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Manufacturers that build cars in Britain are yet to commit to lower Australian prices, despite the announcement of a new Free Trade Agreement "immediately eliminating" an existing 5 per cent automotive import tariff. Affected British-built cars include Nissan's Juke, Leaf, and Qashqai small SUVs, and the majority of vehicles built by Jaguar, Land Rover, Mini, Aston Martin, McLaren, Bentley and Rolls-Royce.

Nissan Australia has recalled 73 examples of its 2015 Navara, citing a potential fault with the dual-cab ute’s child restraint system (CRS). The affected vehicles were sold by Nissan between 13 May 2015 and 1 November 2017. The recall notice, lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), says: “The child restraint system (CRS) top tethers may not be strong enough to keep a child seat securely fastened and may break during an accident.

Nissan Australia has issued a recall of dealership-fitted tow bars for 2017-2020 (MY17-20) Nissan Pathfinder models. The recall notice, lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), states a manufacturing issue may cause the tow bar to detach from the Pathfinder. Nissan says the affected vehicles were sold between 1 December 2016 and 31 December 2020. The affected Nissan Genuine Accessory items have the batch number '29 18', found on the tow bar's compliance plate.

UPDATE, 7 April 2021: New images of the production 2022 Nissan 400Z – or simply Nissan Z, as it could be called – have emerged overnight. Posted by sources including CarBuzz, the images show front and rear three-quarter views of a silver example of the new sports car, which leaked information published in March 2021 suggests is a mid-spec, luxury-focused 'Type T' variant of the car. MORE: 2022 Nissan Z to shun 400Z moniker, start from AU$46,000 in the US – report