Nissan Patrol: Difference between revisions

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| image = Nissan Patrol front 20080227.jpg
| aka = Nissan Safari (Japan)
| production = October 1997<ref name=ShataiHist>{{cite web |url=http://www.nissan-shatai.co.jp/EN/COMPANY/HISTORY/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161116232113/https://www.nissan-shatai.co.jp/EN/COMPANY/HISTORY/ | title= Corporate Information: History |publisher=[[Nissan Shatai]] |archive-date= 2016-11-16}}</ref–2022ref>–2022
| assembly = {{unbulleted list | Japan: [[Nissan Shatai]] (1997–2022); [[Kanda, Fukuoka|Kanda]] | Morocco: [[Tanger]] (2009–?) | Pakistan: [[Karachi]] (2005–2012) | South Africa: [[Rosslyn, Gauteng|Rosslyn]] (2001–?) | Spain: [[Barcelona]] (1998–2009) | Philippines: [[Santa Rosa, Laguna|Santa Rosa City]] (2000–2018) }}
| designer = Masato Takahashi (1994)<br />Junichi Sakai (facelift: 2003)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nextcar.com.au/n.nissan.patrol.2005.04oct.html |title=A Revitalised Design for Nissan's 2005 Patrol |publisher=Next Car |date=12 October 2004 |access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref>
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For the 2005 model year a significant facelift model was released, with new headlights, box flares on each guard and larger tail lights. The troubles that plagued the ZD30 diesel around the variable turbo geometry were resolved by this refresh.
 
That same year, Nissan stopped selling the Safari in Japan due to poor sales. Nissan also made a two-door pickup version of the Y61 series available as cab chassis and with a style side tray in some markets. The Pickup entered production at the Nissan Shatai plant in April 2011.<ref name=ShataiHist/> Although a new modelgeneration Patrol/Safari was launched, this Y61 series stillwas sellskept in production until 2022 for offroadusers enthusiastswho butrequired witha more rugged, fewsimpler optionsvehicle.
 
Its TB48DE engine is very popular among the tuning community in the middle east, especially in the UAE. The TB48DE engine is easily modifiable and is shown to be able to handle over {{convert|2,000|hp|kW|abbr=on}} for several sand hills and sand drag challenges in the region.