Nissan Ariya vs Volkswagen ID.5

Aug 3, 2023

Nissan Ariya vs Volkswagen ID.5

The Nissan Ariya and Volkswagen ID.5 are two of the freshest electric SUVs to hit the UK market, as well as being extremely closely matched in terms of size, price and range.

In this CarGurus UK review, electric car expert Vicky Parrott test the 2022 Nissan Ariya against the equally as fresh VW ID.5. She considers both models for styling, practicality, technology, driving dynamics, charging and more.

The Ariya, which is available with front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive, features a 63kWh or 87kWh useable battery capacity, giving an official range on the WLTP cycle of 250 or 329 miles respectively. It costs from around £44,000 up to £66,000.

The VW ID.5 fights back with a 77kWh battery and an official WLTP range of up to 327 miles. Prices start from about £50,000, making it an ideal match for the cheapest long-range model of the Ariya.

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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 – Introducing the VW ID.5 and Nissan Ariya
02:00 – Practicality
02:43 – In the back
03:50 – Up front
05:53 – Charging
06:05 – What are they like to drive
11:10 – Final thoughts
12:30 – Let us know what you think

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0.06 -> the mid-sized electric SUV class is

2.82 -> brimming with options ranging from the

4.86 -> Tesla Model y to the skoda enyak IV and

7.44 -> far more but the Nissan Aria and

9.96 -> Volkswagen id5 are two of the latest

12.24 -> offerings and they both bring something

14.219 -> new to the party I'm going to start by

16.5 -> talking about the Nissan Aria this is

19.32 -> the first pure electric model that

20.699 -> Nissan has launched since the leaf now

23.039 -> it's also on a new platform it's called

24.66 -> the cmf EV platform it's offered with

27.3 -> two different batteries you can have a

28.92 -> 63 or an 87 kilowatt hour usable

31.5 -> capacity and that gives you an official

33.66 -> wltp range of between 250 and 329 miles

38.16 -> that does also take into account the

40.32 -> fact that you can get the Nissan with

41.64 -> front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive

43.26 -> and a bit more power and price wise

45.36 -> you're looking at 44 000 right up to

47.399 -> about 56 000 pounds for those high-end

50.039 -> four-wheel drive versions this here is

52.26 -> the VW id5 it is essentially a swoopier

55.92 -> fancier version of the Volkswagen id4

58.14 -> which means that you get the familiar

59.699 -> Meb platform and at the moment it's only

62.34 -> available with a 77 kilowatt hour

64.26 -> battery that gets you an official wltp

66.84 -> range of up to 327 miles prices start at

70.26 -> around about 50 000 pounds which is by

72.72 -> the way almost exactly the same price as

74.52 -> you'll pay for the cheapest long range

76.26 -> Aria these two are really similar in

79.74 -> terms of size price and ambition then

82.2 -> but if I have to make a decision between

84.18 -> the two when it comes to the styling

86.04 -> well I'm definitely going to have to go

88.02 -> for the Nissan it's got really fabulous

90.24 -> concept car looks really kind of sharp

92.159 -> creases I do really like this sort of

93.78 -> copper colored launch color they've got

95.159 -> two I just think they've done a fabulous

96.84 -> job it's really eye-catching despite

98.52 -> this being quite a generic looking class

99.96 -> of car I think the Volkswagen on the

102.72 -> other hand well I think it looks really

104.759 -> good I like the proportions of it but it

106.56 -> doesn't look very sporty and athletic

108.299 -> does it it's got a really sort of Stumpy

109.74 -> front end and something about it it just

111.54 -> kind of makes me want to kind of grab

112.68 -> its cheeks and squish them it's kind of

114.06 -> cute and whether that's what you want

115.799 -> from a family SUV or not well it may be

118.86 -> maybe it's not anyway to most people

121.799 -> practicality will be the more important

123.84 -> issue the Nissan has a somewhat middling

126.68 -> 466 liters of boot space which for some

129.72 -> context is what you get in the Nissan

131.22 -> Qashqai you also get some cable storage

133.98 -> under the boot floor as well as a

135.599 -> powered tailgate on both trims but

137.4 -> neither of these cars have any storage

139.02 -> in the nose the Volkswagen gets a much

141.599 -> more useful 549 liters of boot space and

144.78 -> it does have a slightly deeper boot as

146.459 -> well which is useful if you've got a

147.72 -> chunky buggy to fit in there's also a

149.94 -> variable floor to hide your cables away

