2025 Nissan Navara: New Triton-based ute imagined

The next-gen Navara will share much of its DNA with the incoming new Triton, but its expected 2025 debut will come roughly one year after Mitsubishi's new ute.

Just how much it will share is still uncertain, but we asked our resident renderer, Theottle, to harness inspiration from the new Triton and imagine what the new-gen Navara might look like.

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New Triton-based Nissan Navara, imagined by Theottle | © Wheels Media

The sixth-gen Triton, revealed globally last month and already on sale in Thailand, is built on a new, stronger ladder-frame chassis, and it’s bigger in every dimension than the outgoing model – 15mm longer, 50mm wider and a longer wheelbase that now measures 3130mm.

Not only is it bigger and stronger, it’s also more lithe, thanks to the use of high-tensile steel.

The Triton is powered by a ‘newly-developed ‘4N16’ 2.4-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine, with Australia getting a twin-turbo version producing 150kW and 470Nm. The vehicle will also adopt an electric power-steering system in premium variants, which is a first for the model.

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New Triton-based Nissan Navara, imagined by Theottle | © Wheels Media

Australia will receive Triton four variants: GLX, GLX+, GLS and GSR.

A weakness of the outgoing model has also been rectified, with the Triton’s braked towing capacity now at the industry standard of 3500kg.

Stylistically, the new Triton features a muscular front grille, broad shoulders, prominent fender flares, unique T-shaped tail-lights, and new alloy wheels - aspects of which have been employed in these renderings.

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The current Navara hasn’t exactly been a sales juggernaut.

According to the most recent VFACTs sales report (July, 2023), a total of 4153 Nissan Navara vehicles have been sold so far this year.

For comparison’s sake, the two best-sellers, Ranger and HiLux, have achieved 31,884 and 32,763 sales respectively. Even the LDV T60 has outsold the Navara in 2023, shifting a total of 5340 vehicles so far.