The latest Nissan Pick-Up, ‘NP300 Navara’, was unveiled in Bangkok this summer. Thailand is the largest market for pick-ups after the USA despite a population a fraction of its size. It's probably number one for medium-sized one-tonne models, and more than 40 per cent of the market is pick-up. It also accounts for 60 per cent of total Thai vehicle production which itself is greater than 2 million.
No wonder then that the country is a global centre for pick-up production. Apart from Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Ford/Mazda and Isuzu/GM have 'home' plants there. EU Nissan pick-ups, of course, are built currently in Barcelona and if production of the exisiting Navara there was to stop, it would mean an end almost certainly too for the Pathfinder.
No wonder then that the country is a global centre for pick-up production. Apart from Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Ford/Mazda and Isuzu/GM have 'home' plants there. EU Nissan pick-ups, of course, are built currently in Barcelona and if production of the exisiting Navara there was to stop, it would mean an end almost certainly too for the Pathfinder.