Melbourne-based automotive agency Premcar has been tapped by Nissan to develop its common Warrior modification program to South Africa, the place it’ll put its engineering experience into the Navara ute – or ought to we are saying bakkie?
Premcar – an engineering agency born out of the dying of Ford Efficiency Automobiles (FPV) – first joined forces with Nissan Australia in 2019, enhancing the already rugged Navara N-Trek with its Warrior upgrades.
After the N-Trek was changed with the Professional-4X because the Navara’s flagship grade, Premcar continued to present it the Warrior remedy, which has since expanded not solely to the Navara SL but additionally the Patrol SUV.
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Now, Premcar, Nissan Australia and Nissan South Africa have introduced a joint collaboration which can see the previous agency tasked with enhancing Navara Professional-4X Warriors in South Africa for the native market.
This may see Premcar launch a three way partnership with South African automotive agency AIH, forming an entity often known as Premcar SA, with its Warrior upgrades to happen within the Rosslyn manufacturing facility the place the local-market Navara is constructed.
Deliveries are slated to start in late April.
South African Navara Professional-4X Warriors gained’t be equivalent to their Australian counterparts, with the abroad examples lacking out on the winch-compatible bullbar, entrance mild bar, pink bash plate and 3mm under-body plating of these offered Down Underneath.
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South African Navara PRO-4X Warrior -
Australian Navara PRO-4X Warrior
Warrior upgrades to the PRO-4X offered in South Africa contains:
- Re-engineered suspension
- ‘Warrior-style’ 17-inch wheels
- Shod in Maxxis RAZR all-terrain tyres, not Cooper Discoverer AT3s as in Australia
- Wheel arch flares
- Warrior-branded entrance seats
Regardless of lacking out on a handful of upgrades obtainable in Australia, Premcar CEO Bernie Quinn says the South African Navara Warrior will present the native automotive trade can nonetheless make waves on the worldwide stage.
“Whereas the automobiles will in fact be barely totally different, the top end result would be the identical; a ute that feels completely suited to South African situations, and one which broadens functionality with out ever sacrificing consolation,” Mr Quinn stated in a media assertion.
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Premcar’s Australian facility in Melbourne
“This isn’t simply vital for us, however for the Australian automotive manufacturing trade throughout the board. We’ve recognized that Australia is house to among the brightest automotive minds on the planet, and we are able to’t wait to indicate the world what we are able to do.”
Whereas Australia’s automotive trade is nowhere close to as large because it was when Holden, Ford and Toyota had been constructing vehicles right here, quite a few companies akin to Premcar have been capable of finding success.
Earlier than it turned its consideration to modifying Nissans on the corporate’s behalf, Premcar’s engineers made the ‘Holy Grail’ – the final word modification package deal for the ultimate Ford Falcon, proving simply what the sedan was able to.
Likewise, Walkinshaw – the corporate previously accountable for Holden Particular Automobiles – now converts the Toyota Tundra, Chevrolet Silverado and upcoming GMC Yukon to right-hand drive in Melbourne.
Ford not builds new vehicles in Australia, nonetheless its native engineering workforce led the event of the current-generation Ranger and Everest, each of which can be found globally.
