A couple of months ago, if you remember (before the whole debacle over Nissan’s CEO pay in Japan that has nothing to do with the products), some new variants of the Patrol Y61 were launched just for the GCC, joining the Patrol Super Safari that debuted a year earlier. We actually drove some of these new models, marking our first time properly driving a Y61 after all these decades in the UAE.
With a couple of recalls accounting up to more than a million vehicles each, the month of October did have some impact on the car industry.
A multitude of 2019 Nissan Patrols has broken a Guinness World Record for the “Largest Synchonised Car Dance,” which involves the greatest number of cars moving in unison within a formation.
Nissan has expanded the long-running Y61-generation Patrol Safari range with the introduction of three new editions exclusively developed for the Middle East market.
Nissan Middle East has launched the 2019 Nissan Patrol with new exterior colours, accessories and added safety features, exclusive to the UAE and select GCC markets.
A few months ago, our Nissan Patrol LE went in for its mandatory bi-annual service. Yet again, we pointed out that the fuel gauge was showing wrong readings half the time. If you’ve read our past long-term updates, you’ll know this is an ongoing problem since we bought the car (although curiously, no other post-facelift Patrol owner seems to have this issue). This time, the service advisor blamed it on a low battery. Okay, we’ll play along and see what happens.
Named after the highest dune in the UAE, Tal Moreeb, the 2017 Nissan Patrol Y62 AT35 Moreeb built by Arctic Trucks is now being offered by the Abu Dhabi Nissan dealer, Al Masaood.
Following the relaunch of the Patrol Super Safari 5-door earlier this year, Nissan has launched the 3-door version of the Patrol Super Safari, also known as the Hard Top version.
Our Patrol LE has been chugging along perfectly fine, but it’s not had much use ever since we bought the Chrysler 300 SRT a few months ago. While we were still getting over the euphoria of buying Mopar muscle, our Patrol went in for service in May.
It’s been about a year since the Nismo version of the Patrol took the UAE by storm. A sporty version of a legendary body-on-frame offroader? It was never done before. But it’s proven to be a successful concept, to the point where numerous non-Nismo Patrol owners took to the aftermarket to turn their regular versions into Nismo lookalikes. Oddly enough, we never got the chance to drive one for whatever reason, so finally asked for one. We were given the car that appeared in the TV ads, complete with non-standard shabab tint.