This Frontier generation vanished from Nissan's own home market in 2002, taxed and unloved in Japan, then quietly kept selling in the US for two more years with no local successor.
Lead trim: 4WD · 5-spd manual · 2.4L · AWD · up to 170 hp
Nissan FrontierD22 · 1998–2004
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Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Nissan Frontier yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactThis Frontier generation vanished from Nissan's own home market in 2002, taxed and unloved in Japan, then quietly kept selling in the US for two more years with no local successor.
Collectors Spotted in the Nissan Frontier Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Nissan Frontier yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
11 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2WD · 4-spd auto · 2.4L | 1998–2004 | 2.4 L 4-cyl | 143 hp | 154 lb-ft | — | RWD | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| 2WD · 5-spd manual · 2.4L | 1998–2004 | 2.4 L 4-cyl | 143 hp | 154 lb-ft | — | RWD | Manual 5-spd | — |
| 4WD · 5-spd manual · 2.4L · AWD | 1998–2000 | 2.4 L 4-cyl | 143 hp | 154 lb-ft | — | AWD | Manual 5-spd | — |
| V6 2WD · 4-spd auto · 3.3L | 2000–2004 | 3.3 L V6 | 170 hp | 200 lb-ft | — | RWD | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| V6 2WD · 4-spd auto · 3.3L | 2001–2004 | 3.3 L V6 | 170 hp | 202 lb-ft | — | RWD | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| V6 2WD · 5-spd manual · 3.3L | 2000–2004 | 3.3 L V6 | 170 hp | 200 lb-ft | — | RWD | Manual 5-spd | — |
| V6 2WD · 5-spd manual · 3.3L | 2001–2004 | 3.3 L V6 | 170 hp | 202 lb-ft | — | RWD | Manual 5-spd | — |
| V6 4WD · 4-spd auto · 3.3L | 2001–2004 | 3.3 L V6 | 170 hp | 202 lb-ft | — | AWD | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| V6 4WD · 4-spd auto · 3.3L | 1999–2004 | 3.3 L 6-cyl | 170 hp | 200 lb-ft | — | AWD | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| V6 4WD · 5-spd manual · 3.3L | 1999–2004 | 3.3 L 6-cyl | 170 hp | 200 lb-ft | — | AWD | Manual 5-spd | — |
| V6 4WD · 5-spd manual · 3.3L | 2001–2004 | 3.3 L V6 | 170 hp | 202 lb-ft | — | AWD | Manual 5-spd | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the V6 4WD · 5-spd manual · 3.3L trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
Australian dealers fit Premcar-tuned shock absorbers to every one, and the factory dampers it shares with the Mitsubishi Triton are scrapped.
Since 2021, the North American Frontier has gone its own way entirely — built as a separate model from the globally sold Navara/Frontier rather than a rebadge of it.
This Frontier split permanently from the global Navara it had shared bones with for generations.
When Nissan rolled out the all-new global Navara in 2014, it deliberately left the decade-old D40 Frontier on sale in North America rather than replace it.
This Frontier generation vanished from Nissan's own home market in 2002, taxed and unloved in Japan, then quietly kept selling in the US for two more years with no local successor.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
The GMT400 split the twins for good: 1988 was the year "C/K" became Chevrolet-only badging, while GMC's version of the very same truck became the Sierra.
GMC found 10 extra horsepower in the Sierra All Terrain X's 5.3L V8 with nothing more than a performance exhaust, no other changes needed to go from 355 to 365 hp.
This Sierra kept rolling off the line for a full extra year after its replacement arrived - badged "Classic" in 2007 just to tell the two generations apart on dealer lots.
When this GMT900 Sierra launched for 2007, GM kept selling the outgoing truck alongside it, badged "Classic," so buyers could choose old or new side by side on the same lot.
Toyota showed it as the T150 until Ford sued over the likeness to the F-150, and the production truck was renamed Tundra.
A Louisiana owner put over a million miles on his 2007 Tundra in eight years; Toyota gave him a new truck and took his apart to study it.
Toyota's Texas Tundra plant sits on land bought from the state's oldest working cattle ranch, and the 1794 Edition is named for the year that ranch was founded.
Its launch colours had pun names such as "Anti-Establish Mint" and "Freudian Gilt", sent to Lee Iacocca by a friend.