Nissan is
doing a new Frontier, and it's going to make it right here in America. The
current Frontier is one of the longest-running models in the Nissan lineup. It
was introduced way back in 2004, and replaced for overseas markets with the
new, third-generation NP300/Navara. But the Frontier has soldiered on in its
second iteration in North America.
That will finally come to an end, though we can't
say exactly when. All we know at the moment is that it will be built at
Nissan's plant in Canton, Mississippi – the same location where the current
model has been assembled since it moved there from Tennessee in 2012.
The Canton plant also produces the larger Titan
pickup, NV vans, and Murano crossover. Since its opening in 2003, the facility
has assembled over three million vehicles. Nissan has sold the current
D40-generation Frontier under different names in different markets, and
rebadged it as the Equator for Suzuki as well. The newer D23-model Navara,
meanwhile, has also yielded the Renault Alaskan and Mercedes X-Class – neither
of which are slated to come to North America either. The new Frontier is
expected to be an entirely different model.
