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Nissan Navara vs Mazda BT-50

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Nissan Navara
Nissan Navara

$33,050 - $70,765

2024 price

Mazda BT-50
Mazda BT-50

$34,800 - $85,880

2023 price

Summary

2024 Nissan Navara
2023 Mazda BT-50
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Diesel Twin Turbo 4, 2.3L

Fuel Type
Diesel

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Fuel Efficiency
8.1L/100km (combined)

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Seating
5

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Dislikes
  • Interior feels dated
  • Noisy when pressured
  • Punchier engine wouldn't hurt

  • No multimedia dials
  • Driver’s sun-visor glitch
  • Single rear-seat USB port
2024 Nissan Navara Summary

Nissan Australia and Melbourne-based vehicle engineering company, Premcar, have very successfully combined forces to create finessed versions of the Navara and Patrol as part of their on-going Warrior program.

Premcar has proven it can be entrusted with crucial conversion work, engineering upgrades and the fitment of adventure-ready accessories to add real value to Nissan’s 4WDs.

That’s all well and good but we had a burning question: How will a Nissan Navara Pro-4X Warrior perform if the weather turns bad, the roads are flooded, tracks are washed out… and your two teenaged kids are in the back seat ready to punch the living daylights out of each other?

Well, with that in mind we embarked on a 3500km trip from Sydney to South-East Queensland and back to put this ute through a series of difficult challenges, some planned, some not. 

We dodged around the wild edge of Tropical Cyclone Jasper, we fought our way through extreme electrical storms, and we drove in knee-deep river sand to avoid rapidly rising floodwaters.

So, how did this adventure-ready ute go?

Read on.

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2023 Mazda BT-50 Summary

Since the launch of the current generation BT-50 in 2020, Mazda has consolidated its foothold in Australia's highly competitive 4x4 ute market. 

Latest industry sales figures show the Isuzu-based ute is locked in a close battle with Mitsubishi’s venerable Triton for fourth place in the sales race behind the Isuzu D-Max, Toyota HiLux and market-leading Ford Ranger.

To capitalise on the BT-50’s popularity, Mazda has released a new addition to the local line-up based on the XTR model grade. 

It's called the LE, which the company claims offers enhanced looks, greater functionality and added customer value. 

We recently spent a week behind the wheel to assess its appeal for tradies and families alike.

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