Pro-4X Warrior off-road step up

NO STORM TROOPER: LIKEABLE OLD-SCHOOL THROWBACK

- Charl Bosch

The Nissan Navara Pro-4X Warrior has been a long time coming for South Africa since rumours of its arrival first emerged four years ago. Engineered into a working model by Australian firm, Premcar, the original debuted as the N-Trek Warrior in 2019 and was a runaway success. The initial batch of 1300 units disappeared from showrooms in record time. Succeeded by the Pro-4X Warrior four years ago and modelled on the facelift Navara, the step-up from the regular Pro-4X also rates as the likely farewell to the D23 Navara that has been on sale since 2014.

This is after official confirmation that Australia will be one of the first markets to receive the all-new model based on the Mitsubishi Triton early next year. For South Africa, the partnership between Nissan and Premcar is slightly different. Whereas Australian models are sourced from Thailand and converted at Premcar in Melbourne, local models are made at the Rosslyn plant outside Pretoria. Then they are uprated with locally-sourced parts.