The 2026 Nissan Navara will make its world debut in just over a month – on November 19, 2025 – ahead of the all-new ute’s scheduled arrival in Australian and New Zealand showrooms in the first half of 2026.
Nissan’s long-awaited new-generation Navara will replace the current D23 model, which was introduced in 2015 and updated no fewer than five times, making it one of the oldest utes in Australian showrooms.
The Japanese automaker today issued a statement confirming the highly anticipated new model’s reveal timing, which Nissan Oceania managing director Andrew Humberstone previously told CarExpert was deliberately delayed.
“I don’t want to be in a position where we did something that was not a full complement, and start drip-feeding derivatives into market,” Mr Humberstone said.
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“It’s a global launch, it’s a really important launch for us, and we want it to be substantial.”
Today’s statement did not reveal any further details about the new Navara, which will once again do battle with some of Australia’s most popular new vehicles, including the top-selling Ford Ranger, and the Toyota HiLux and Isuzu D-Max rivals.
The new-gen Navara is understood to share its ladder-frame platform with the latest Mitsubishi Triton, which was introduced in 2023, and will be manufactured on the same production line in Thailand.
Both brands are part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance.
As well as staple workhorse variants, the initial dual-cab lineup is set to expand with a potential Nismo version to rival the hugely popular Ford Ranger Raptor.
A tough Pro-4X Warrior off-road version of the current Navara produced by Australian engineering firm Premcar, which also produces the Patrol Warrior, has previously been confirmed for the new generation.
The new Navara will launch with diesel engines, with its Triton twin powered a 150kW/470Nm four-cylinder turbo-diesel matched with six-speed automatic or manual transmissions.
This gives the Australian-spec Triton a 3500kg braked towing capacity and payloads of up to 1095kg.
Nissan is also looking to employ Mitsubishi’s plug-in hybrid (PHEV) technology for its new Navara.
Expected in 2028 at the earliest, a Navara PHEV would give Nissan a rival to the BYD Shark 6 and Ford Ranger PHEV already in Australian showrooms – with an all-electric version also under consideration.
Nissan Australia is also contemplating the local release of the Frontier Pro Plug-in Hybrid – a dual-cab developed with China partner Dongfeng – to sell alongside the diesel-powered Navara, which would give it a two-pronged assault on the massive ute market Down Under.
“The way the pickup is used in Australia is totally different than elsewhere because some are using it for work and some for leisure,” said Guillaume Cartier, Nissan chairperson for AMIEO (Africa, Middle East, India, Europe and Oceania), previously.
“We need to make sure that if we electrify, how we electrify. I think it will be a two-step approach, first with a PHEV solution, then later on with EV [electric vehicle]. That will be the two-step approach.”
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