Nissan Z 2022: Australian release date confirmed for manual-equipped Supra rival

It’s always a good sign when you feel a bit sad having to hand a car back, as was the case for us with the new Z Nismo – the most fun we’ve had in a More power, more grip, more focus – and more fun. But could you really justify an extra $18,200 for the Nissan Z Nismo over a base automatic Z?

Reborn Z-car uses some components from its 370Z predecessor, but a finessed chassis and potent engine give the Z terrific bang-for-buck

The Nissan X-Trail has never been a bundle of laughs … unless the original model’s dogged understeer and wobbly body shimmy over corrugations fuelled your With front-drive versions of hybrid medium SUVs making up more than half of sales, Nissan Australia has doubled its X-Trail e-Power line-up with three new FWD variants, lowering prices and fuel use.

There’s plenty of evidence that, in the current era, Japan is opting to continue along a consciously traditional and measured car-making lane, rather than The cheapest Nissan medium SUV mightn’t offer everything you want, but brings almost everything a traditionalist buyer needs for around $43K on road.

Underpinning a large part of the Nissan’s brand rejuvenation and volume plans for 2030 is its Chinese joint-venture with Dongfeng – the combined brains

Tuning a dual-cab Ute for Australia presents an enormous challenge for suspension engineers, given just how broad the talent spectrum needs to be to make The first all-new Navara in over a decade becomes a joint-venture vehicle with the Mitsubishi Triton, defined by its classy styling makeover and much-needed suspension improvements

The drawn-out and well-documented five-year gestation of Nissan Australia’s all-important Ariya model might’ve dampened this EV crossover's impact on the Long-awaited Nissan electric’s big-battery, front-driver appears to be the pick of its range. But can it keep up with the rest of the EV pack?

Intimate model-sharing among workhorse utes has been an intrinsic part of the commercial-vehicle landscape for at least 50 years now – far more so than All-new Navara morphs into a model-share with Mitsubishi, delivering unique styling details, an overhauled suspension tune and a Warrior flagship.

Nissan will always go down in history as the OG OEM for mainstream EVs – even though it wasn’t the first. Its original-generation Leaf (2010-17) was the Almost four years since it began production, the Nissan Ariya has finally reached Australia, filling an important EV niche in Nissan’s expanding enviro-friendly line-up

The new-generation Y63 Nissan Patrol won’t arrive in Australia until 2026 — but Chasing Cars has completed an early test of the new-gen four-wheel drive The next Patrol impresses with a torquey twin-turbo V6, sweeter handling, and a well-built interior — but real-world fuel savings over the old V8 are slim

The new-look Nissan Qashqai arrived in Australia in February with the Japanese carmaker answering the public’s calls for more hybrid trims. Hallelujah! Qashqai hybrid is a great, efficient drive but there’s absolutely no reason to spend mid-size SUV money on top-spec N-Design.

Think of utes ready to hit the tracks, steep ascents and rocky escarpments straight out of the box and usually the Ford Ranger Raptor or Toyota Hilux GR The Navara Pro-4X offered plenty in standard guise, but does the top-spec, Premcar-tuned Warrior variant make the formula even better?

On 1 January, 2025, the Australian Government will introduce NVES, or the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard. With Australia wanting to target net zero The 11-year-old Y62 Nissan Patrol gets a tech boost to drag it up to date, though its V8-powered days are numbered.

When I was in high school, my parents owned a 2007 Nissan Navara D40 ST-X with a 2.5-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine. They nicknamed it Yamato, It’s not as hard-core as the off-road focused, Premcar-tuned Warrior, so what makes the regular Navara Pro-4X one of the best lifestyle utes in the segment?

There’s a new Nissan Patrol Warrior – well, sort of. This is largely the same model that launched at the tail end of 2023 top to tail, if one that now has Aussie-developed infotainment screen adds a contemporary touch to the ageing Nissan Patrol, though the Warrior version’s big appeal still lies elsewhere

The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid might have been pipped at the post by the Tesla Model Y this year as Australia’s most popular car – but hybrid SUVs continue to be The Nissan X-Trail E-Power is an enticing option for Aussie family buyers but how does it stack up after five months and 10,000km of testing?

Nissan this morning released details and photographs of a much-anticipated, higher-powered Nismo version of its Z sports car and confirmed the upgraded

Nissan’s iconic NISMO badge could be returning to Zed sports car lineage in the form of the latest sports car from the Japanese brand

The Nissan Z is getting closer to its Australian launch in the second half of 2022, with 298kW of power and rear-wheel drive

With the launch of the Nissan Z set to take place within months a harder, faster Nismo version is all but confirmed.

The Nissan Z is nearing its release in its home market, with sources saying the car will be available for preorder later this month

The eagerly anticipated, next-gen Nissan Z car will begin production this month ahead of a late-’22 arrival in Australia.

After endless speculation and deliberation, the Nissan Z finally has a price tag in Japan – but only for the limited edition Proto Spec grade

A Nissan Z has been spotted roaming the streets in the US before performing a hard launch and firing off an equally fierce exhaust note.

Carrying a long legacy as a giant slayer for the masses, the Nissan Z coupe will arrive mid next year and this is what it will include.

As excitement over the Nissan Z evolves to logical consideration it’s time to consider how new this coupe really is – and if it even matters.

If overseas figures are to be believed, the Nissan Z could seriously undercut its closest competitor the Toyota Supra.

Offering the traditional front engine, rear-driven layout with two turbo's strapped on the Z will be a handful when it arrives next year.

The Nissan Z Proto chief product specialist Hiroshi Tamura said he wants the 2022 400Z to be dynamically capable but also engaging to drive.

The Toyota Supra will soon get a new rear-drive six-cylinder coupe rival, with Nissan's next Z-car to sport a manual and no hybrid option.

Nissan’s first-ever plug-in hybrid vehicle, a PHEV version of the Navara ute – called the Navara Pro PHEV – will go on sale in Australia in 2027, in the Nissan will soon introduce its second Navara built by another manufacturer, this time from China with a plug-in petrol-based hybrid technology at its core

Nissan is determined to revive its global sales fortunes – streamlining its model line-up while dramatically trimming average development times – and a Nissan is on a warpath to global sales redemption, starting with a virtually all-new, fifth-generation X-Trail medium SUV, set to arrive in Australia in late 2027