Alert – Last hope for troubled car giant that once dominated US as it brings back popular off-roader after a decade

It looks like Nissan is reviving an iconic nameplate in the next two years. 

That is, if the company lasts that long. 

Nissan is planning six new models – including plug-in hybrids and EVs – that the company hopes will hit showrooms by 2027. 

Yesterday, the automaker revealed a teaser picture of the upcoming cars. Several seemingly SUV-sized new vehicles lurked in the background of the image. 

And one boxy-looking SUV caught eagle-eyed fans. 

‘I still have hope in a new Xterra,’ one Redditor posted on the social media app with a grainy picture of the boxiest EV in the picture. 

The Xterra – a rugged, off-road SUV had a pickup-truck like build – sold 88,578 units of the SUV in 2000, its first full year of sales. 

But the Xterra got long in the tooth, and Nissan pulled the fan-favorite from the US in 2015 after shoppers turned their focus to more fuel efficient cars and SUVs. 

Nissan is planning on developing these six vehicles for 2027

The company only sold 10,672 copies in the US during the final year of sales in 2015. 

But now, rumors are flying that the once gas-guzzling vehicle is coming back as a full electric model. 

Drivers have had a paltry response to the potential revival on social media.  

‘It’s going to be a disappointment,’ one Xterra fan wrote on Reddit.  

Another added: ‘[Nissan] really is trying to go bankrupt.’ 

Only one nameplate from the new pictures has been confirmed: the blue crossover SUV in the middle of the picture is the 2026 Nissan Leaf. 

The Leaf, which launched as America’s best-selling electric vehicle in 2010, looks a lot more like the sport-back Tesla Model Y. 

Nissan has promised the new cars will come with better battery technology, more range, and even some self-driving capabilities. 

The Nissan Xterra was a popular off-road capable model in the US 

Drivers are hoping this boxy SUV in the background is the Xterra’s revival

Ivan Espinosa, the new CEO of Nissan, is taking over at a complicated time 

A Nissan representative didn’t immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.  

Nissan trouble? 

Nissan executives have sent out some worrying signs about the automaker’s financial health. 

In November 2024, executives started raising alarm, saying the brand only had ’12 to 14 months’ of cash to survive, according to the Financial Times.

The company said it was struggling to keep up with rising Chinese manufacturers and had built a lineup that was undesirable for wider audiences. 

Nissan’s difficulties are a stunning downfall for the brand: it was the fifth best-selling automaker in the US in 2024. 

But despite the sales volume, investors have worried. Moody’s, a credit agency that evaluates a company’s future loan-worthiness, sunk Nissan into ‘junk’ status. 

Nissan had engaged in merger talks with Honda, which has reported a much healthier financial position. 

But the merger talks stalled. Then, Nissan’s CEO since 2019, Hiroto Saikawa, stepped down. 

Ivan Espinosa, a veteran in the brand, will take over in April. 

‘We need to work together as one single team,’ Espinosa pleaded during his introduction.