A LandCruiser, but with more luxury: All-new Y63 Nissan Patrol dials up the tech and leans into luxury as "king of the desert" shapes up

The all-new Y63 Nissan Patrol will dial up the luxury and technology, with Nissan telling CarsGuide the vehicle’s owners want to “enjoy the finer things”.

But that doesn’t mean the model will be any less capable, with the brand promising the new model will still be able to “jump sand dunes”, despite the focus on improving the cabin experience.

The Y63 Patrol is widely tipped to be ditching its venerable petrol V8 engine in favour of a downsized, but more powerful, twin-turbo V6, with the new model and it’s American twin, the Armada, coming soon.

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But a key focus for the update will be making the model a more luxurious experience all around, presenting a more premium answer to models like the LC300.

"Even on today's Patrol, which had major redesign a couple of years back, already that was starting to change," says Nissan's senior Vice President for Global Design, Alfonso Albaisa.

"When you think of Patrols 20 years ago, they tended to be more on the performance side, it was a purposeful vehicle. And slowly it has been changing.

"You can actually have both. The technical envelope of Patrol is quite unique, and we're very happy with it success, but there has been a shift.

"We use words like 'premium' or 'luxury', and it's a bit dangerous. What they really want is the best we can make, and it's going to be notched up on the next one.

"The technology is going up, the screens are getting more interactive, and at the same time the things you touched the way the car feels in all conditions is super important"

It's a view echoed by Nissan's Senior Design Director, Ken Lee, who has been touring the Middle East speaking to current Patrol owners, and asking what they want to see from the next one.

"I was talking with customers, dealers and going on rides with them in the current Patrol. They love their vehicles, they say they can jump sand dunes and then go back and pull up top a five-star hotel's valet parking," he says.

"When we think Patrol we think off-road and rugged, but there is also the dichotomy of how they use their vehicles that really appeals.

"They tell me 'it's perfect, don't change anything, but make it new'. And that's our challenge. How do we bring technology to bring them more surprises – with every generation we aim to bring something surprising to them, even though they already love their vehicle as is."

In Australia, the Nissan Patrol Warrior - based on the Y62 Patrol - has just launched to consumers, suggesting a Y63 would be at least 12 months away to give the localised model some breathing space.

When it does launch, Nissan Australia will have been more involved in its development than ever before, with the success of the nameplate here earning it a bigger seat at the planning table.

"As the volume has increased, and we've been able to demonstrate demand for Patrol that is more than we're able to supply at this point, we're getting a bigger voice at the table,” Nissan Australia boss Adam Paterson told us last year.