When the 160 became the improved 161 in 1983, Australasian dealers started calling it the "MK" — a code that never once appeared in Nissan's own literature or service manuals.
Median 104 hp across 61 similar cars
Lead trim: 2.8 L28 six · up to 118 hp
Nissan Patrol / Safari 160 and 161 series160 · 1980–1989
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Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Nissan Patrol / Safari 160 and 161 series 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.
FactWhen the 160 became the improved 161 in 1983, Australasian dealers started calling it the "MK" — a code that never once appeared in Nissan's own literature or service manuals.
Introduced in 1980 to replace the 60 series (the MQ Patrol in Australia and New Zealand), with a two-speed offset transfer case, leaf-spring suspension and L28, P40 and SD33 engines, a three-speed automatic optional on long-wheelbase L28s. In Japan it was rebadged and sold at Nissan Prince Stores as the Safari (debuting in June 1980), in the "Extra Van" with double rear doors, the two-door short-wheelbase Hardtop and a High Roof Hardtop, with the 95 PS 3.2 L SD33 diesel. The 1983 update (161 series, MK in Australasia) added rectangular headlights, a fifth gear, a "Super Roof" wagon and the SD33T turbodiesel (110 PS export, 120 PS in Japan). These were the last Patrols to carry the Datsun badge (dropped in most markets in 1984). Nissan Ibérica began building it in Barcelona in early 1983 with the Perkins MD27, later the A428 and, in 260 form, the RD28. The fire-truck cab-chassis and pickups continued to 1994.
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Trims & Figures
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 L28 six | 1980–1989 | 2.8 L Inline-6 | 118 hp | 148 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 3.2 SD33 diesel, Japan (95 PS) | 1980–1989 | 3.2 L Inline-6 | 94 hp | 162 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 3.3 SD33T turbodiesel Safari, Japan (120 PS) | 1983–1987 | 3.3 L Inline-6 | 118 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3.3 SD33T turbodiesel, export (110 PS) | 1983–1989 | 3.3 L Inline-6 | 108 hp | 188 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 4.0 P40 six | 1980–1989 | 4.0 L Inline-6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Photographs
Nissan unveiled the Patrol Nismo on the same day as the Z Nismo, in the Middle East.
The Patrol is finally coming home to Japan for 2027, the first one sold there since the Y61 Safari quit in 2007.
The Patrol Nismo's V8 isn't just bored out and boosted — Nissan hands the 428-hp tune to its own in-house master craftsmen, the same 'Takumi' program behind its halo performance engines.
This Patrol is built in Japan but was never sold there — it's simply too big for the home market. Japanese buyers who want one have to reverse-import US-spec Armadas as grey-market cars.
The Y61 Patrol stayed in production for 27 years — only ending in 2024, more than a decade after its own successor, the Y62, had already launched.
For six years in Australia, this Patrol wasn't sold as a Nissan at all — Ford badged and sold it as the Ford Maverick.
Spain kept building this Patrol generation for its own market for eight full years after export production had already stopped.
When the 160 became the improved 161 in 1983, Australasian dealers started calling it the "MK" — a code that never once appeared in Nissan's own literature or service manuals.
Nissan says this Patrol was the first vehicle ever to drive clear across Australia's brutal Simpson Desert — a feat it still markets decades later.
Nissan's very first Patrol, the 4W60, didn't get a bespoke engine — it borrowed its 3.7-litre six straight from the Nissan 290 city bus.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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