The Nissan Navara Pro-4X Warrior has been a long time coming for South Africa ever since rumours of its arrival first emerged four years ago. Final encore? Engineered into a working model by Australian firm, Premcar, the original debuted as the N-Trek Warrior in 2019 and proved a runaway success as the initial batch of 1 300 units disappeared from showroom floors in record time. ALSO READ: ‘Ready to fight’ Nissan Navara Pro-4X Warrior priced in South Africa Succeeded by the Pro-4X Warrior four years ago and modelled on the facelift Navara, the step-up from the regular Pro-4X also rates as the likely farewell to the current D23 Navara that has been on-sale since 2014.
This after official confirmation earlier this week that Australia would be one of the first markets to receive the all-new model based on the Mitsubishi Triton in early 2026. Devised Down Under, made locally For South Africa, though, the partnership between Nissan and Premcar is slightly different. Whereas Aussie models are sourced from Thailand and then converted at Premcar’s premises in Melbourne, local models are still made at the Rosslyn plant outside Pretoria and then uprated with locally-sourced parts confining to the requirements set out by Premcar.
At the same time, the 2.5-litre YD25DDTI turbodiesel engine with 140kW/450Nm provides propulsion, unlike the newer 2.3-litre twin-turbo YS23 that develops the same outputs, but dropped by Nissan in 2021 as part of the facelift that saw production commence.
