Is the Nissan Ariya REALLY the BEST? 2023 Review

Aug 3, 2023

Is the Nissan Ariya REALLY the BEST? 2023 Review

Check out this detailed video review of the Nissan Ariya Electric SUV. Get a first-hand perspective on the car’s exterior and interior design, performance, capabilities, and more. Find out what makes the Ariya a great choice for eco-friendly, sustainable driving. Learn about the different driving modes and all the features you get with this innovative electric vehicle!

The Nissan Ariya marks a new era for the Japanese manufacturer, with its flagship electric SUV hoping to replicate the success of its trailblazing Leaf model.

With a unique design, stylish interior and ‘timeless Japanese futurism’, is the Nissan Ariya the best electric SUV around?

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Timecodes
00:00 Intro
00:35 SIZE!
00:57 The Design
01:42 The Interior
04:50 Boot Space
05:05 Range, Charging, Stats…
06:11 Let’s go for a drive
09:14 Final Thoughts
09:39 Outro

Content

0 -> - Almost 12 years ago,

1.35 -> Nissan revolutionized the EV industry

3.45 -> when it released the LEAF.

4.8 -> And now the brand hopes for its new flagship EV,

7.47 -> the ARIYA, will have a similar sort of success

9.87 -> to its predecessor.

11.19 -> In this review, I'm gonna tell you

12.39 -> everything I like about it, everything I don't like,

14.43 -> and absolutely everything else in between.

16.62 -> I'm Charlie Atkinson and welcome to EV Powered's review

19.05 -> of the Nissan ARIYA.

21.024 -> (R&B music)

23.987 -> ♪ Why should I leave you ♪

26.141 -> ♪ Baby please don't talk to me that way ♪

30.531 -> ♪ Don't talk to me that way ♪ ♪ Baby please ♪

33.296 -> ♪ Don't talk to me that way ♪

36.744 -> ♪ 'Cause I think you're perfect ♪

39.27 -> The first thing to notice about the ARIYA

41.07 -> is just how big this thing is.

42.9 -> It's one of the tallest cars

44.1 -> in the electric SUV crossover segment,

46.56 -> but it's also one of the most compact too.

48.72 -> Now you might think

49.65 -> that that's gonna compromise on space on the inside,

51.93 -> but Nissan have spaced the wheels further apart

54.57 -> to keep that roominess on the inside

56.49 -> that you want in a car like this.

58.35 -> Nissan's designers have also

59.64 -> replaced what it calls "fussy contours"

62.01 -> with these so-called "horizon lines,"

63.93 -> which basically make the body of this car

65.91 -> look like one flowing piece all along.

69.06 -> There's also a really distinctive front end to this car

71.64 -> which features these sort of razor thin headlights

74.52 -> which carry on down here,

75.66 -> and they add a nice little bit of color

77.46 -> to this really big fake black grill.

83.13 -> Now, bosses at Nissan wanted this car

85.17 -> to acknowledge its Japanese heritage.

87.27 -> And so the design philosophy of this car

89.37 -> embodies what they call timeless Japanese futurism.

92.52 -> And I'm not gonna pretend to know what that means at all,

95.13 -> but if they wanted to create something

96.9 -> that's modern but also minimalistic,

98.58 -> then yeah, I think they've done a pretty good job of that.

102.42 -> (jazzy R&B music)

109.2 -> The design of the ARIYA is pretty impressive,

111.48 -> but the real success story of this car is on the inside.

115.65 -> The inside of this car is an absolute dream.

118.02 -> Now there's lots of different Japanese-inspired touches,

121.47 -> such as these little patterns down here,

123.69 -> and all the soft furnishings as well,

125.52 -> all of which combine to create

126.57 -> a spacious minimalist interior,

128.67 -> which gives you quite a nice peaceful feeling

131.01 -> when you are behind the wheel.

132.24 -> And it is quite a nice step change,

134.61 -> in comparison to some of the other SUVs

137.01 -> and other electric vehicles on the market.

138.84 -> They have sort of reinvented the wheel here,

141.18 -> and I'm a big fan of it.

142.013 -> It is quite different

143.97 -> to anything else I've ever seen before,

145.53 -> and it works quite nicely.

147.27 -> But there's a few different aspects

149.01 -> that I want to take you through first of all,

150.48 -> and let me just start with the dash here,

152.13 -> because it's dominated by this monolith display,

154.8 -> which features two 12-inch touchscreen displays,

157.77 -> the first of which is just your general entertainment screen

160.56 -> which connects to Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as well.

