A runaway success Down Under, the Pro-4X Warrior sits atop the Navara range, but hasn’t been devised as a rival for the Ford Ranger Raptor.
Reported as having received approval for South Africa late last year, Nissan has now officially debuted the Navara Warrior as its equivalent to the Toyota Hilux GR Sport III.
A joint development between Nissan Australia and Melbourne-based engineering firm Premcar, the Warrior uses the top-spec Pro-4X as a base, and as such, will be called Pro-4X Warrior instead of simply Warrior as Down Under.
The successor to the original Navara N-Trek Warrior, whose initial allocation of 1 400 units sold-out in record time upon its debut in 2019, the Pro-4X Warrior’s key differences, outside, include 17-inch alloy wheels wrapped in Maxxis Razr all-terrain tyres, a black grille with a red Nissan badge, standard side-steps, black mirror caps and roof rails, and “bolt-on” wheel arch cladding.
Furnished further with Pro-4X Warrior decals on the side of the loadbin, the most off-road Navara ever made also gets a redesigned front bumper aimed improving the approach angle, a front skidplate with red accents rather than the complete red item used in Australia, red stripping and Warrior decals on the side-steps, and a black sports bar.
Offered in three colours; white, Infinite Black and Warrior Grey, the Pro-4X Warrior’s underbody changes comprise a wider front and rear track, uprated dampers and springs, and a revised coil spring rear suspension.
The latter additionally forming part of a lift-kit, ground clearance increases from the standard Pro-4X’s 221 mm, to 232 mm, with drive once again going to the rear or all four wheels via the part-time four-wheel-drive system.
Inside, the changes are limited to red stitch work and Warrior embroidery on the front seatbacks.
As such, specification is otherwise unchanged and consists of dual-zone climate control, push-button start and keyless entry, the eight-inch infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a seven-inch digital instrument cluster, cruise control, rain sense wipers and electric driver’s seat.
Safety and driver assistance comes by way of follow-me-home Auto High Beam Assist LED headlights, a surround-view camera system, Blind Spot Monitoring, Rear Cross Traffic Alert, Hill Start Assist, rear parking sensors, Lane Departure Warning and Hill Descent Control.
Up front, the Pro-4X Warrior keeps hold of the YD25DDTI 2.5-litre turbodiesel engine that replaced the YS23 2.3-litre twin-turbo unit following the Navara’s 2021 facelift that culminated in its production moving for Thailand to the Rosslyn Plant outside Pretoria for South African and Sub-Saharan markets.
As such, outputs are unchanged at 140kW/450Nm, as is the sole option of the seven-speed automatic gearbox. Besides the low range transfer case, the electronic rear diff-lock from the standard Pro-4X also carries over.
Price
Now available, the Pro-4X Warrior has a sticker price of R924 000, R80 000 more than the regular Pro-4X, which once again includes a six-year/150 000 km warranty plus a six-year/90 000 km service plan.
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