Richard Hammond Reviews The Nissan Patrol (2000) By Men and Motors

Perfect, but we can't all be Crocodile Dundee types, but if you feel you need to up your butch quota, then try this go. It's the Nissan Patrol and in parts of the world, where both the terrain and people can get seriously rufty-tufty, it's seen as being one of the best full-size luxury off-roaders which, on our country, roads, can lead to a bit of a problem, and they quite narrow, ah um hello. So anyone around I can't Tim. It doesn't make any attempt to hide the fact that it is massive seriously the mothers won't get up in the morning.1 the downstairs to the kitchen put the kettle on and start the house and pull away on the school run with a kid still in bed. It's that big 3 liter direct injection diesel up the front. This mu is pretty clever technologies and squeeze every last ounce of power.

Out of it. Boy didn't need it, because there is a huge amount of car to move along here. You're very much aware of the unstrung weight, the weight of the wheels missus pinching the crates all the bit that a part of the suspension. Springs, which makes it feel rather ponderous, that's it for something of this size. Well, it ain't bad.

It's got adjustable stabilizer at the back on the anti-roll bar, which means when you're driving on the road you can switch it on, and it will stabilize out some of that wobble and roll. As soon as you go off-road, you don't want that, so you can switch it off, and that gives you a hint. It might look big and brutal, but it is, but it does have onboard a huge amount of technology. Of course, one of the advantages of having a car as big as a football stadium is that you can fit loads of people in it and with a thorough seat fold it out of the back. You can get seven people in these, but it is very, very big.

You can feel rather lonely, hello, hello. There anything else in here at all, among lonely up here at last. This is what I've been waiting for all day. My chance to put this thing fluids test out here in the real world now come on. Oh god, this is.

This is so boring. Come on not everybody lives, visibly and ease of the Pyrenees. In fact, if ever you were to get into difficulty off-road, this thing is more than likely to get you out. That said, let's be honest, we are talking man to the curb outside the wine bar here being the limit of his explorations. We've got electrically adjustable seats in pretty much every direction.

Air-Conditioning. Of course, electric windows mirrors. We've also got a rather nifty electric compass. None of those nasty stick on round ones. This one up here digitally gives me an indication as to where I'm going I don't know what road I'm on, but it's nice now I'm going west.

If you are determined to hit the rough stuff, it's got pretty much everything you could need. Obviously it's switchable between two-wheel and four-wheel drive, and there is an extra low ratio. Four-Wheel drive gearbox if it gets extremely rough if it gets even rougher than that, you've got a remotely switchable diff, lock nice. Now, let's be honest, I, don't suppose anybody ever bought one of these by accident- oh, they said afterwards didn't realize it was an offloaded. Well, obviously, it is, and if what you're after is an offloaded capable of carrying seven people in luxury in comfort and towing the house they came out of then this is it yours for about 32 grand? If, though, you're after a big luxury car, then you might be looking elsewhere still, it's certainly got presence right.

That's enough macho nonsense. I need to get in touch with my feminine side. Somebody brings me on and MGF I think.

Source : Men and Motors