The Nissan Navara is South Africa’s locally built one-ton bakkie, and since replacing the legendary NP300 Hardbody in late 2021, it has grown into a serious contender in one of the country’s most competitive vehicle segments. The current D23 Navara range spans everything from hard-working single cabs to the rugged Pro-4X and the headline-grabbing Warrior — the off-road flagship priced at R924,000 that competes with the best bakkies South Africa has to offer. A facelift is on the way in 2026, bringing updated exterior styling and a significantly revised interior, while keeping the proven 2.5-litre YD25 turbodiesel under the bonnet. All new Navaras come with a 6-year/150,000km warranty from the factory — but once that expires, or if you’re driving an out-of-warranty Navara, NP300 Hardbody, or NP200, you need a plan. An extended warranty for your Nissan bakkie protects you from costly mechanical failures, and Warranty Extender makes it simple to compare your options and get covered.

Nissan has long since been the small bakkie market leader with it’s NP200, because there are no other half-ton bakkie available in South Africa anymore! It’s the only right-hand-drive half-ton bakkie available because it’s actually still made in South Africa. The last time the Nissan NP200 half ton bakkie had a competitor was 2017 when the last of the Chevy Utility bakkies (a re-badged Opel Corsa Utility) were sold – because Chevrolet pulled out of the country for good. 

Thankfully it’s not all gloom and doom as you can still buy an aftermarket warranty for your Nissan NP200 bakkie and an extended warranty for the Chevy Utility, or any of the half ton bakkies as it’s less than 10 years old.

Get A Warranty Quote for your Nissan Bakkie Here

Nissans Bigger NP300 Hardbody One Ton Bakkie

We’ve had the hard working NP300 Hardbody in South Africa for well over 15 years but as of November 2021, it was retired and replaced with the all new Nissan Navara, but a much lower spec version (and nowhere near the spec of the Mercedes X Class bakkie).  Just incase you’re living under a cactus, Mercedes launched a bakkie in 2018 and it was built on the Nissan Navara platform.  It was highly criticized for being a rebadged Navara with Mercedes interfaces, and poor sales resulted in it being discontinued in 2020.

https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/nissan-np300-to-be-culled-as-new-navara-enters-sa-production-4962b25f-1725-4edb-95d2-ff838387f77e

So we say “farewell” to the NP300 bakkie and thank you for the good service!  You can keep driving your NP200 and  NP300 Hardbody for many years to come with a motor warranty plan from Warranty Extender by leaving your details below.

Commercial Trucks and Bakkies Warranty

For commercial bakkies and trucks, we have an extended warranty that is paid upfront as a cash deal and offers the highest level of cover that you can get. Our bakkie and commercial vehicle warranty is therefore not available as a monthly plan. Please inquire here for more details.