Nissan has potentially opened the door for the Murano SUV to be revived in Australia, as it weighs ‘reverse importing’ right-hand drive cars from the US to Japan.

The Nissan Murano family SUV could return to Australia after a decade-long hiatus, via a potential United States-Japan export deal enabling right-hand drive production.

Nissan is reportedly considering ‘reverse importing’ vehicles it manufactures in the US to Japan to tap into unused capacity at the foreign plant and improve sales in its domestic market.

The company currently manufactures the Murano and Pathfinder SUVs at its Smyrna, Tennessee, factory, with the latter model already built in right-hand drive and sold in Australia, though its local future remains under a cloud.

The Japanese government reportedly supports ‘reve

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