The Terra also fills the position left by the R51 series Pathfinder that sold between 2005 and 2012 and replaces the Paladin in China.

At the early phase of the development, Nissan executives aimed the car for the growing Chinese and Middle East market.

However, the development was halted between 2014 and 2015 as executives were undecided with the new SUV position segment-wise, with the popular X-Trail sitting very close to the aimed segment.

In 2015, segment competitors including Toyota Fortuner, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, and Ford Everest had their new generation launched, which delayed the development in order to evaluate and improve the details of the Terra to be able to compete.

In 2023, news of the rebadged pre-facelift Nissan Terra for the Chinese market surfaced, while still being produced by Zhengzhou Nissan, the rebadged Terra is renamed to Fengdu Paladin, sold under the Dongfeng Fengdu brand.

[22] In the Brunei market, the Terra was launched in early 2019, and it is offered in Mid, High, and Premium models.

It received a facelift on 26 December 2021 with two variants: 2.5 High and 2.5 4WD Premium, both powered by a 2.5-liter turbodiesel engine with a 7-speed automatic.

[23] The GCC market X-Terra is offered in SE, Titanium, and Platinum trim levels, all of which are powered by a 2.5-liter QR25DE petrol engine.

[24] The Fengdu paladin was Introduced as the LEO-MX8 in February 2022 but in 2024 Persia khodro started the production of that with the name of manian terra.