The Nissan Pathfinder is getting a particular new glance and a regular turbocharged four-cylinder engine… in China.
A Ministry of Trade and Knowledge Era (MIIT) submitting has published the brand new Chinese language-market Pathfinder, from Nissan’s Dongfeng three way partnership, will use a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with 185kW of energy.
VC-Turbo badging at the tailgate signifies the Pathfinder makes use of Nissan’s variable compression era.
The Chinese language style measures 5130mm lengthy, 1981mm huge and 1767mm tall on a 2900mm wheelbase. That’s an an identical wheelbase duration to the US-built Pathfinder bought right here, however 126mm longer general.
The styling intently resembles the Pathfinder thought published at this 12 months’s Shanghai motor display, despite the fact that there are not any full-width gentle bars entrance and rear.
It additionally provides an identical wheels to the idea that, which resemble the ones of the Leaf.
As is conventional with MIIT filings, there are not any pictures of the inner.
As a substitute of subtly tweaked entrance and rear finish styling, as is commonplace with Chinese language-market variations of cars, the Chinese language Pathfinder seems to characteristic distinctive sheetmetal.
There are smoother flanks, in addition to a distinct C-pillar remedy, that give the Chinese language style a miles nearer resemblance to the Pathfinder-based Infiniti QX60.
The usage of a smaller engine for the Chinese language Pathfinder isn’t unexpected, given higher displacement engines are taxed extra closely there.
Nissan additionally already makes use of its 2.0-litre VC-Turbo 4 within the Altima sedan, in addition to the Infiniti QX50 and QX55 crossovers.
Whilst a torque determine hasn’t been indexed for the Chinese language Pathfinder, the Altima produces 371Nm.
The Pathfinder bought right here and in North The us, by contrast, makes use of a naturally aspirated 3.5-litre V6 engine generating 202kW of energy and 340Nm of torque.
It’s unclear whether or not the US-built Pathfinder will transfer to a turbo 4, even though lots of its opponents have already performed so. That comes with the Toyota Kluger, whilst the Mazda CX-9 moved to a turbo 4 a number of years in the past.
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Australian-market Pathfinder
The Hyundai Santa Fe may be swapping its V6 right here for a turbocharged four-cylinder for its subsequent era, whilst lots of the Pathfinder’s opponents in the United States are making the transfer to turbo 4 energy.
The Pathfinder, which slots between the mid-sized X-Path crossover and the body-on-frame Patrol SUV, is still to be had solely in all-wheel power Ti and Ti-L guise in Australia.
It was once introduced right here past due final 12 months with 3 further variants – the front-wheel power ST and Ti, and all-wheel power ST-L – however those had been got rid of early this 12 months as the corporate battled provide problems.
This noticed the bottom value of the Pathfinder bounce by way of over $14,000.
