Nissan Sunny, Navara, X-Trail and Altima parts from Dubai for export

Seven Nissan families cover most of what buyers abroad ask us for, apart from the Patrol. The Sunny is the small saloon of Egypt and the Gulf. The Navara and its NP300 relatives are the pickups of Ghana, Zambia and Malawi. The X-Trail, Pathfinder and Altima are Gulf family cars. The Caravan, NV350 and NP200 are the vans and bakkies of Southern Africa. One badge can sit on four engines, so the code on the engine plate settles more than the model name does.

Start with the Sunny's engine. Wikipedia's HR engine article gives the HR15DE as a 1,498 cc four, 78 by 78.4 mm, rated 101 PS, and lists it in the Sunny and Almera from 2011, in the Tiida and Note from 2004, and in the Renault Duster and Captur. It labels the engine as Renault's H4K, so a Sunny part number may have a Renault cross-reference. Treat that as a lead for a person to check against your VIN, not as a match.

The two-litre and two-and-a-half-litre petrol engines cause the most confusion. The QR engine article lists the QR25DE, 2,488 cc, in the Altima from 2002 to 2020 and in the X-Trail from 2007, and the QR20DE in the first X-Trail from 2001 to 2007. The MR article lists the MR20DE, 1,997 cc, in the X-Trail from 2007 to 2019, and the QR article says it replaced the QR20DE in most applications in early 2005. Three engines, one badge: the plate decides.

Best Selling Cars Blog's table for Egypt in 2025 puts Nissan first among brands with 16.0% of 163,199 new vehicles, in a market up 68.8%. The Sunny took about 11% as the best-selling model, and the report's headline says it held first place for a third year. The same article calls it the previous-generation Sunny. For a parts list that is the key phrase, because the body, lamps and many mechanical parts of that car are not those of the newest Sunny sold in the Gulf.

In the Gulf the Sunny is a long-standing fleet and family car. Kuwait's table for 2025 had it fifth among models behind the Patrol, with Nissan at 9.0% of 152,879 new vehicles, and Bahrain's list of leading models in a market of 37,713 also names it. Saudi Arabia ranked Nissan fifth among brands in 2025 although its sales fell 1.1%, and three of the 14 clear Saudi enquiries we hold named a Nissan.

Wikipedia's Sunny article lists the N16 from 2000 to 2011, the N17 from 2011 to 2020 and the N18 from 2020, and says the N17 is sold as the Sunny in India and many Middle Eastern markets, as the Almera in South-East Asia and as the Versa in the Americas. That is why a catalogue search by name can land on another market's car. The N18 was unveiled in the UAE at the Dubai International Motor Show in November 2019.

A Sunny list is mostly service and wear: filters, pads and discs, suspension arms, links and bushes, wheel bearings, alternators, starters and cooling parts, plus the gasket sets and ignition parts that depend on the HR15DE. Egyptian buyers should read Egypt's own guide first, because every shipment there needs an advance cargo filing. Tell us the goods are for Egypt before the list is quoted.

Navara is a name with several faces. Wikipedia's article dates the D21 from 1985, the D22 from 1997, the D40 from 2004 and the D23 from 2014, and lists NP300 Hardbody as the South African name, Winner for Middle East crew cabs and Datsun or Didsun in the Persian Gulf countries. It adds that the Egyptian plant exports to the Middle East and a South African plant supplies African countries. D22 assembly sites include Cairo, under the Seoudi Group.

Engines follow the generation. The article names the KA24DE, KA24E, VG33E, ZD30DDT and YD25DDTi for the D22, the QR25DE, VQ40DE, VQ38DD and YD25DDTi for the D40, and the QR25DE, YS23DDT, YS23DDTT and YD25DDTi for the D23. The diesel is the one to read closely: the YD25 article gives 106 kW for the mid-power D40, 128 kW for the high-power version in 2005 to 2009 and 140 kW from 2010, when the turbo changed from the GT2056V to the BV45.

That engine article also contradicts itself on the D22. Its text ties the YD25DDTi name to the VP44 rotary pump, while its table lists common rail for the same truck. Injection parts are therefore quoted from the number on the engine and the VIN, never from the model name. A person asks for both before pricing pumps, injectors or seals, and flags any line the numbers cannot settle.

Ghana is the clearest Navara market in our sources. Its 2024 table of 16,410 new vehicles had the Navara in first place, and in 2025, when the market fell to 6,523, the Hilux returned to first at 8.2% with the Mitsubishi L200 on an all-pickup podium. Malawi's 2024 table, seen only as a search summary, names the Navara next after the Hilux at 17.3% in a market of 1,301, and a Zambian summary puts Nissan third in 2021, behind Toyota and Isuzu.

The X-Trail has run four generations. Wikipedia lists the T30 from October 2000 with the QR20DE, QR25DE and YD22 diesels, the T31 from 2007 with the MR20DE, QR25DE and M9R diesel, the T32 from 2013 with the MR20DD, QR25DE and others, and the T33 from 2021 with the KR15DDT and PR25DD. The T33 reached the Middle East on 16 January 2023 with a 2.5 litre petrol engine in S, SV and SL trims. One Saudi enquiry we hold named a T30.

