Nissan Navara

The Nissan Navara is a pickup truck manufactured by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 1986.

Nissan was the pioneer of the compact pickup truck market in 1959, joined in the 1960s by Toyota. Since 1959, Nissan is known for a number of notable firsts in the compact pickup truck market, including the first extended cab bodystyle (in the 1979 Nissan King Cab) and the first crew cab bodystyle compact pickup, in the D22 Navara.

There have been three generations of Navaras since 1986. The first was the D21, considered to be a small pick up. After more than 10 years with the D21, the second generation of Navaras were manufactured from 1998 and went until 2005 which was classed as a compact sized pick up. It was replaced with the bigger, taller, longer D40, which Nissan now considers to be a mid-size pick up truck.

D21 Navara

The D21 Navara is a compact size pick up truck manufactured from 1986 to 1997. It is better known as the Nissan Hardbody Truck, which replaced the Datsun/Nissan 720 pickup truck.It is known for its extremely reliable engine and fabulous safety.

D22 Navara

The D22 Navara is a compact size pick up truck manufactured from 1998 to 2004. However, Nissan continue to build the D22 on a low scale, and is known as "Pickup".

The first D22 Navaras during 1998 to 2001 have a slightly different cosmetic appearance to the newer models (2001 onwards). The styling changes were designed to attract younger buyers into buying the pickup trucks.

The first series of D22's had larger 3.2 litre Turbo Diesel engines. The second series has 3 available engine types. They are as follows:

• 2.4 litre, DOHC, 16V, 4 cylinder, producing 110kW (148hp) @ 5600 rpm and 208N·m (153lb·ft) @ 2600 rpm.
• 2.5 litre, DOHC, 16V, 4 cylinder, producing 100kW (134hp) @ 4000 rpm and 304N·m (224lb·ft) @ 2000 rpm.
• 3.0 litre, DOHC, 16V, 4 cylinder, producing 110kW (148hp) @ 3400 rpm and 314N·m (232lb·ft) @ 2000 rpm.

The 2.5 litre Diesel engines are Turbo charged with intercooler, and the 3.0 litre is Turbo-charged but is not intercooled.