151.56 -> but only higher spec cars get a powered

154.14 -> boot lid

155.22 -> both cars have 60 40 split rear seats

157.62 -> that lie flush with the boot floor when

159 -> folded and the Volkswagen also comes

161.22 -> with a through loading cubby

162.84 -> passenger space in the back of the id5

164.879 -> is very generous particularly in terms

166.739 -> of the leg room and it's just you get

168.9 -> really nice Comforts like this huge

170.76 -> glass roof definitely going to keep the

172.5 -> kids happy as is the standard rear

174.42 -> climate control and you get a nice

176.28 -> Center armrest with cup holders here so

179.4 -> maybe Headroom could be a touch better

181.62 -> but even so I think you get two six

183.3 -> Footers back here no problem at all

184.86 -> passenger space in the Nissan there is

187.44 -> masses of leg room Headroom though is a

190.5 -> little bit tight you do feel like this

191.94 -> sunroof which is optional on the base

193.62 -> trim well that does kind of eat into

195.239 -> your Headroom a little bit I still think

196.62 -> kind of your average adult's got to be

198.12 -> really comfy back here but it does feel

199.8 -> a tiny bit dark and I think some people

201.3 -> might expect a little a little bit

202.86 -> better on that front even so the seats

205.14 -> are nice and comfy nice sort of deep

206.7 -> bases here and you do get your Center

209.4 -> armrest plus charging points in the back

211.62 -> more importantly than anything practical

213.42 -> like how comfortable it is back here is

215.22 -> that you get this lovely shag pile

217.56 -> carpet as standard in the Aria which I

220.14 -> have to say it's uh well I mean it's

222.239 -> really impress aggressively luxurious

223.86 -> but then if you've got kids you're going

225.659 -> to take it out immediately because

226.739 -> otherwise it's going to be full of Crips

228.06 -> and mud in about three minutes

230.7 -> the finish and look of the interior in

233.22 -> the Nissan I think as well as the way it

235.44 -> looks on the outside is one of the big

236.819 -> reasons people are going to go for this

238.019 -> car it looks really cool in here there's

240.239 -> a real Boutique feel to it there's

242.099 -> something almost a bit kind of volvo-ish

244.019 -> about it with this kind of wood finish

245.879 -> that they've got around here touch

247.62 -> sensitive buttons that are sort of on

249.72 -> the wood effect finish it's really feels

252 -> quite special and definitely a big step

253.739 -> up for Nissan so they've done well on

255.299 -> that front I like the driving position

257.04 -> too you do get Standard Lumber

258.78 -> adjustment and electric seat adjustment

260.579 -> in the Aria you sit quite high up

262.979 -> actually but the seats really kind of

264.72 -> hold you nice and firmly and it does

266.699 -> actually give you lots of support so I

268.02 -> do quite like that the Nissan gets two

270.3 -> 12.3 inch screens with the central

272.58 -> touchscreen being the window to all of

274.56 -> your infotainment needs standard

276.9 -> equipment includes Sat Nav with charger

278.639 -> search function as well as Wireless

280.5 -> Apple carplay and Android auto

283.38 -> equipment in the rd5 is really generous

286.139 -> you get this fake leather and suede

289.199 -> finish which actually I really quite

290.94 -> like you get 30 weight ambient lighting

293.34 -> heated seats you get really kind of

295.38 -> everything that you expect however I do

297.6 -> think that it would benefit from having

299.52 -> Lumber adjustment I don't even really

301.139 -> mind the fact that you get manual seat

302.4 -> adjustment on this entry-level live trim

304.68 -> that we have here but definitely a

306.6 -> lumber adjustment would benefit because

308.1 -> this seat feels quite flat otherwise the

310.32 -> VW is 12.3 inch touchscreen gets really

313.08 -> decent graphics and is very easy to see

315 -> even in direct light

316.74 -> plus you get Sat Nav Wireless Apple

318.9 -> carplay and Android auto as well as

321.06 -> over-the-air software updates

323.16 -> is blighted by those annoying touch

325.32 -> sensitive temperature controls for the

326.94 -> climate but generally I think the

328.74 -> materials in here feel pretty decent I

330.84 -> just don't think it has the wow factor

332.28 -> that the Nissan has when it comes to

334.259 -> charging both cars get the same type 2

336.479 -> and CCS sockets which are compatible

338.82 -> with every home charger and the vast

340.979 -> majority of public charges across the UK

342.84 -> and Western Europe a full charge at home

