2024 Nissan Patrol - Full-Sized Premium SUV!

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Review: 2024 Nissan Patrol LE 5.6 V8
A dinosaur…in a good way

Let’s be rear here for a second. Unless you haul cargo, tow heavy loads, go off-road, bring a lot of people around, or combination of the things we mentioned on a regular basis, you don’t need a full-sized SUV. The reality is, these 4x4s are simply too big, too bulky, and too much car for our roads.

And yet, these giants remain a dream car for a lot of Filipinos. It goes beyond the ‘just in case’ mentality a lot of Pinoys have. The sheer size of these things give the impression (or illusion) of luxury. The bigger the car, the larger the projected image of wealth.

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That brings us neatly to the Nissan Patrol. As a mobility option, it’s sheer overkill and excess. For the most part, you see these roaming around business districts or on the road. It could even be said that the biggest obstacle these things will ever face is a dusty road or a sidewalk that needs mounting.

But for all the buzz and the hype these full-sized SUVs get, are they actually any good? That’s what we’re here to find out with the supersized Nissan.

Styling
By this point, the Patrol should look familiar. After all, the current generation has been around since 2010. A heavy facelift in 2019 took off a few years off the SUV, and we say it has been effective. Looking at the front end alone, one might mistake it for an all-new model.
The rear gets equally substantial changes like the front. We like the new(ish) look of the tail lights, and we appreciate Nissan’s efforts in tweaking the stamping of the tailgate. It’s not easy facelifting a model that’s well over a decade old to look modern, but Nissan did a good job in making it look cohesive with the rest of the body.

Interior

This is one of the times we’re thankful we’re not a right-hand drive market. If we were in Australia, we’d still have the same dash from 2010, complete with its 8-bit multi-information display. Instead, our market gets the redesigned center stack with a sleeker look.
Granted, the flanks of the center stack as still the same as before, but centerpiece looks far sleeker and more ergonomic than the old look. We’re thankful that Nissan resisted the trend of shoving every function in the infotainment screen.

As one would expect in a premium SUV, there’s acres of soft touch materials and leather in there. The (imitation) wood might not be to everyone’s taste, but some might argue that it lifts the ambiance a little bit. Admittedly, some of the switchgear feels lifted from less expensive models, but we wouldn’t call it a dealbreaker.

At the risk of stating the obvious, space is no problem at all. At the front, you’ll feel like a whole barangay away from the person next to you. Whether you’re vertically gifted or challenged, finding the ideal driving position won’t be a challenge at all.
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