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Nissan Patrol vs Mercedes-Benz G-Class

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Nissan Patrol
Nissan Patrol

$84,900 - $101,060

2024 price

Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mercedes-Benz G-Class

$269,800 - $328,888

2020 price

Summary

2024 Nissan Patrol
2020 Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Safety Rating

Engine Type
V8, 5.6L

Twin Turbo V8, 4.0L
Fuel Type
-

Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
14.4L/100km (combined)

13.1L/100km (combined)
Seating
8

5
Dislikes
  • Interior feels old
  • No power or torque improvements
  • Bi-modal exhaust tips vulnerable to off-road damage

  • Patchy ergonomics
  • Thirst for PULP
  • Cargo door hinges 'wrong' way
2024 Nissan Patrol Summary

A few years back, as part of Nissan Australia’s Warrior program, local automotive engineering company Premcar was given free rein to transform a good 4WD ute – the Navara – into a hard-core beast and the Navara Pro-4X Warrior was the result.

Now, it’s the Patrol’s turn.

The Patrol Warrior is bigger, wider and taller than the Ti spec Patrol on which it’s based and it has upgraded Aussie-tuned suspension, a Warrior-specific wheel-and-tyre package, a bi-modal exhaust system, tough-as-nails underbody protection, a 48kg increase in payload over the Ti (to 736kg), as well as a whole lot of other stuff intended to make the already legendary 4WD wagon into an even more appealing vehicle, on- and off-road.

But if you’re looking for any improvements to power and torque you’ll be disappointed because the Warrior has the same V8 engine as the standard Patrol.

So, is this lifted and loaded Patrol better than the non-Warrior version? 

Read on.

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2020 Mercedes-Benz G-Class Summary

Everything you need to know about the Mercedes-AMG G 63's personality pokes out from underneath the polished alloy steps running down each of its flanks. Side pipes… no one does side pipes.

A colleague was pulled over in a G 63 because the cops thought the '60s muscle car-style exhaust was after-market and illegal. But it's not, and it's brilliant.

Launched globally in early 2018, this brutal take on the second-generation Mercedes-Benz G-Class might look the same as the G 63 it replaces, but under the skin it's a whole new ballgame.

The first-gen was like grandpa's axe, regularly updated but underneath it all the same basic framework. This is a whole new axe, including a fresh drivetrain, suspension set-up and interior treatment.

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