4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1997
NAMED MODELJapan

Patrol in the Gulf (Y61 and Y62)

The Gulf Patrol: the Y61 and Y62 as the desert-driving vehicle of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar — dune bashing, camel farms and police fleets — where the Patrol outsells every other large 4x4 (16,399 sold in the UAE in 2024).

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Sources & evidence
Patrol in the Gulf (Y61 and Y62) — A Patrol Desert Edition with skid plates and beadlock rims, Dubai 2015Subizero · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEPatrol Y61 / GU (1997–2024)BUILT BYNissan, YokohamaIN SERVICE1997OPERATED INUnited Arab Emirates, Saudi ArabiaPRODUCTION16,399 sold in the UAE in 2024LAYOUT4 wheels · 116.9″

The record

The Patrol is a cultural fixture in the Gulf: the “Super Safari” Y61 stayed in production for the market long after other regions lost it, and the Y62 V8 is the region’s best-selling large SUV.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1997–present
ENGINETB48 petrol six; VK56 V8 (Y62)
PRODUCTION RUN16,399 sold in the UAE in 2024
COUNTRY OF ORIGINJapan
OPERATED INUnited Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
STATUSin production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEPatrol and Safari
FAMILYPatrol and Safari
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE116.9″
BODY STYLEwagon

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • White (QM1 / 326)

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Nissan Patrol ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft