireless connectivity.
Additional changes include the removal of one USB-A port for a faster USB-C connection and a 15-watt wireless smartphone charging pocket.
A small storage bin now sits where the 8.0-inch screen was previously placed, while the Patrol has also picked up a digital rear-view mirror and – in Ti-L guise – an Infinity sound system.
While pricing has been increased by $4000 across the range, the Patrol still works out to be cheaper than its arch-rival, the turbo-diesel V6-powered Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series.
The range opens at $88,900 before on-road costs for the Ti, topping out at $105,160 before on-roads for the Warrior.
The LandCruiser 300 Series, in contrast, is priced from $96,991 before on-roads for the base GX to $145,791 for the Sahara ZX.
Nissan says this year is set to be the biggest one yet for sales of the Y62-series Patrol.
5312 examples were sold to the end of August, up 21.4 per cent on the same eight-month period last year.
The rival LandCruiser posted 11,181 sales from January to the end of August this year, up 18.8 per cent, however this tally does include the unrelated 70 Series wagon.
The long wait for the new Y63 has precedent, with the Y62 having launched here in 2013 – around three years after it launched overseas.
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