---
title: "The Nissan Navara Enguard Concept Makes Emergency Responders Drool"
description: "At least, it gets The Drive's resident EMT salivating. "
date: "2016-09-22"
modified: "2016-09-22"
authors:
  - name: "Max Goldberg"
    job_title: "Associate Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5287/the-nissan-navara-enguard-concept-makes-emergency-responders-drool"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "concept car"
  - "Nissan"
  - "rescue"
---

# The Nissan Navara Enguard Concept Makes Emergency Responders Drool

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In an effort to grab the interest of emergency service provides, [Nissan has whipped up the Navara Enguard Concept](<https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/nissan-navara-enguard-concept/>) for the 2016 IIA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hannover, Germany. [As The Drive's resident emergency services expert](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/3704/first-responders-tell-us-why-drunk-people-are-more-likely-to-survive-a-collision>), I can officially say: Interest grabbed.

Roughly the size of a Toyota Tacoma or [Chevy Colorado](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/5050/gm-building-a-chevy-colorado-based-fuel-cell-vehicle-for-the-u-s-army>), the Enguard concept was designed to serve as a compact yet capable rescue vehicle. Lifted two inches, equipped with four-wheel-drive, and covered in fender flares, winches, tow hooks, and flood lights, the Navara Enguard seems geared more towards off-road search-and-rescue than highway crash sites.

Nissan has equipped the vehicle with two-kilowatt batteries that can easily power the Jaws of Life, search lights, computers, monitors, or whatever else you might need to charge during extended field operations. It's a handy touch for first responders, enabling them to power their gear without choking on the exhaust fumes of fossil fuel-powered generators. ​Plus, when the job's done, the vehicle’s 187-hp 2.3-liter diesel engine recharges​ the generator's batteries, thus giving EMTs one less thing to check at the start of each shift. ​

![nissannavara-art2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissannavara-art2.jpg>)
**Nissan**

To make sure the concept is hard to miss at night, Nissan has strategically placed low-profile LED lights on the roof, in the fender flares, and facing backwards from the rear of the cab, along with enough flood lights to illuminate the hell out of a scene.

The rear of the vehicle is filled with slide-out drawers housing oxygen tanks, radios, flashlights, harnesses, medical equipment, and a flurry of other necessary gear that transforms this pickup into a rolling supply closet for emergency responders.

![nissannavara-art1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissannavara-art1.jpg>)
**Nissan**

![nissannavara-art4.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissannavara-art4.jpg>)
**Nissan**

On top of all that, the Navara Engird comes with a DJI Phantom 4 Drone that can be operated by emergency responders as they watch HD video from a display monitor at the rear of the vehicle.

While it seems unlikely that Nissan will bring this concept to production, at the very least, it should provide emergency vehicle outfitters​ with plenty of inspiration for their future builds.

![nissannavara-art3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissannavara-art3.jpg>)
**Nissan**

## Author
Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm.

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