Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.

The D21 Series was replaced in 1997 by the first-ever Navara. Codenamed D22, this pickup truck also bears the name Hardbody in several markets around the world, including South Africa. Believe it or ...

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Nissan has just revealed a new special edition of its Frontier: A 1980's inspired retro edition called the 2024 Nissan Frontier Hardbody Edition. It was made to honor the beloved compact Nissan ...

The mini-truck craze may have run out of steam in the late 1990s, but at least one customizer is keeping the trend alive with this wild 1987 Nissan Hardbody pickup featured in sister magazine Lowrider ...

The Nissan Frontier enters the 2024 model year with a few changes, the highlight of which is the addition of a Hardbody Edition package. As the name suggests, the package is a nod to the Nissan D21 ...

Nostalgic Nissan truck fans rejoice because Nissan is bringing three modified Frontier “concepts” to the 2022 Chicago Auto Show—two of which tip their rugged caps to a couple of classic Nissan pickups ...

Talk about burying the good stuff—we nearly skipped over a mid-Thursday email from Nissan waxing over the original Hardbody pickup truck, thinking it was just the usual stab at PR, with "remember that ...