Nissan Frontier Sentinel rescue vehicle unveiled

Nissan Brazil has revealed a Nissan Navara-based concept pick-up designed to help find and locate people in some of the most remote, rugged and inaccessible places on the planet.

Created by the Japanese car-maker's Brazilian design studio, the Nissan Frontier Sentinel is a concept based on the same Navara utility sold in Australia.

Painted in bright 'Blue Thunder' paint, the concept comes equipped with a serious off-road package that includes a front skid plate, powerful winch, flared wheel-arches to accommodate larger wheels and grippier mud and snow tyres, plus an engine snorkel for deep wading.

Completing the Nissan Frontier Sentinel concept's upgrades over the regular Navara pick-up, the Nissan concept gets emergency lights and a custom-made roof and bed.

Inside the bed are two battery packs said to be lifted from the new Nissan LEAF and claimed to power on-board emergency equipment in areas without electricity.

Housed within the storage trays are gloves, lanterns, helmets, axes and ropes normally associated with mountain rescue.

Finally, packaged away is a drone that accompanies the vehicle to search for lost or fallen climbers in a fraction of the time rescuers would take to cover tricky or treacherous land by foot.

Inside, the rugged concept gets black leather seat trim with contrasting yellow panels that match the exterior highlights.

Nissan has not announced what powers the Frontier Sentinel, but it's likely to share the same 2.3-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel that's under the bonnet of the locally imported Navara.

It's unlikely the Frontier Sentinel will ever see the light of day as a production vehicle, but some of the rugged off-road features and styling elements could one day become available as official dealer-fit accessories for those who regularly take their Navara off-road.