Nissan PH To Unveil 4 Cars At 2024 PIMS This October

Apart from Toyota Motor Philippines, Nissan Philippines, Inc. is also using the upcoming 2024 Philippine International Motor Show (2024 PIMS) to reveal four new cars for our market. Unsurprisingly, details are very few and far between at the moment, so your guesses are just as good as ours.

From Nissan’s teaser on Facebook, we can see four cars with their silhouettes, and the two cars in the middle seem to be the easiest to guess. The second car from the right is obviously a large SUV, and the most plausible car that fits the bill is the recently unveiled 2025 Nissan Patrol. Now, if Nissan decides to bring in the new Patrol to the Philippines, this would make us the country where the Southeast Asian debut will take place.

The Nissan Patrol is a very important car for the Japanese automaker as this luxury SUV competes head-to-head with another massive and popular full-size SUV, the Toyota Land Cruiser 300. It makes perfect sense for Nissan to use the Philippines for the Southeast Asian debut of the Patrol since we’re one of the biggest markets of the Patrol in our region.

Now, the car on the left of the Patrol looks like a low-slung sports car, and since the Nissan Z is already in our market, this only means one thing. Nissan Philippines is set to bring the faster and sportier Nismo version. The Z Nismo sets itself apart with its sportier exterior and interior styling that’s coupled with improved chassis, suspension, and a power boost for its 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 to the tune of 420 horsepower and 521 Nm of torque, an increase of 20 horses and 46 Nm. Those who want three pedals and a stick are better off with the standard Z because the Nismo doesn’t get the six-speed manual. Instead, it only has the nine-speed automatic.

The last two vehicles on the left and right side of the teaser are crossover SUVs in varying sizes. For the bigger of the two, which is the one on the left, we think it would be the facelifted Nissan X-Trail. Weirdly enough, despite the previous generation model being offered in our market, we never got the current X-Trail, and with this popular crossover already receiving a facelift, it’s a vehicle that would make sense to be offered in the Philippines, especially if it’s the e-Power hybrid version.

The other model on ther right is a small crossover SUV, of which there are two possibilities. The Nissan Kicks just got a full redesign this year in the North American market, and if that arrives in the Philippines at the Manila International Auto Show, then it would mean that the Philippines could hold the Southeast Asian debut of this model.

Another plausible vehicle, which, however, we think is a bit of a stretch, is the Nissan Magnite. A vehicle that was actually developed by Nissan’s now-discontinued low-cost Datsun brand for the Indian market, the Magnite is currently only being manufactured for right-hand drive markets from India for mostly South Asian and African markets. The Magnite would serve as a competitor to the Daihatsu-developed Toyota Raize, but that would mean that we’ll be the first LHD market to get the Magnite.

Lastly, that small crossover SUV on the right could also be the Nissan Juke, but that’s an even bigger stretch because the Juke has been kept exclusively to Europe and Australia this time around. Assembly of the Juke is also in the UK, which will only price the Juke out of reach to subcompact crossover SUV buyers.

Nevertheless, your guesses are going to be as good as ours, as these teasers provide little information. See you at the 2024 Philippine International Motor Show from October 24 to 27 at the World Trade Center, yes?