Damnit! In Australia, the Nissan Frontier is recognized as the Navara. The Nissan truck model is one among the most famous pickup truck models of the Japanese car maker. The very first Nissan Frontier was revealed to the car market back in 1959, but it was joined by Toyota in 1960. But ever since it was revealed in the car market of pickup trucks, it was regarded as the very first compact pickup truck. And this includes the first extended cab body style (in the 1976 Nissan King Cab) which is also the very first crew cab in the US car market particularly in North America. In 2000, Frontiers were built in Smyrna, Tennessee, like its immediate predecessor, the Nissan Hardbody Truck.

The Navara name was revealed in 1997 for the 1998 model year as a replacement for the aging 1986.5–1997 Nissan Hardbody Truck. Wikipedia.org informs us of this. The truck handles the 4-cylinder engine, the KA24DE, but added the 6-cylinder engine, the VG33E, in 1999.

But everything changed when the 2000 Frontier Crew Cab was released. The first compact truck has a four door body style made for North America. The truck was the heavy duty version of the crew cabs which are used by most of the US’ crew drivers. In later years, the truck reached Asia and Europe as a four-door compact pickup. It was mainly used as commercial vehicle.

The Nissan Frontier received a facelift in 2001 and it has become more appealing to customers especially to young buyers.