Nissan might have provided us with another teaser of the upcoming 2021 Frontier, which appears to be making an appearance in the new Navara’s premiere video. If you pay attention to the new Nissan Navara’s world premiere video at 11:46, you’ll see the company’s design team standing in front of various sketches of the new Navara but right next to them sits a much bigger sketch, showing the new Navara hanging out with what appears to be the new Frontier for the USA and Canada, and the new, or updated, Titan under the script “Next Trucks”.
The new Nissan Frontier for the USA and
Canada is going to be a separate and bigger model from the new Navara, which
frustratingly will continue to be sold as Frontier in markets like Mexico and
South America.
The sketch shown here pretty much confirms
our predictions about the front end design for the new Frontier, as the new
truck features a more aggressive look with a big, almost square grille and
modern LED headlights. It certainly manages to look different enough from the
Navara, and slightly bigger but we could be wrong about that last part.
Nissan hasn’t released much information
about the new Frontier for the USA and Canada, but it did say that their new
truck will be powered by the same 3.8-liter V6 engine that was introduced in
the 2020 Frontier, making 310 HP and 381 Nm of torque. The engine
will be paired to a nine-speed automatic transmission, which will make the new
Frontier more fuel-efficient too.
We’ve already taken a peek inside the new
Frontier as our spies managed to snap a few shots of its interior, which looks
completely new and more modern, retaining however a utilitarian character. The
new Nissan Frontier for the US and Canadian markets is going to be produced at
the company’s factory in Canton, Mississipi, and is expected to be revealed
early next year.