163.68 -> And then you've got your driver's display here

165.45 -> but you've also got this AI head up display as well,

168.36 -> which projects onto the road.

169.8 -> Now, Nissan's philosophy for this

171.72 -> is that they didn't want to have

173.16 -> a giant sort of iPad-style entertainment screen

176.13 -> like you'd get in the Tesla model 3

178.65 -> or the Ford Mustang Mach-E for example,

180.6 -> which controls absolutely everything.

182.58 -> Instead, they wanted to spread this out

184.41 -> across three different screens,

185.64 -> so that there's minimal distractions,

187.29 -> and also so the driver doesn't have to look

189.75 -> too far away from the road

191.04 -> to get all the vital pieces of information he needs,

193.56 -> which is a nice little touch from Nissan,

195.507 -> and I quite like that approach.

197.76 -> All the furnishings are also soft,

199.44 -> and feel quite high-end and premium as well,

201.42 -> which all add to that sort of peaceful feeling

203.67 -> and peaceful climate that you get

205.29 -> on the inside of this car.

206.25 -> And you also get nice calming startup music like that,

210.87 -> which is lovely.

211.703 -> And as well when you're driving

212.64 -> on a beautiful day like this,

213.99 -> when the sun's shining, you can also, bear with me, sorry.

221.76 -> You can also put the roof up like that,

223.89 -> and get a nice bit of sunlight and natural light

226.56 -> into the interior of the car as well.

230.16 -> It's all very calming, all very tranquil and yeah,

232.95 -> it's a nice feeling being behind the wheel of this car.

239.31 -> Now, obviously the big thing about this car

241.38 -> is maximizing space.

243.03 -> As we mentioned earlier,

243.99 -> Nissan spaced the wheels further apart

246.27 -> just to create as much room inside the cabin as possible.

249.45 -> And they've done exactly what they set out to achieve here.

252.66 -> There's no transmission tunnel,

253.92 -> so you can stretch your leg all the way across if needs be.

256.77 -> And you've also got these fully adjustable seats

258.84 -> which recline and go quite far back as well.

261.277 -> (signal tone beeping)

262.35 -> Oh my word.

266.139 -> Jesus. (laughs)

268.857 -> But there's absolutely loads of room

271.08 -> behind the wheel of this car.

272.61 -> Now, in the back, as you can see,

275.67 -> there's also plenty of leg room, and I'm quite leggy,

278.46 -> so if I can fit in the back quite comfortably,

280.38 -> then that's probably a good thing.

281.76 -> And there's also plenty of headroom as well.

283.83 -> I have got the sun roof open,

285.03 -> so that gives me an extra couple of inches.

287.46 -> But yeah, pretty comfortable in the back,

289.05 -> loads and loads of room.

291.51 -> Now if we come to the boot

292.83 -> you'll see that there's plenty of storage

294.45 -> with 408 liters of space,

296.67 -> and there's also two layers,

299.43 -> and a nice little cubby for your charging cables as well.

307.8 -> Now before I get behind the wheel

309.03 -> and take this thing for a spin

310.26 -> it's time for me to run over all the important bits.

312.81 -> So the entry level 63 kilowatt hour version of the ARIYA

316.68 -> will start from 46,000 pounds,

318.51 -> which places it around the Audi Q4 e-tron mark.

321.63 -> Now an Evolve trim is also available

324 -> for just over 50,000 pounds,

325.53 -> and that includes the panoramic sunroof,

327.63 -> Bose speakers, and a few other features like that.

330.39 -> Now for the larger 87 kilowatt hour battery

333.18 -> with up to 329 miles of range,

335.58 -> that's priced at just under 52,000 pounds,

338.01 -> with an Evolve trim also at 56,000 pounds.

340.95 -> Now for the customer looking for an all-wheel drive

343.35 -> and greater performance version

344.79 -> then the E4 Spec is priced between 55 and 58,000 pounds

348.45 -> depending on the trim,

349.59 -> which offers you all-wheel drive powertrain

351.75 -> and enhanced capabilities such as a snow mode.

354.81 -> Now the model we are driving today

356.19 -> is the 63 kilowatt hour advanced version,

359.04 -> and this offers a WLTP combined range of 250 miles,

362.7 -> with a naught to 60 time of 7.5 seconds,

364.95 -> and a limited top speed of 100 miles an hour.

367.65 -> So now we've got all that outta the way.

369.123 -> Let's see what this is like out on the road.

