The Dongfeng Rich 6 and the Nissan Navara are built by the same company, in the same plant, on versions of the same engine. That is not marketing language — Zhengzhou Nissan (ZNA) builds both, both run the M9T 2.3-litre turbodiesel, and both carry a cargo bed measuring exactly 1,510 × 1,562 × 475 mm with a 73-litre fuel tank. If you put the two beds side by side you could not tell them apart, because they are the same part.
What differs is everything downstream of that: the engine tune, the trim, the electronics, and which market each one was specified for. The Navara is a Chinese domestic-market pickup that also has to work as a family car. The Rich 6 export version is specified as a work truck. Neither is a better car in the abstract. One of them is the right car for what your buyer actually does.
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The shared platform is the part worth knowing
Chinese pickups get compared on brand names, and the brand names hide the fact that a lot of them come out of the same factories. This pair is the clearest example we deal with.
| Shared | Figure |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Zhengzhou Nissan (ZNA) — both |
| Engine family | M9T 2.3 L turbodiesel — both |
| Cargo bed | 1,510 × 1,562 × 475 mm — identical |
| Fuel tank | 73 L — identical |
| Body | 5,310 × 1,850 × 1,810 mm, 3,150 mm wheelbase |
The bed dimensions matter more than they look. A buyer comparing two pickups on paper usually wants to know one thing: how much fits in the back. On these two the answer is the same, down to the millimetre, because it is the same pressing. Anyone telling you one of them “carries more” is describing a payload rating, not a volume, and payload figures between the domestic and export documentation are quoted on different bases — see the note at the end of this article before you compare those numbers.
If this kind of platform overlap is new to you, it is worth reading how Chinese model names map to export names first. It is the same phenomenon that makes buyers think they are choosing between two unrelated products.
Same engine, two tunes
| Dongfeng Rich 6 (export) | Nissan Navara 2026 (China domestic) | |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | M9T 2.3T diesel | M9T-60A 2.3T diesel |
| Output | 108 kW / 350 N·m | 122 kW / 420 N·m |
| Gearbox | 5-speed manual or 8-speed automatic | 8-speed automatic (ZF) |
| Drive | 2WD or part-time 4WD | 2WD or 4WD |
| Ground clearance | 207 mm petrol / 210 mm diesel | not published |
| Approach / departure | 31° / 25° | not published |
| Front suspension | Independent | Double-wishbone independent |
| Rear suspension | Leaf spring (all versions) | Leaf spring, or five-link independent on the flagship |
| Brakes | Disc front, drum rear | Ventilated disc front, drum rear |
| Tyres | 245/70 R16 | 255/60 R18 |
Same block, different calibration: 122 kW against 108 kW, 420 N·m against 350 N·m. The Navara is the stronger tune. That is a real difference and we are not going to talk around it.
What it buys you depends on the work. For a truck spending its life loaded, on poor surfaces, serviced by whoever is nearest, the lower-stress tune on the same hardware is not a disadvantage. For a truck that also does the school run on tarmac, the extra 70 N·m is pleasant. Both engines are the same casting, so neither is short of parts availability — which for the markets we ship to is a bigger question than either power figure.
Where the Navara is simply better equipped
The Rich 6 export version does not out-specify the 2026 domestic Navara, and any supplier telling you otherwise has not read both sheets. The Navara carries a 10.25-inch screen across the range, LED headlamps, dual-zone climate control, leather seats, four to six speakers, and front airbags for both occupants. It has parking sensors front and rear, a reversing camera on every version and a 540° system on the flagship.
The Rich 6 export version runs halogen headlamps with height adjustment, a single air-conditioning unit, fabric seats (imitation leather on the top version), two speakers, one driver’s airbag, and a 10-inch screen on the top version with the screen optional below that. The reversing camera is standard on the top version and optional below.
If the buyer’s decision is being made on cabin equipment, the Navara wins it and there is no argument to have.
What the Rich 6 has that the Navara does not
Two items, both standard across the entire Rich 6 export range, and both absent from the Navara’s published specification:
- Steel tube protection bar — standard on every Rich 6 export version
- Engine underbody guard (resin) — standard on every Rich 6 export version
These are the kind of parts that get fitted in the aftermarket at destination, badly, for money, after the first time something comes up off the road surface. Having them from the factory on the base version is worth more on the routes our Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire buyers actually drive than a larger centre screen, and it is a deliberate specification choice rather than an accident.
Two specification choices that look like losses and are not
Rear suspension. The flagship Navara’s five-link independent rear rides better, and under a load or on a rough surface it is the more fragile and more expensive answer — parts and competent repair for an independent rear are harder to find across West Africa and much of South America than for a leaf spring. In Ghana and Senegal that is the difference between a two-day repair and a two-week wait. The Rich 6 is leaf-sprung on every version.
Tyres. 245/70 R16 has a taller sidewall: better impact resistance on broken surfaces, cheaper to repair, and 16-inch tyres are available in essentially every market we ship to. The Navara’s 255/60 R18 is a road-biased fitment, and low-profile 18-inch rubber costs more and is harder to source once the car leaves China. We made the same argument about fuel grade rather than tyres in the Coolray in West Africa, and it is the same lesson: the spec has to match what the destination can actually supply.
