{"id":336436,"date":"2026-03-18T23:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336436\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T23:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:12:16","slug":"nissan-frontier-pro-phev-ute-one-step-closer-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336436\/","title":{"rendered":"Nissan Frontier Pro PHEV ute one step closer to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nissan Australia is expected to soon sell two utes in Australia made with outside assistance, with the plug-in hybrid Frontier Pro<\/a> set to be officially locked in by mid-year.<\/p>\n

When asked by Torquecafe whether Nissan will lean on its Chinese joint venture with Dongfeng \u2013 with whom it produces the Frontier Pro \u2013 to launch more vehicles locally, departing Nissan Oceania managing director Andrew Humberstone said an announcement is due soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt goes without saying that we have a joint venture with Dongfeng in China, so of course we\u2019re looking at that, and there\u2019s significant interest in a number of their products,\u201d Humberstone said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question is when and how. There\u2019s a lot of work being done, we\u2019ve managed
to get a lot of that over the line in terms of commitment and investment, which was one of the big things I was fighting for.<\/p>\n

\"\"Nissan Frontier Pro<\/p>\n

\u201cSteve [Milette], who\u2019s taking over from me, will be lucky enough to probably pass that baton to you. He\u2019ll get the information in two months \u2013 please remember, it took me two years to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re quietly optimistic, we have some solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nissan Frontier Pro borrows its middle name from the long-running Frontier pickup in North America, which slots between a Ford Ranger and F-150 in size.<\/p>\n

\"\"Nissan Frontier Pro<\/p>\n

However, the Frontier Pro uses a plug-in hybrid powertrain similar to that of the BYD Shark 6, which took Australia by storm following its late 2024 launch to not only become the best-selling PHEV of 2025 locally, but also the best-selling of all time.<\/p>\n

The PHEV ute market also includes the GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV and Ford Ranger PHEV, while JAC and Chery are set to launch offerings in the next year or so.<\/p>\n

Powering the Frontier Pro is a 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine which gains an electric motor in its transmission, producing up to 320kW and 800Nm combined.<\/p>\n

\"\"2025 Nissan Frontier Pro PHEV<\/p>\n

Its 33kWh battery also delivers 135km of claimed electric-only driving range against China\u2019s standards. Importantly it also features 6kW of vehicle-to-load (V2L) capability.<\/p>\n

On top of this, the Frontier Pro boasts a 3500kg braked towing capacity, matching the best-selling turbo-diesel utes on sale in Australia, as well as its PHEV rivals except the Shark 6, which currently can only tow up to 2500kg.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not yet known how it\u2019ll be priced, though it\u2019s expected to be dearer than the turbo-diesel Navara, now twinned with the Mitsubishi Triton.<\/p>\n

Can this game-changing ute save Nissan?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nissan Australia is expected to soon sell two utes in Australia made with outside assistance, with the plug-in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[138,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-336436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}