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Next model patrol.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:14 pm
by bogged
Talkin to a mate who is in Japan at the moment.
Make of it what you will...
Raymond says:
yeah i was at the NISSAN galery and sat in the new GTR and played around with all the buttons then I sat in the new 350z car. SWEET!
Raymond says:
I scored a video DVD of the new GTR
Birdman says:
dvd or vid? copy dvd and post
Raymond says:
I will see it is NTSC, but my laptop plays it
Raymond says:
Guess what , also there is no Patrol/Safari in the 2008 line up AT ALL
Birdman says:
?
Raymond says:
the girls had no idea what it was
Birdman says:
so that just means she is fuckin stupid, not that there isnt one LMAO
Raymond says:
well they showed me the mag ( I have a copy ) of the whole nissan line up and in the showroom they had everything nissaan made and no patrol
Interesting?
Re: Next model patrol.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:55 pm
by coxy321
bogged wrote:Interesting?
I would have said "scary" actually. Maybe its just up for a name change, or they arent releasing a new one until
next season....
Coxy
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:19 pm
by RoldIT
Aren't they called "Safari" in JP?
Dumb ass promo chicks prob wouldn't make the connection.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:39 pm
by ddr
Check the Nissan Jap Website, its not there in the lineup at all.
Ive said for a while expect the seppo style of 4b here as the new patrol, IFS/IRS & all. (armada)
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:27 pm
by coxy321
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:41 pm
by bogged
RoldIT wrote:Aren't they called "Safari" in JP?
Dumb ass promo chicks prob wouldn't make the connection.
fair call but:
Raymond says:
well they showed me the mag ( I have a copy ) of the whole nissan line up and in the showroom they had everything nissaan made and no patrol
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:59 pm
by Yom
As I said on the pootrol forum it was in the news last year that nissan were pulling the safari from the japanese market due to low sale figures.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:28 pm
by Phunkshun
Yom wrote:pulling the safari from the japanese market.
there is the key for you, doesn't mean the rest of the world ain't gettin it.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:02 pm
by patrol man
I wounder if the ZD sunk the ship!
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:45 pm
by Tom0
New patrol relaease is later this year - should be here for May 09.
The Diesel will be a 3.6/3.7 turbo, which has come out of the partnership with that european company i cant think of the name of - its basically one of their engines dropped in the nissan.
Body looks about the same. Petrol is smaller than the current 4.8, more efficient, and a V6 (about bloody time).
Price-pointed with pov-pack entry at 55k.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:52 pm
by mr_wonderful
yeah i second that
just talking to a guy in nissan's manufacturing latest rumors are japans dropping the safari but still exporting them to aus south africa and the middle east
and it will be a 3.6 litre v6 twin turbo diesel
designed by renualt (as renualt own about 40% of nissan)
i wasnt sure about this info at first as ive heard so many rumors but seeing Tom0's post just confirmed what i heard and clearly from 2 different source's
bout bloody time too this thing should be able to S&*% all over the 200 series cruiser
cheers
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:27 am
by j-top paj
so still live axle?
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:30 pm
by cooki_monsta
Tom0 wrote:New patrol relaease is later this year - should be here for May 09.
The Diesel will be a 3.6/3.7 turbo, which has come out of the partnership with that european company i cant think of the name of - its basically one of their engines dropped in the nissan.
Body looks about the same. Petrol is smaller than the current 4.8, more efficient, and a V6 (about bloody time).
Price-pointed with pov-pack entry at 55k.
why would you want a v6 petty engine, they are high revving and offer lower torque then their straight six counter parts, imo stick with the straight six
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:41 pm
by bogged
mr_wonderful wrote:bout bloody time too this thing should be able to S&*% all over the 200 series cruiser
your dreaming!
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:07 pm
by j-top paj
bogged wrote:mr_wonderful wrote:bout bloody time too this thing should be able to S&*% all over the 200 series cruiser
your dreaming!
why do you say that?
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:21 pm
by GRINCH
the fact that the toyota has a 4.5l twin turbo v8 maybe
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:23 pm
by j-top paj
and off course nissan wouldnt build something that can compete with it?
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:01 pm
by MyGQ
Driven a new 200 series while working at the local mechanics, the Twin Turbo V8 diesel really needs some series work done on its take off. it lags, it lumbers around corners, really they needed to work on it a bit more,
sorry Toyota, 80 series was ok for an on road use, but the 200 series it too big and too slow off the mark.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:36 am
by ddr
j-top paj wrote:and off course nissan wouldnt build something that can compete with it?
Have they ever in the Engine Department?
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:59 pm
by bogged
MyGQ wrote:Driven a new 200 series while working at the local mechanics, the Twin Turbo V8 diesel really needs some series work done on its take off. it lags, it lumbers around corners, really they needed to work on it a bit more,
sorry Toyota, 80 series was ok for an on road use, but the 200 series it too big and too slow off the mark.
The potential for a twin turbo to make it go like shit off a shovel is just out there. There will be soem huge HP ones gettin round within a year...
j-top paj wrote:and off course nissan wouldnt build something that can compete with it?
When was the last seriously competitive diesel donk?
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:31 pm
by MyGQ
bogged wrote:The potential for a twin turbo to make it go like shit off a shovel is just out there. There will be soem huge HP ones gettin round within a year...
Yeah after market units will give it more, but Toyota's off the rack setup really is a disappointment
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:23 pm
by MrGenius
Any details on whether the next model Navara gets the same engine as the patrol?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:05 am
by Yom
Why would it? The ZD30 is coming near the end of its lifespan in passenger vehicles as it is now an old tech motor (despite the CRD revision).
The YD25 has replaced the ZD30 in most passenger vehicles around the world. The little ZD now only resides in big vehicles like the patrol, small trucks and busses.
D40 could very well see a larger powerplant (the engine bay is sized enough for a 5.6L petrol V8).
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:08 pm
by ats4x4dotcom
most industry people have been talking about the patrol, and the doubtful new model, if at all, for patrol replacement.
Only nissan would think it had one more facelift left in it, but dont expect a new line up any time soon, if at all for the patrol after that.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:42 pm
by MrGenius
Yom wrote:Why would it? The ZD30 is coming near the end of its lifespan in passenger vehicles as it is now an old tech motor (despite the CRD revision).
The YD25 has replaced the ZD30 in most passenger vehicles around the world. The little ZD now only resides in big vehicles like the patrol, small trucks and busses.
D40 could very well see a larger powerplant (the engine bay is sized enough for a 5.6L petrol V8).
Talking bout the V6 TT diesel mate not any of the other shit
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:13 pm
by RN
Mate has a V8 twin turbo L/C and it moves along really good. Very heavy vehicle all the same. About 3 tonnes.
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 5:32 pm
by Dodger
Weeeel it looks like I'm a hangin on to the old GU 4.2TD for a while yet
A modern 3.6 td crd would be good.
Lets hope Nissan don,t stuff it up with some weak part.
Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 7:09 am
by Tom0
not sure i'l get the first gen of the new one- wait for them to iron out the major bugs. :-)
