The indestructible Spanish convertible SUV that set the tone during the 12-O parade

End 70s when Nissan Motor Iberia, the Japanese brand’s subsidiary in Spain, reached an agreement with Ebrowhich was not going through the best financial moment, use its facilities belonging Free zonein Barcelona.

A few months later, Nissan was production for the first time in Europe a car of this type characteristicsit was 4×4 extremely tough with some qualities So ‘wild‘this made it the ideal car for Army Spanish and for security forces. In fact, since then Nissan became supplier Transport officer of both the army and the civil guard.

Difficult to improve

The first copies of the Nissan Patrol left the Free Zone plant in 1980where did this happen before the year 2000 in its own way evolutionand his success was such that even beyond museums this model is still in use in the army operation in some areas where much more modern models have separated, but with problems reliability important.

In this case it is third generation model of the Patrol 160, a car that was born with a 4-cylinder Perkins engine, but in subsequent versions even had versions petrol from 120 And 136 horses.

Consistent evolution

Then the patrol will arrive 260something more refined, but without losing its spirit, something that is rough, but indestructible. In the 90s, Patrol reached its maximum expression with indestructible and cruel GRvehicle mythical which successfully served to mobilize the Spanish elite forces in all its variants, of course with alternatives armored.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen parade for this device a short Patrol 160 and a custom body degree for an army with five seats, which is usually revealed every time it arises act in which the Civil Guard plays a role main characterhow it happened during the parade October 12.

Today it’s hard to remember anything else vehicle it did so well service in any situation or mission in the world for reliability and ease of repair.