One day after Renault announced it plans to reveal the new Alaskan pickup truck on June 30, we got a leaked image that allegedly shows its fascia.
If we are indeed looking at the real deal, then the French didn’t have a lot of work to do over the concept shown last year, as the designs of the hood, grille and headlights have been carried over. The bumper has been slightly reworked, and so have the side mirror casings and the windshield, while the roof lights have been replaced by a couple of silver-finished bars.
The French pickup shares the same architecture with the current Nissan NP300 Navara, which, in turn, will be used by the upcoming Mercedes-Benz GLT pickup too. Two-wheel and four-wheel drive will be part of the package and setting it in motion will be a range of twin-turbo units, including the 2.3-liter diesel engine used on the Master Van.
At first, the Renault Alaskan will be launched in Europe and South America sometime at the first half of 2017, and other markets will follow shortly. The European version will be put together at the Nissan plant in Barcelona, Spain, while the South American one will be assembled in Mexico and Argentina.
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