to find a new Patrol Safari in a showroom. Like in 1997, when the Y61 went on sale in dozens of global markets, the line-up includes a five-seat, two-door model and a four-door, seven-seater.

With the Y61 Patrol no longer available, it leaves the next-generation V8 petrol-powered Y62 Patrol, which was launched here back in 2013 ... to the rear is via barn doors, designed to allow ...

Access to the rear is via barn doors ... of ute-based 4x4s. The Y61 Nissan Patrol is an icon. And if you’re a serious traveller and spend your time out the back of beyond, then buying one ...

So, there are very slim chances for Nissan to ever invest the cash needed to make this trendy three-door Y61 Patrol a reality. But that doesn’t mean it can’t provide a short (quite literally ...