Nissan will put the Patrol badge on an American-market vehicle for the first time since 1969, and it will do so on the Armada. The 2027 Armada PRO-4X Patrol carries a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $81,265, a figure that includes $2,275 in destination and handling. Production starts later in November.
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The model is the old PRO-4X trim with new badges and a higher sticker, not a separate vehicle. Its base price before destination is $78,990, which makes it $4,690 more expensive than the 2026 PRO-4X it replaces. Nissan plans to show it publicly at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which runs Nov. 20 through Nov. 29.
The Patrol badge’s long absence from America
The Patrol has been Nissan’s big off-roader abroad for 75 years, and the 2027 model year lines up with that anniversary. In North America the badge last appeared in 1962 through 1969, when Datsun dealers sold the two-door Patrol 60, Motor1 reports. The nameplate then went dormant while the company switched from Datsun to Nissan in the early 1980s and later sold large, truck-based SUVs under other names, among them the Infiniti QX56, the QX80 and the Armada.
That lineage explains the marketing logic. The current third-generation Armada arrived for 2025, and Nissan said at the time in its launch release that the truck builds on the legacy of the Patrol and is closely related to the Patrol revealed that day in Abu Dhabi. The two share testing, off-road capability and technology, though each is tuned for its own market. Putting the Patrol name on the American truck simply makes that kinship visible. The same release introduced the PRO-4X as the first off-road-focused grade in the nameplate’s history, with all-terrain tires, a higher approach angle, underbody skid plates and standard four-wheel drive, and it rated the Armada to tow up to 8,500 pounds depending on configuration. The 2027 truck therefore changes the badge and the price far more than it changes the basic recipe, which was already aimed at the buyer who wants a full-size family hauler that can leave the pavement.
The $81,265 sticker against the 2026 PRO-4X
The Autoblog price report puts the 2027 PRO-4X Patrol at $81,265 including destination, against $76,575 for the outgoing PRO-4X, the $4,690 gap. Other 2027 Armadas range from $66,565 for the SL 4×2 and $69,565 for the SL 4×4 up through $78,065 for the Platinum, $82,965 for the NISMO and $86,865 for the Platinum Reserve, all with destination. Put differently, the Patrol-badged truck lands about $1,700 below the NISMO.
The increase is in line with the rest of the range. Autoevolution’s breakdown of the 2027 pricing shows the PRO-4X moving from $74,300 to $78,990 before destination, while the Platinum 4×4 climbs $5,300 and the old SV base trim disappears, which leaves the SL as the new entry point at $64,290 for 4×2. Nissan also added a $1,900 Dark Armor package for the SL.
Equipment on the $81,265 Patrol PRO-4X
Mechanically, the truck matches the rest of the Armada: a 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V6 rated at 425 horsepower and 416 pound-feet of torque, a nine-speed automatic and permanent all-wheel drive. Autoblog lists a locking rear differential, adaptive air suspension and a metal underbody skid plate as standard PRO-4X hardware. Motor1 notes that the PRO-4X is the only Armada trim with the locking rear differential, and that its revised front bumper improves the approach angle over the regular truck.
The Patrol identity shows up in trim details. Nissan applies Patrol badging to the tailgate, etches the center console with the words “Since 1951,” and adds the name to the door sill plaques and floor mats. NISMO-branded rock sliders and a roof rack with an integrated light bar and side lights are part of the package, and an optional 18-inch NISMO Axis wheel comes with BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO3 tires. Nissan has not said when the trucks reach dealers. The Autoblog report adds that the Los Angeles debut and the late-November production start are the only dates Nissan has attached to the model so far, so the first customer deliveries will most likely follow the show rather than precede it.
Motor1’s Jeff Glucker, who wrote the Motor1 report on the return, argues that Nissan should offer the locking rear differential on more trims and make the NISMO wheel and tire setup standard on the PRO-4X. He also suggests the Patrol name could eventually reach the rest of the Armada lineup. Nissan has made no such commitment in the material released so far.
The open questions are practical ones. Motor1’s article body gives $81,265 as the starting price while its page summary lists $78,990, and the two figures reconcile only once destination is counted, so shoppers comparing quotes should check which one a dealer or website is using. Canadian buyers face a different list altogether, with Auto123 listing the 2027 PRO-4X at $96,798 in Canadian dollars. Delivery timing for American dealers remains unannounced.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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