Pathfinder codes are R51 from 2004, R52 from 2012 and R53 from 2021. The R51 carried the 4.0 litre VQ40DE, the 5.6 litre VK56DE and the YD25 diesel, and Wikipedia labels its 2008 facelift as for the US and the Middle East. The R52 lists the 3.5 litre VQ35DE until 2016 and the VQ35DD from 2017, and Wikipedia says it was sold only in North America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and the Middle East.

The Altima is a US-built car with a Gulf following. Wikipedia says its first to fourth generations were officially sold in the Americas, the Middle East and Australia, and that the L33 of 2012 to 2018 replaced the L32 in the Middle East. The L32 lists the QR25DE and VQ35DE; the L33 lists the MR16DDT, MR20DE, QR25DE and VQ35DE across markets. Named production sites include Smyrna, Tennessee and Canton, Mississippi, so the VIN, not the badge, tells a person which build you own.

Gulf-specification cars and their American or Asian cousins share a great deal, though not everything. A bumper cover, a lamp or a sensor can change between a Gulf X-Trail and one built elsewhere. Our East Africa notes list the X-Trail among Nissan models sold in both Gulf and East African versions with shared engines, and that is an analyst's reading, not a registration count. Send the VIN and the number on the old part.

Southern Africa's Nissan vans arrive in several shapes. Wikipedia lists the E24 Caravan from 1986 to 2001, the E25 from 2001 to 2012 and the E26 from June 2012, sold as the NV350 Caravan until 2021 and as the Nissan Caravan after. The E25 lists the KA20DE, QR20DE, KA24DE and QR25DE petrol engines and the ZD30 diesel, and says it was assembled in Japan, Angola, Malaysia and the Philippines. The KA20DE article calls that engine mainly a Japanese commercial-vehicle unit, built from June 1999 to August 2007.

The E26 lists the QR20DE and QR25DE petrol engines, a Mitsubishi-built 2.4 litre 4N16 turbo diesel and the YD25DDTi. In South Africa its taxi variant is the NV350 Impendulo, and the article says Nissan supplies NV350 Urvans to be sold as the Fuso Canter Van in the Middle East from 2014. A Canter Van line is therefore quoted from Nissan numbers, while the Canter trucks have their own page.

The NP200 is a different story. Wikipedia's Logan article says the pick-up version of the Logan was built at Nissan's Rosslyn factory from 2009 and sold as the NP200, and that it was discontinued in March 2024. The first-generation Logan sits on the Dacia B0 platform, with 1.6 litre petrol engines (K7M and K4M) and a 1.5 dCi diesel (K9K). The article does not say which one the NP200 carried, so a person asks for the engine and chassis numbers, and some part numbers will be Renault's, in our reading.

Our Zimbabwe enquiries are the reason for this section: three of the four clear ones named a Caravan, an NV350 or an NP200, and the engine codes typed were the KA20DE and QR20. These are right-hand-drive vehicles, while our stock is Gulf-sourced. Filters, brake parts, suspension arms and bushes, bearings and engine service parts exist for both versions and are quoted by part number; steering racks and other side-specific parts by part number only.

Zimbabwe also needs a CBCA certificate of conformity once a consignment of listed goods passes US$1,000 FOB, and vehicle parts under heading 87.08 are listed whether or not they are new. The fee is 0.5% of FOB with a US$240 minimum. We do not book the assessment: your agent arranges it before the goods leave Dubai.

Every line on a Nissan quote carries one of three labels and the brand behind it. Genuine means Nissan's own brand. OE-brand means a maker that also supplies the carmaker and is quoted under its own name. Quality aftermarket means a named independent brand made to the same pattern. We have not measured a Nissan price ladder in Dubai and print no Nissan price. The only ladders we have measured are Toyota's, and they show why the label matters.

Take the Toyota 1GR-FE water pump, number 16100-39456, priced on a Dubai counter on 3 November 2026 with VAT. The genuine pump cost AED 397, while quality aftermarket pumps from GMB and NPW cost AED 229 and AED 214, about 54% to 58% of genuine. We do not claim the same gap for a Nissan pump. Ask for two grades on a line, and a person prices them side by side so you see your own gap.

Buyers' habits differ by country. Our regional reading puts Egypt on genuine and branded aftermarket, because nearly all its spare parts are imported and a TechSci report, seen only as a summary, calls counterfeits a significant threat there. It puts the Gulf on genuine and aftermarket, and Ghana and Malawi on aftermarket fast movers. Most buyers abroad do not say: 59 of our 97 clear enquiries used no grade word at all.

Some lines never go on an export quote. Gas-charged shock absorbers, batteries, airbag modules, belt pretensioners, fluids and aerosols stay out, because carriers can treat them as dangerous goods. Springs, bushes, links, arms and the rest of the suspension are quoted, as are filters, brake parts, belts, bearings, cooling parts, engine gaskets and lamps.

Send the 17-character VIN, the engine code from the plate, the month and year of build, the model code (N17, D40, T31 or E26), the drive side and a photograph of the old part with its number. Put every Nissan on one list, because we quote by the list at trade quantities, not for one or two pieces. A person replies on WhatsApp with each line's brand, number and grade, and confirms how to pay.

Check four things before you pay. First, the generation: a Sunny N17 or an N18. Second, the engine: an HR15DE or something else. Third, the YD25 version on a Navara or Caravan diesel, pump or common rail. Fourth, the brand and grade written beside every line. Then ask for photographs of the parts with their numbers before any money moves, and settle with your agent which documents your destination needs.