NISSAN and Premcar have launched the third vehicle in their Warrior collaboration, and this time they have turned their talents to the venerable Y62 Patrol. Following on from the Navara PRO-4X and Navara SL Warrior utes, the Patrol Warrior represents the partners' first foray into a 4x4 wagon... and what a wagon it is!
The Y62 Patrol is getting long in the tooth and after almost 13 years on the market, an all-new model is apparently just around the corner, so this Patrol Warrior variant could be seen as the capable 4x4 wagon's last hurrah. This new model comes at a time when the Patrol is selling in record numbers in Australia, with August 2023 setting a new sales record for the model here.
Nissan Australia has seen this growth year-on-year, and recognises the things that its customers are doing with their Patrols in terms of aftermarket enhancements.
As a result, they commissioned Premcar to come up with a Patrol Warrior that reflects the more common aftermarket modifications in a factory backed package. Items like all-terrain tyres, a suspension upgrade, and chrome and woodgrain delete were all seen as common upgrades that owners were doing to their Patrols and have been included in the Warrior package.
THE PACKAGE
STARTING with a Patrol Ti, the lower of the two model grades available in the current Patrol range, the vehicles undergo the Warrior transformation at Premcar’s Melbourne manufacturing facility on a new production line set up alongside the Navara Warrior line. The entire conversion, from the suspension and exhaust upgrades to the decal fitment, is done in-house at Premcar.
This story is from the December 2023 edition of 4x4 Magazine Australia.
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