FIRST DRIVE
Nissan Navara gets an upgrade and a price drop
Now locally built, the one-tonner rides smoother and is easier on the pocket, writes Denis Droppa
06 May 2021 - 05:41
Ahead of the newly upgraded Nissan Navara going on local sale in June, Motor News was recently invited to test drive a pre-production unit ahead of its market debut.
The vehicle is built at Nissan SA’s Rosslyn plant near Pretoria, and we drove it back to back with the pre-updated Navara which has sold here since 2017 as an import. In a R3bn investment, Nissan’s one-tonner range will be produced for the local market and export to sub-Saharan Africa. It will be built alongside the NP200 half-ton bakkie, and the ancient NP300 Hardbody one-tonner ceases production...
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