Neither of these is a case of the cheaper truck getting the worse part. They are choices that follow from what each vehicle is expected to do. The same reasoning runs through our Shark 6 versus Hilux comparison — a pickup optimised for one duty cycle looks under-equipped when judged by another.
The 4WD manual: read this section before you order
The Rich 6 export range offers a 5-speed manual and part-time four-wheel drive, and a manual 4WD pickup is exactly what a lot of our buyers ask for — it is simpler, cheaper to repair, and does not depend on a transmission specialist being within reach.
There is one thing you must know before ordering it. The following are fitted only to the diesel 4WD automatic version, and are therefore not on the 4WD manual:
- Hill-hold control (HHC)
- Traction control (TCS)
- Vehicle dynamic control (VDC)
- Roll movement intervention (RMI)
- Cruise control
On the Navara, all of these are standard across the range. On the Rich 6, they arrive with the automatic gearbox and not before.
For a truck working a quarry, a farm or a construction site, drivers who are used to manual pickups generally do not miss them. For a truck carrying a driver who has learned on modern vehicles, in hills, loaded, on wet tarmac, hill-hold and traction control are not luxuries. We put this in writing on every configuration sheet we send, and we would rather lose a deal than have a customer discover it on delivery — the version-level omissions nobody mentions are item one in our import traps checklist. The same policy covers everything in our condition reporting.
If those systems matter for the intended use, specify the diesel 4WD automatic. If they do not, the manual is the cheaper and more serviceable truck, and that is a legitimate choice rather than a compromise.
About prices — and why we do not publish a comparison
The Navara’s Chinese domestic guide price runs from RMB 151,900 to 199,900. That figure is published by the manufacturer and it is useful for one purpose only: understanding where the Navara sits in the Chinese market, which is as a mid-range domestic pickup with family-car equipment.
Do not use it to estimate an export price for either vehicle, and be careful with any supplier who does. A Chinese domestic retail price includes VAT, domestic dealer margin and a domestic warranty structure, none of which exists on an export FCA or FOB transaction. It excludes export packing, inland haulage to port, documentation and the margin structure of whoever is actually exporting the car. Converting a domestic guide price into a landed cost produces a number that is wrong in both directions at once, and we have watched buyers negotiate hard against a figure that never applied to the transaction in front of them.
We quote the Rich 6 export version per configuration and per quantity, against your destination, because that is the only figure that means anything. Send the destination port and the version you want and it comes back as a real number. If you want to understand what goes into that number before you ask, our piece on who actually sells you the car sets out the chain, and how to verify an exporter covers the checks worth running on whoever you end up buying from.
Which one should you be asking about
The Rich 6 export version if the truck is going to work: loads, poor surfaces, a driver who wants a manual, a market where a leaf spring and a 16-inch tyre are the pragmatic fitment, and where a factory-fitted underbody guard and protection bar save you an aftermarket bill.
The Navara if cabin equipment drives the decision and the destination has road surfaces that justify it — but note that it is specified for the Chinese domestic market, which is a different starting point from a vehicle built to be exported.
That distinction matters more than any single line in the tables above. What we supply is the export configuration, documented and quoted as such. Availability, version and lead time we confirm per order rather than per model.
If a pickup is not actually what the buyer needs, the 2026 export shortlist covers the SUV side, and the Zeekr 9X against the Lynk & Co 900 is the same exercise one segment up — two vehicles from one group that look interchangeable on paper and are not. You can also put versions side by side yourself on the comparison page.
A note on payload figures
The Rich 6 export sheet states 490 kg. The Navara’s domestic page states 2,015 kg. These are not comparable numbers — they are quoted on different bases (one a rated payload, one a gross-related figure), and setting them side by side produces a conclusion that is simply false. If payload is the deciding factor for your purchase, ask us for the rated figure against the specific version and destination regulation, because the number that matters is the one your registration authority will accept, not the one on a brochure.
FAQ
Are the Dongfeng Rich 6 and the Nissan Navara really built in the same factory?Yes. Both are produced by Zhengzhou Nissan (ZNA) and both use the M9T 2.3-litre turbodiesel, in different states of tune — 108 kW / 350 N·m on the Rich 6 export version and 122 kW / 420 N·m on the Navara’s M9T-60A.
Do they have the same cargo bed?Identical: 1,510 × 1,562 × 475 mm on both, with a 73-litre fuel tank on both. It is the same pressing, so cargo volume is the same.
Which has more power?The Navara, at 122 kW and 420 N·m against 108 kW and 350 N·m. Same engine family, higher state of tune.
Does the Rich 6 4WD manual have traction control and hill-hold?No. Hill-hold, traction control, vehicle dynamic control, roll movement intervention and cruise control are fitted to the diesel 4WD automatic only. If those systems are needed, the automatic is the version to specify.
Is the Nissan Navara available for export?The Navara discussed here is the Chinese domestic-market 2026 model. What we supply is the Rich 6 export version, which is configured and documented for export. Ask us before assuming a domestic-market vehicle can be shipped and registered in your country.
Why do you not publish a price comparison?Because only one of the two has a published price, and it is a Chinese domestic retail price that includes VAT and domestic dealer margin. It cannot be converted into an export cost for either vehicle. We quote the Rich 6 per configuration, quantity and destination.
Can I order the Rich 6 with a manual gearbox and four-wheel drive?Yes — 5-speed manual with part-time 4WD is part of the export range. Read the section above on what that version does not include before you commit.
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