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Nissan Europe - Geneva Motor Show Pre-Release

Paris (ots/PRNewswire)

  • Introducing Navara: Nissan's New Powerful Pickup
  • Market-leading Engine Output and Four-Wheel Drive
  • Car-like Levels of Refinement and Dynamics
  • Built in Spain
  • World Debut of Zaroot SUV Concept Car
  • Gullwing Doors Give Alternative Style to 4x4 Design
  • Sales Begin of the Pathfinder SUV
  • 350Z Roadster Arrives Just in Time for the Summer
Navara
Europe's growing market for pick up trucks has a brand new
contender - the Nissan Navara Double Cab. Being given its European
debut at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show, Navara has a tough act to
follow: the market-leading Nissan Pickup.
The new Navara brings passenger car qualities to the utility
market. It shares much of its mechanical layout with Nissan's new
SUV, the Pathfinder. It also adopts many of the comfort features
found in Nissan's latest SUV and is built side-by-side with the SUV
at Nissan's NMISA plant in Barcelona, Spain.
And, like its predecessor, it benefits from a tried and trusted
four- heel drive system to ensure grip under all conditions: little
wonder that the Pickup was such a favourite with the farming and
construction industries.
While those traditional Pickup buyers are expected to appreciate
Navara's 'go anywhere, do anything' qualities, the newcomer's higher
levels of comfort, quality and refinement is expected to attract
leisure users who can use the combination of four-wheel drive and a
versatile load area to go skiing or snowboarding in the winter and
sailing or windsurfing in the summer.
Like Pathfinder, Navara features a rugged ladder-frame chassis
onto which the body is securely fixed. Navara has a refined
independent front suspension system featuring double wishbones and
coil springs. This is teamed with a rigid axle and over slung leaf
springs at the rear, designed to provide the best possible payload
levels without adversely affecting handling or comfort.
Like Pathfinder, Navara's power comes from Nissan's respected
2.5-litre YD series four-cylinder turbo diesel engine, which has been
extensively modified for the new models. It now features
second-generation common rail technology for lower emissions, a
variable nozzle turbocharger providing more power and lower emissions
and there's a new balancer system for greater refinement.
For Navara, it is available in two different states of tune. The
most potent develops 174PS and, more significantly, an impressive
403Nm of torque. The lesser powered Navara still has 145PS and 356Nm
of torque.
Navara's four-wheel drive system uses Nissan's proven part-time
4WD system which provides drive to the rear wheels under normal
conditions or a 50/50 torque split to all four wheels when 4WD mode
is engaged.
"During its time on sale, the Nissan Pickup earned itself a strong
reputation as an honest, hard working vehicle. Navara builds on
Pickup's strengths and adds new levels of ability, refinement and
fun," says Brian Carolin, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing,
Nissan Europe. "We are confident that Navara will appeal to an ever
wider customer base than Pickup achieved. It is just as happy as a
hard-working, tough load carrier, or as a means to pursue leisure
activities."
Zaroot Concept Car
Being shown for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show, the
Zaroot is Nissan's vision of how sporty SUVs could look in the
future. It combines traditional SUV values - and a serious off-road
ability - with futuristic, sporty styling that marks it out as
something different.
Retaining the traditional design cues of an SUV, the Zaroot's
appearance is squared-off, solid and tough looking. It implies
strength and security - yet combines these familiar themes with
something a little different - a pair of gullwing doors.
The doors dominate Zaroot's profile, extending from the A-pillar
to the rear of the passenger compartment, effectively where the
C-pillar would be in a conventional vehicle. There is no B-pillar.
If the pentagonal doors define the character of Zaroot, the 'arch
graphic' roof line continues a design theme that has featured on
virtually all recent Nissan's design concepts. Together they bring
increased sporting prowess to an area of the market which hitherto
has been seen as little more than utilitarian.
Front and rear styling also adds a futuristic twist to a
conventional shape. Zaroot's bluff nose ensures minimum front
overhangs and incorporates Nissan's now familiar angle strut grille,
though the unusual vertical headlamp cluster brings an almost
technical feel to Zaroot's 'face'.
Pathfinder
Sales of Nissan's new 4x4 SUV, the Pathfinder, will coincide with
the Geneva Motor Show and it will strengthen Nissan's position as a
leader in the 4x4 market. It is built in Nissan's factory in
Barcelona, Spain.
Power and practicality
Powered by a 2.5-litre high output turbo diesel which produces
128kW (174PS) and 403Nm of torque, the Pathfinder allows active
people the opportunity to pursue their hobbies and busy lifestyles.
Its interior combines extreme practicality with roomy convenience.
There are 64 different seating configurations, thanks to three rows
of seats which can be individually folded flat to accommodate loads
up to 280cm long. There are many different storage areas and even
with the third row of seats in place, luggage space is impressive.
The Pathfinder employs an enhanced version of the electronically
controlled ALL MODE 4x4 system found on the X-TRAIL, giving the
driver 2WD, Auto, 4Hi Lock and 4LO modes to cope with the prevailing
levels of traction.
Pathfinder will be available with many features which are usually
found on highly specified passenger cars. Among those available,
there are Intelligent Key, Xenon headlamps, satellite navigation with
Traffic Management Channel, Blue Tooth telephone system with voice
recognition, leather upholstery, dual zone climate control in the
front and air conditioning in the rear, an opening tailgate window
and even an automatically dipping rear view mirror and rain sensing
windscreen wipers.
350Z Roadster
Deliveries of the 350Z Roadster will begin in March, which is good
news for enthusiasts looking to combine the enjoyment of Nissan's
highly acclaimed 350Z with the added sensation and emotion only
available from a soft top.
The Roadster will provide its owner with the thrills and
sensations that can only come from driving a performance convertible.
With the roof open, the driver and passenger are treated to a
stimulation of the senses. They will enjoy hearing the sporty sound
of the engine intake and the exhaust, both of which have been tuned
for aural pleasure. These sounds enhance the feeling of acceleration,
while the wind-in-the-hair feeling also adds to the overall
experience.
Nissan has engineered the Roadster to ensure the structural
rigidity of the Coupe is carried over. The bracing cross strut that
features in the luggage area of the Coupé, for example, remains on
the Roadster, albeit largely hidden between the roof storage area and
the boot.
It promises driving enjoyment, which has always been central to
the Z philosophy, with the added bonus of fresh air fun: the best of
both worlds.

Contact:

Nissan Europe Communications, Neil Reeve +33-(0)1-30-13-6757; Scott
Vazin +33-(0)1-30-13-6754

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