The Nissan Patrol (better known to us Yankees as the Nissan Armada) is the Japanese brand's biggest and baddest SUV. It's designed as both a people-mover and a more-rugged-than-a-crossover body-on-frame off-roading machine. But, if desert dune running and go-anywhere, do-anything capability don't quite appeal to you, then maybe the Patrol's new NISMO treatment will do the trick—just so long as you happen to live in the Middle East, because that's the only market this NISMO will be sold in.

 

Nissan's Motorsports (Ni-SMO, get it?) division has worked its magic on a range of Nissans in the past, and it even set its tinkering hands on a Patrol before. But this new Patrol NISMO promises to be even badder than the one that came before it. The first thing you'll no doubt notice is the extremely deep front bumper, the redesigned end, the sporty side skirts, and the F1-style central rear fog light. Clearly approach and departure angles, ground clearance, or rock-proofing weren't front of mind when Nissan was designing this particular Patrol.

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