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Andrew Chesterton

Contributing Journalist

9 min read

Andrew Chesterton road tests and reviews the new 2016 Nissan Patrol Legend Edition with specs, fuel consumption and verdict at its Australian launch in the South Australian outback.

If you need evidence as to just how capable Nissan's Y61 Patrol is when it comes to biting off and spitting out great chunks of Australia's toughest off-road terrain, just take a quick tour of its prehistoric cabin.

Expect no plush luxuries or cutting-edge technology. Nope, the interior of the old-school Patrol is as modern as a Dunlop Volley and as technologically advanced as a calculator watch - and likely every bit as appealing to the fashion-focussed crowd. But the Patrol's madly passionate owners just don't care. To them, it's a tool designed to do a job, and nobody picks up a chisel and laments the lack of digital radio, or wonders why a tape measure doesn't have more airbags.

Read the full Nissan Patrol Y61 Legend Edition 2016 review.