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News The New Nissan Navara: Tested and Tuned for Australia and New Zealand
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- Nissan partnered with Premcar for local development of the new Navara suspension
- Laden or unladen, ride and handling delivers confidence and comfort
- Global reveal scheduled for November 19, 2025
12/11/2025, MELBOURNE: Nissan today released a video deep dive of the local engineering program for the new Navara, revealing how the soon-to-be-revealed pickup has undergone rigorous local testing, tuning and validation in Australia by Premcar to meet the specific demands of Trans-Tasman customers.
"In Australia and New Zealand, the ute is just part of life – the weekday workhorse, the weekend adventurer, even the school drop-off," said Tim Davis, Senior Manager Local Product Development and Enhancement, Nissan Australia.
"So we can't just take a ute from another market and assume it'll fit. It has to be fine-tuned because the conditions we face are totally unique to this part of the world."
Nissan worked with Premcar, Australia's renowned automotive engineering specialist and creator of the Warrior series of serious off-road hardware, to develop and test the new Navara's suspension. The program put the vehicle through a myriad of real-world scenarios across a range of Australian conditions.
"We were cooperating with Premcar to make sure all the ride and handling performance we want from the new Navara is delivered," Davis said.
"They've put it through a brutal local tuning and testing program right here in Australia."
Premcar’s testing covered the full spectrum of use cases — a range of terrain and road types, from unladen to maximum payload capacity, as well as towing performance, across all conditions, including urban driving and off-road.
"The aim is simple – to deliver a ute that excels in all scenarios," said Davis.
Warwick Daly, Deputy Director Marketing & Mobility, Nissan Australia says the Navara program builds on Nissan's commitment to local engineering.
"For almost four decades, we've been engineering and thoroughly evaluating cars locally, including generation on generation of utes and off-roaders. It's about ensuring Australians and New Zealanders can have complete confidence – knowing your vehicle will perform when and how you expect it to.
"The new Navara is the product of local engineering experience and know-how. It's tuned and tested for our customers."
The domestic testing and tuning spotlight is the final of three teaser films leading up to the November 19 global unveiling of the new Navara.
The new Navara will officially launch in the Australian and New Zealand markets in the first half of 2026, backed by Nissan’s comprehensive ownership program, which includes the Nissan MORE 10-year/300,000km warranty when serviced with Nissan1.