Nissan Marks America’s 250th Birthday With A Limited-Run Frontier

The 4th of July is fast approaching, and even Nissan is getting in on the celebrations with the reveal of a new Frontier limited edition. The new 250th Anniversary Edition is limited to just 2,500 units as a nod to America's quarter-century milestone birthday, and each will be assembled through the month of July. This is perfect timing for Nissan USA, as its Canton, Mississippi assembly plant has just produced its millionth Frontier. So what's so special about this special edition? The main attraction is a new Stars and Stripes tailgate badge in a subtle grey finish, contrasting with the overt approach some domestic manufacturers have taken this year.

New Nissan Frontier 250th Anniversary Edition Is Based on the Top Trim

The new tailgate badge costs Frontier buyers nothing extra, but they can only order it on the PRO-4X derivatives, including the short- and long-wheelbase and Roush models. The options will be paired with existing color options, of which standard choices are Red Alert, Super Black, Gun Metallic, and Glacier White. Also available for an extra $450 are Afterburn Orange, Citrus Strike, Tactical Green Metallic, Bluestone Pearl, and Boulder Gray Pearl. For the record, the PRO-4X comes with 17-inch wheels, Bilstein off-road shock absorbers, an electronic locking rear diff, and underbody skid plates for the oil pan, gas tank, and transfer case.

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Power comes from a 3.8-liter V6 producing 310 horsepower and 281 lb-ft of torque, and for 2026 (the only model year currently available on the Nissan USA configurator), the pickup starts at $41,870 for the standard bed and $42,370 with the long bed (both prices exclude a destination charge of $2,245). As you might have surmised, we're rambling a bit because the 250th Anniversary Edition doesn't change anything else besides that tailgate badge, but it's nice to see that Nissan is offering it at no charge when other tailgate insert graphic options cost over $150.

Nissan's Truck History in the U.S. Goes Back 40 Years

Nissan's pickup manufacturing story in the U.S. began on June 16, 1983, when a white 720 pickup rolled off its Smyrna assembly line. The first Frontier would leave the line in 1998. From that starting point, Nissan's Tennessee roots took further hold in Decherd, where a powertrain plant was established in 1997 and where the contemporary Frontier's V6 is still built. The Canton plant in Mississippi followed in 2003, and production of the Frontier moved there in 2012. Altogether, Nissan's production tally across all three plants has approached 20 million vehicles and 13 million engines, many of which were exported globally. As the fastest-growing mainstream automaker in the U.S., millions more are sure to come if Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa can steady the ship.

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