2026 Nissan Patrol will be made in Australia... or at least parts of it will
TheY63 Nissan Patrol will include several Australian-made parts when it goes on sale around the world – and in local showrooms in late 2026.
The twin-turbo V6-powered SUV, a rival to the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, will replace the outgoing model using parts made at the automaker's Australian casting plant located in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong in Victoria.
"We are proud to announce that the Nissan Casting Australia Plant is producing crucial parts for the brand's 4WD flagship, the Y63 Nissan Patrol, which is currently sold in left-hand drive global markets and will be available to order in Australia in 2026," said Andrew Humberstone, Managing Director of Nissan Oceania, in a statement.
The Dandenong plant, officially called the Nissan Australia Casting Plant, has been operating since 1982 and exports locally made components to Nissan factories around the globe.
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In 2025, the plant has achieved official Australia Made status for the first time.
It means the approximately 16,000 towbars made at the Dandenong plant each year will be adorned with the green-and-gold kangaroo logo as they are exported to as many as 40 different countries around the globe.
"The Nissan Casting Australia Plant is a true local automotive manufacturing success story, and it's one we're incredibly proud of," said Mr Humberstone.
"Earning official Australian Made certification is recognition of the team's hard work over a long period of time in producing world-class componentry that appears in Nissan vehicles around the world."
The Nissan Casting Australia Plant makes 1.2 million examples of 25 different parts annually for Nissan plants globally, including electric vehicle and hybrid components not made anywhere else in the Nissan supply chain.
It supplies parts for vehicles including the British-made Nissan Qashqai small SUV and Leaf battery electric vehicle, with water jacket coolers, inverter cases and inverter covers coming from Dandenong.
It also makes parts for Nissan e-Power drivetrains, the automaker's hybrid system offered in the X-Trail and Qashqai SUVs.
Tow bars for the Patrol, Navara dual-cab ute and Pathfinder are also sourced from the Australian plant.
Newly installed Nissan global CEO Ivan Espinosa recently confirmed the automaker – given sliding global sales and mounting financial losses – would close seven of its 17 facilities around the world by early 2027.
The automaker has not announced which of its plants would be closed, although plants in the UK and the US appear to have avoided the chopping block.
It leaves plants in China – where it has a partnership with Dongfeng – as well as Japan, South America and Africa at potential risk.
While Nissan Australia cannot officially comment on the factory closures, it invested $4.6 million in the Dandenong facility in 2024.
The plant currently employs 192 people and exports approximately $82 million worth of parts around the world annually.
Australia also defied Nissan's declining results elsewhere in 2024, with sales increasing 15 per cent year-on-year led by the X-Trail.
Nissan Australia also tapped Melbourne-based Premcar in 2019 to develop and manufacture the Patrol Warrior and Navara Warrior which are also offered overseas.
Premcar also upgrades the Navara PRO-4X for Nissan Australia which the automaker then exports to South Africa.
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
TheY63 Nissan Patrol will include several Australian-made parts when it goes on sale around the world – and in local showrooms in late 2026.
The twin-turbo V6-powered SUV, a rival to the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, will replace the outgoing model using parts made at the automaker's Australian casting plant located in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong in Victoria.
"We are proud to announce that the Nissan Casting Australia Plant is producing crucial parts for the brand's 4WD flagship, the Y63 Nissan Patrol, which is currently sold in left-hand drive global markets and will be available to order in Australia in 2026," said Andrew Humberstone, Managing Director of Nissan Oceania, in a statement.
The Dandenong plant, officially called the Nissan Australia Casting Plant, has been operating since 1982 and exports locally made components to Nissan factories around the globe.
100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now.
In 2025, the plant has achieved official Australia Made status for the first time.
It means the approximately 16,000 towbars made at the Dandenong plant each year will be adorned with the green-and-gold kangaroo logo as they are exported to as many as 40 different countries around the globe.
"The Nissan Casting Australia Plant is a true local automotive manufacturing success story, and it's one we're incredibly proud of," said Mr Humberstone.
"Earning official Australian Made certification is recognition of the team's hard work over a long period of time in producing world-class componentry that appears in Nissan vehicles around the world."
The Nissan Casting Australia Plant makes 1.2 million examples of 25 different parts annually for Nissan plants globally, including electric vehicle and hybrid components not made anywhere else in the Nissan supply chain.
It supplies parts for vehicles including the British-made Nissan Qashqai small SUV and Leaf battery electric vehicle, with water jacket coolers, inverter cases and inverter covers coming from Dandenong.
It also makes parts for Nissan e-Power drivetrains, the automaker's hybrid system offered in the X-Trail and Qashqai SUVs.
Tow bars for the Patrol, Navara dual-cab ute and Pathfinder are also sourced from the Australian plant.
Newly installed Nissan global CEO Ivan Espinosa recently confirmed the automaker – given sliding global sales and mounting financial losses – would close seven of its 17 facilities around the world by early 2027.
The automaker has not announced which of its plants would be closed, although plants in the UK and the US appear to have avoided the chopping block.
It leaves plants in China – where it has a partnership with Dongfeng – as well as Japan, South America and Africa at potential risk.
While Nissan Australia cannot officially comment on the factory closures, it invested $4.6 million in the Dandenong facility in 2024.
The plant currently employs 192 people and exports approximately $82 million worth of parts around the world annually.
Australia also defied Nissan's declining results elsewhere in 2024, with sales increasing 15 per cent year-on-year led by the X-Trail.
Nissan Australia also tapped Melbourne-based Premcar in 2019 to develop and manufacture the Patrol Warrior and Navara Warrior which are also offered overseas.
Premcar also upgrades the Navara PRO-4X for Nissan Australia which the automaker then exports to South Africa.
