Nissan has added eight additional RX badged models to its Navara range to cater to the agricultural, forestry, and tradesmen sectors.
“These are working utes intended for people who have heavy, dirty gear they need to get to job sites and the wide variety of places our primary industries operate in,” says Nissan New Zealand managing director, John Manley.
“And we have reintroduced a King Cab well-side model to the Navara RX range for those people who need cab storage space, but prefer the longer tray.”
The Navara RX is available as a King Cab chassis, allowing buyers to personalise the rear of the ute to their needs, as well as a King Cab well-side and Double Cab.
The Navara RX models have gone on sale from $39,900 for the two-wheel drive double cab – and from $46,490 for the four-wheel drive King Cab chassis.
In total there are eight RX models available, as all four variants come with either a six speed manual gearbox or a 5 speed automatic transmission.
The two rear-wheel drive models have the 106 kWs and 356 Nm of torque version of Nissan’s 2.5 litre four cylinder turbo diesel motor, while the six 4WD models get 126 kWs and 403 Nm.
The RX adds easy-clean vinyl floors, but keeps air conditioning, cruise control, power windows, keyless entry and a four-speaker sound system.
There is also a rear limited slip differential, anti lock brakes and stability control.
The RX models can be distinguished by their steel wheels – all other Navara D40s have alloys – no rear bumper and manually operated door mirrors.
“We’ve obviously had to leave out some equipment to make the RX more attractive to farmers, rural and forestry contractors,” says Manley.
“But all the important technical features are still there that a working ute needs to perform to expectations.”
The 2WD RX models have a towing capacity of 2000 kgs and the 4WDs, three tonne.
Nissan is still retaining its core D22 Navara Ute, for those buyers wanting a physically smaller vehicle. The D22 is available as either a single cab chassis or double cab with a choice of 2WD and 4WD – all with a manual gearbox – ranging from $30,200 to $44,500.
