The patrol is really popular here in Australia. Most of the competition off-road vehicles are patrols. Huge aftermarket accessory industry here also. Hope you enjoy your ride
To be honest , if they had offered those in the US with the turbo diesel , i would have gone after one ( especially with the right hand steering ) . Really cool truck . Oops , almost forgot , Merry Christmas everyone
@@quintonbartolotta merry christmas to you as well ,, one big reason for there being lack of interest on nissan's part in importing the Patrol into the USA is competition for one thing ,, 1996 was the heyday of the SUV which this falls into the category of ,,Nissan
@@wildcoyote34 it is difficult to compare. ,,Gas was cheap,, . Not for us. We (the netherlands) paid 4 to 6 times more for the gas. A van used to transport workmen and their tools went for diesel. The diesel was cheaper, engines could make more miles (gas 200000 km diesel 400000 km) more power to pull trailers and the weight of the tools. We even had small cars with diesel engines. So it was more a sensible choice to drive diesel. Taxes for using the road etc where higher so you had to drive more than xxxxx miles a year to make it cheaper than driving the same amount of miles on gas.
@@henkoosterhof5947 i haven't ever been outside of the US so i can't speak for anything but what goes on here , taxes here are also very low compared to a lot of other places ,,here in the USA the average person drives a truck as a status symbol , they never tow or haul anything more than household goods ,,one of the best selling vehicles in the USA being the ford F-150 ,,since 1978 it has been the best selling truck in the USA ,, there are many examples of this i can cite ,, for a lot of people here Economy is a secondary concern ,as is utility ,, most people want comfort and size , i have noticed this a lot with trucks ,, they have gotten bigger over time ,,,only within the last 5-10 years has economy become much more important ,auto makers are pushing the boundaries of internal combustion engine technology trying to make more power with ever smaller engines ,,,ME personally i would rather have a diesel electric hybrid vehicle
The Nissan Patrol with Td42 are still well sort after here in Australia , because they are so reliable and well built . the engine is built very well . Way better built than a Jeep . Farmer loved the drop side flat tray with steel frame tray with wood floor .same as the Toyota land cruiser . The Td42 diesel or Tb42 petrol. The td42 was standard non turbo these engines started in mid 80s . A later engine was a 2.8 and 3.0 lt disel turbo which were a bucket of trouble . bad head over heating ,turbo problems . In Australia Ford had a rebadged patrol call a ford Maverick for a few years
I absolutely love the patrol and wish they were easier to buy here. I'm satisfied with my frontier for now though. You can use titan parts with aftermarket parts to make an absolutely stout truck that handles well offroad.
Fun fact : back in the day like 15 years ago, i bought a set of 16" Mickey Thompson wheels with 33" tires to put on my newly acquired 97' silverado. The guy i bought them from pulled up in a Patrol just like yours. They apparently fit the same wheels. But i guess you already found that out. Cool to see a patrol in the us. They are common here, many a friend of mine has has one. Great offroaders, they just rust out quickly in our conditions. Merry Christmas from Denmark
I’ve always wanted one of those! They’re awesome. I bought my wife a Nissan xterra which we really like and it’s held up great. Definitely would like to see more of this vehicle
I very much like your Patrol and the BANNING of the Patrols, Utes, and Diesel Toyota Delux-Hilux/Tacoma just pisses me off as the neat trucks that other countries got, and we did not get or have a chance in hell of ever getting. I am in the process of building a Jeep Scrambler with a Cummins 4BT because every newer truck that I look at has SO much electronic crap on that it pisses me off even more! I am 65 years old and have close to 4 MILLION miles under my butt, driving anything from a Honda CIVIC CVCC to a Freightliner Cascadia with a 135inch Condo and TRI axel with custom V12 cat built for heavy haul. I like your videos especially the sound of the kitty cats coming to life. thank you and Merry Christmas!
When I first saw the GU Patrol with the coil spring rear I tried to figure out why it had such a large displacement engine when it can’t tow or haul a competitive amount of weight … with out having the excuse of luxury … and I’m still doing that … even with my much improved and expansive acceptance of vehicle design and function … but yeah product differentiation … I like the heirloom rainbow carrots better that the boring orange ones 😊😮 long story
Having owned a landcruiser and now having a patrol. I feel the patrol has the superior drivetrain. There's no one swapping Toyota axles into patrols....
There is at least one of these RH drive Nissans roaming streets of Pinehurst, NC. There also a few RH drive cars I have seen with out of state tags. They have you doing a double take when you first see them.
Not gonna lie, I'm totally jealous. I love the old Nissan Patrols, but I'm never going to go spend the money have one imported. I'll just stick with my 87 F250 6.9 idi 4x4 project.
I watch alot of offroad and camping vids from content creators across the pond and alot of them have amazing diesel SUVs and small pickups. One of my favorites is a Finnish girl with a Diesel Nissan Frontier. Its infuriating how many amazing vehicles that we will simply never see here and you hit the nail right on the head. Nissan has a great vehicle that sells very well everywhere else. Why deal with PITA USA to sell a small share.. Great vid, Quentin!
Yes, I think that Nissan should have imported them to the U..S. I’ve seen these before on videos from Australia and wished that they could be purchased here. I don’t go for frills when buying a pickup. I currently drive a F350 XLT but before that it was a Chevy work truck and the two before that were F150 XL’s
Don’t cook it TD42 AKA THE KETTLE poor cooling system The saying in Australia is I’d rather buy a Kmart kettle it’s cheaper and it’s not stuffed after 1 boil
Having lived abroad, I am familiar with the Patrol and always wished I could have had one. Almost did: found an old one in a wrecking yard but it was too far gone with rust. I drove a 2wd crew cab Nissan 4 cylinder diesel truck in the Philippines and loved it! Do I think Nissan should have jumped through the government’s hoops? No, I think the gummit should have butted out. It works for the rest of the world, good enough for me and better than a lot of the old junk still on the road here.
I had talked to someone in Australia an he has a Toyota Landcruiser with a 4cylinder turbo charge diesel cat power plant an it gets good fuel mileage and if we had these out here everyone would be driving them...😎💯✌also they are built heavy duty style like they weight a lot.
The saddest part about the USA is that USA didn’t get the mid sized diesel pickups/suv’s. The sales would have been high if the USA would have built the diesel powered pickups past the early 1980s. I remember being in high school and seeing many of the Datsun pickups along with the Chevy Luv and other makers but they abruptly disappeared.
Americans didn't really want diesel engines back then. Chevy offers a 2.8 diesel in the Colorado and canyon and they are dropping the diesel option for the upcoming next generation because of the low sales.
Got a 93 single cab with the 4.2 and 5 speed over in Aus the old patrols and cruisers weren’t really designed for speed they were designed to drive and be used as a small truck really, weapon of a rig though mate
Nice! What about parts (engine and other mechanical pieces (like brakes)?) I imagine you have to see if Infinity has them or order from Australia or similar?
I have been lucky that most parts are indeed available through local parts stores, but if i need something specific to a GQ patrol i just go to ebay or similar
They for sure should have sold the Patrol here.That would have put a dent in how many ppl jumped on the toyota band wagon.lol I actually have the front 3rd member from a Patrol in my Pathfinder with a Diamond housing, running 39.5s.