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
TheY63 Nissan Patrol will include several Australian-made parts when it goes on sale around the world – and in local showrooms in late 2026.
The twin-turbo V6-powered SUV, a rival to the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, will replace the outgoing model using parts made at the automaker's Australian casting plant located in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong in Victoria.
"We are proud to announce that the Nissan Casting Australia Plant is producing crucial parts for the brand's 4WD flagship, the Y63 Nissan Patrol, which is currently sold in left-hand drive global markets and will be available to order in Australia in 2026," said Andrew Humberstone, Managing Director of Nissan Oceania, in a statement.
The Dandenong plant, officially called the Nissan Australia Casting Plant, has been operating since 1982 and exports locally made components to Nissan factories around the globe.
100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now.
In 2025, the plant has achieved official Australia Made status for the first time.
It means the approximately 16,000 towbars made at the Dandenong plant each year will be adorned with the green-and-gold kangaroo logo as they are exported to as many as 40 different countries around the globe.
"The Nissan Casting Australia Plant is a true local automotive manufacturing success story, and it's one we're incredibly proud of," said Mr Humberstone.
"Earning official Australian Made certification is recognition of the team's hard work over a long period of time in producing world-class componentry that appears in Nissan vehicles around the world."
The Nissan Casting Australia Plant makes 1.2 million examples of 25 different parts annually for Nissan plants globally, including electric vehicle and hybrid components not made anywhere else in the Nissan supply chain.
It supplies parts for vehicles including the British-made Nissan Qashqai small SUV and Leaf battery electric vehicle, with water jacket coolers, inverter cases and inverter covers coming from Dandenong.
It also makes parts for Nissan e-Power drivetrains, the automaker's hybrid system offered in the X-Trail and Qashqai SUVs.
Tow bars for the Patrol, Navara dual-cab ute and Pathfinder are also sourced from the Australian plant.
Newly installed Nissan global CEO Ivan Espinosa recently confirmed the automaker – given sliding global sales and mounting financial losses – would close seven of its 17 facilities around the world by early 2027.
The automaker has not announced which of its plants would be closed, although plants in the UK and the US appear to have avoided the chopping block.
It leaves plants in China – where it has a partnership with Dongfeng – as well as Japan, South America and Africa at potential risk.
While Nissan Australia cannot officially comment on the factory closures, it invested $4.6 million in the Dandenong facility in 2024.
The plant currently employs 192 people and exports approximately $82 million worth of parts around the world annually.
Australia also defied Nissan's declining results elsewhere in 2024, with sales increasing 15 per cent year-on-year led by the X-Trail.
Nissan Australia also tapped Melbourne-based Premcar in 2019 to develop and manufacture the Patrol Warrior and Navara Warrior which are also offered overseas.
Premcar also upgrades the Navara PRO-4X for Nissan Australia which the automaker then exports to South Africa.
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
TheY63 Nissan Patrol will include several Australian-made parts when it goes on sale around the world – and in local showrooms in late 2026.
The twin-turbo V6-powered SUV, a rival to the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, will replace the outgoing model using parts made at the automaker's Australian casting plant located in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong in Victoria.
"We are proud to announce that the Nissan Casting Australia Plant is producing crucial parts for the brand's 4WD flagship, the Y63 Nissan Patrol, which is currently sold in left-hand drive global markets and will be available to order in Australia in 2026," said Andrew Humberstone, Managing Director of Nissan Oceania, in a statement.
The Dandenong plant, officially called the Nissan Australia Casting Plant, has been operating since 1982 and exports locally made components to Nissan factories around the globe.
100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now.
In 2025, the plant has achieved official Australia Made status for the first time.
It means the approximately 16,000 towbars made at the Dandenong plant each year will be adorned with the green-and-gold kangaroo logo as they are exported to as many as 40 different countries around the globe.
"The Nissan Casting Australia Plant is a true local automotive manufacturing success story, and it's one we're incredibly proud of," said Mr Humberstone.
"Earning official Australian Made certification is recognition of the team's hard work over a long period of time in producing world-class componentry that appears in Nissan vehicles around the world."
The Nissan Casting Australia Plant makes 1.2 million examples of 25 different parts annually for Nissan plants globally, including electric vehicle and hybrid components not made anywhere else in the Nissan supply chain.
It supplies parts for vehicles including the British-made Nissan Qashqai small SUV and Leaf battery electric vehicle, with water jacket coolers, inverter cases and inverter covers coming from Dandenong.
It also makes parts for Nissan e-Power drivetrains, the automaker's hybrid system offered in the X-Trail and Qashqai SUVs.
Tow bars for the Patrol, Navara dual-cab ute and Pathfinder are also sourced from the Australian plant.
Newly installed Nissan global CEO Ivan Espinosa recently confirmed the automaker – given sliding global sales and mounting financial losses – would close seven of its 17 facilities around the world by early 2027.
The automaker has not announced which of its plants would be closed, although plants in the UK and the US appear to have avoided the chopping block.
It leaves plants in China – where it has a partnership with Dongfeng – as well as Japan, South America and Africa at potential risk.
While Nissan Australia cannot officially comment on the factory closures, it invested $4.6 million in the Dandenong facility in 2024.
The plant currently employs 192 people and exports approximately $82 million worth of parts around the world annually.
Australia also defied Nissan's declining results elsewhere in 2024, with sales increasing 15 per cent year-on-year led by the X-Trail.
Nissan Australia also tapped Melbourne-based Premcar in 2019 to develop and manufacture the Patrol Warrior and Navara Warrior which are also offered overseas.
Premcar also upgrades the Navara PRO-4X for Nissan Australia which the automaker then exports to South Africa.
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
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