376.74 -> Now, usually with these reviews

378.3 -> I've only had the car for a couple of days,

380.31 -> and so you get my true genuine first impressions,

383.4 -> but that's not really the case with the Nissan ARIYA,

385.86 -> because I've driven it quite a few times,

387.48 -> and I've got quite a bit of experience with it as well.

390.24 -> And it's just as good as I remember.

394.05 -> I first drove the Nissan ARIYA back in June,

396.06 -> when I was invited out to Stockholm with Nissan

398.19 -> for the official launch of the ARIYA,

400.92 -> and I got to test it

401.76 -> all through the city center of Stockholm,

403.38 -> and around the sort of suburbs of the Swedish capital.

406.05 -> And although the weather is

407.85 -> a little bit more miserable today

409.38 -> than it was back in June,

411.3 -> this is still quite a nice pleasant car to drive.

414.33 -> I mean, just on the surface,

416.28 -> it's really nice and comfortable.

417.87 -> You are obviously very comfortable in the interior

420.03 -> like we've just discussed,

420.99 -> so I've got no major complaints.

423.24 -> It's well balanced, it handles really well,

425.46 -> and it's got a nice bit of poke when you want it as well,

427.92 -> especially for quite a big car.

429.54 -> So yeah, above all else it is really nice to drive,

433.2 -> at the minute I've got no real complaints.

437.76 -> Now Nissan makes a lot of fuss about this e-pedal option,

440.61 -> which it says is different

441.99 -> to any other electric vehicle on the market,

444.6 -> but I haven't really noticed that myself.

446.79 -> It doesn't seem to make too much of a difference,

449.31 -> and for me it's just a partial way

450.99 -> of wrapping up regen braking.

452.52 -> So unless I'm missing something here,

455.19 -> it doesn't really make too much of a difference,

457.95 -> and I tend to drive around without using it anyway,

460.65 -> it's just a nicer driving experience.

462.63 -> So yeah, I'd forget about the e-ped if I were you.

465.63 -> There is quite a noticeable difference

467.13 -> between all the different driving modes as well,

469.214 -> whether you're in normal mode, which I'm in now,

471.24 -> or the eco mode, or this Nissan sport mode,

474.24 -> you do get a vastly different driving experience,

476.94 -> depending on which mode you're in.

478.5 -> And just a quick note on the sport mode,

481.41 -> another one of the experiences I've had

483.12 -> with the Nissan ARIYA

484.05 -> came this month actually,

485.25 -> when I went out to Madrid

487.11 -> for Nissan's Formula E team launch.

489.15 -> And as part of that we were able

491.34 -> to take a Nissan ARIYA like this

493.44 -> around the track at Jarama circuit.

495.75 -> And you really do get to experience

498.99 -> just how good this car handles,

501.09 -> and how balanced it is into the corners.

503.04 -> And I know you probably won't get to experience that

505.74 -> when you're just sort of pottering about

507.12 -> in and around town.

508.05 -> You're not gonna be slinging it into many corners,

510.9 -> but if you wanted to, if that's your sort of thing

513.51 -> that you get up to on the weekends,

515.07 -> then you'll be surprised how well this thing can handle it.

520.26 -> What's really interesting is this morning,

522.42 -> when I came out of my house to go and film this review,

525.87 -> I locked my front door, turned around,

527.34 -> and saw this sat on my drive

528.84 -> next to my very own Mercedes EQA.

531.522 -> And I was so glad to be getting into this,

534.39 -> rather than the EQA,

535.98 -> because it's just simply better in every single way.

540.51 -> As I said at the end of my EQA review,

543.48 -> there are just so many better options out there.

546.12 -> And the Nissan ARIYA goes right to the top of that list.

549.51 -> You're gonna have to go some way

550.86 -> to build an electric SUV crossover better than this.

554.945 -> The Nissan ARIYA has done such a great job

556.8 -> to stand out from the crowd,

558.09 -> from its stripped-back design

559.32 -> to its unique Japanese-inspired interior.

562.2 -> It's great to drive, and competitively priced

564.27 -> in comparison to some of the other

565.92 -> more premium SUV crossovers.

568.05 -> Now you may be wondering what the term ARIYA actually means,

571.29 -> and once again it's another Japanese saying,

573.36 -> which means noble, dependable,

575.43 -> and something to be respected.

577.38 -> And I think that's a pretty good way to sum this car up.

582.66 -> That's all for this video.

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589.14 -> you can head over to our channel.

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592.83 -> you can also head over to evpowered.co.uk.

595.92 -> Thanks once again for watching,

596.88 -> and we'll see you on the very next video.

599.617 -> (R&B music)

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