345.3 -> will take under 13 hours in the big

346.979 -> battery Volkswagen and Aria while the

349.199 -> smaller battery Nissan will take more

350.699 -> like nine hours both get Peak rapid

352.74 -> charging speeds of 130 kilowatts so if

355.5 -> you plug into a 150 kilowatt DC rapid

357.9 -> charger you'll get a 100 Mil top up in

360.18 -> roughly 15 minutes or a 10 to 80 battery

362.82 -> charge in around 30 minutes

371.88 -> so this is actually the smaller battery

374.22 -> of the two available in the Aria so this

376.8 -> is a 63 kilowatt hour but you still get

379.02 -> 215 brake horsepower motor on the front

381.78 -> wheels it's rear wheel drive in the id5

384 -> front wheel drive in the Aria and that

386.639 -> gives this a seven and a half second

388.38 -> note 62 time and it does actually feel

391.02 -> pretty Punchy I have to say it's got a

393.419 -> proper sort of spring in its step when

394.74 -> you want it to the Aria so the

396.78 -> performance is pretty decent I mean

398.819 -> having said that that's pretty middling

401.28 -> by the standards of this class you know

403.38 -> the Mustang Maki never minded the Tesla

405.419 -> Model y absolutely scorching by

407.819 -> comparison the handling is also

410.46 -> fairly middling it turns into a corner

412.68 -> fine the steering is quite light it's

414.96 -> just one of those cars that feels quite

416.28 -> heavy it doesn't really disguise its

418.199 -> weight too well in terms of its handling

420.419 -> and its performance the Nissan is

422.4 -> competitive with the vast majority of

424.08 -> its Rivals including the skoda enyak

426 -> that we favor but it's also nothing

427.86 -> particularly special

429.6 -> to be honest it's a bit disappointing

431.22 -> now this car is on 19-inch Wheels it's

433.86 -> on huge balloon tires on 55 section

436.44 -> Bridgestone tires and the ride

440.16 -> a lot of the time it's fine but if you

442.44 -> get kind of quite a choppy urban road

444.24 -> particularly it really does feel quite

446.28 -> unsettled and when you do hit you know

448.259 -> the potholes that you typically find a

449.639 -> lot in the UK this kind of thing or the

451.02 -> manhole covers get a really big thump

452.819 -> and quite loud suspension too so I'd say

455.46 -> that ride Comfort probably not quite as

457.56 -> bad as a Tesla Model y but definitely

459.96 -> not as good as in the Volkswagen id5 or

463.139 -> for instance the Hyundai ionic 5. pros

465.539 -> and cons of course but I do think that

467.4 -> Nissan could have just tried a little

469.02 -> bit harder to get the Dynamics a bit

471.06 -> balanced a bit better either focus on

473.099 -> the Comfort or on the sportiness because

474.9 -> at the moment the Nissan seems to be

476.58 -> kind of just about adequate on both

478.44 -> fronts but not really particularly

479.819 -> special either now Nissan sort of

482.58 -> pioneered the one pedal driving mode

484.38 -> which is where the brake regen and that

486.72 -> don't forget is a system whereby when

488.22 -> you lift off the throttle the car feels

489.72 -> like it's breaking itself and what it's

491.099 -> doing is harvesting energy to increase

492.9 -> the efficiency in the range in the car

494.58 -> in this hand you get something called

496.56 -> e-pedal which is the same as that one

498.539 -> pedal drive mode and it does when it

501.12 -> kicks in you do have to get used to it

502.919 -> if you've never used it before because

504.18 -> it does feel quite peculiar but it

506.58 -> doesn't take that much time and then you

508.259 -> can find that you can drive around town

509.759 -> with barely using the brake pedal at all

511.5 -> very easy to get used to or you can turn

513.719 -> e-pedal off and then you can toggle

515.88 -> through the drive modes up here to

517.32 -> change your steering weight and all that

519.539 -> sort of thing

520.68 -> you can put it into a slightly heavier

522.479 -> mode here with this very fancy looking

524.7 -> futuristic sort of gear shifter thing so

526.92 -> that's a slightly a sort of happy medium

529.32 -> in between your normal drive mode and

531.54 -> one pedal drive mode the id5

533.519 -> interestingly takes a completely

534.959 -> different attack and barely has any

536.279 -> brake regen at all in normal drive mode

539.1 -> and then you can just slightly weight it

541.62 -> up if you want to so it's a bit simpler

543.24 -> in the Volkswagen both of them quite

545.22 -> easy to get used to and if you've never

546.899 -> driven an EV before this all sounds a

549.18 -> bit intimidating and weird honestly just

551.64 -> have a go because they're really really

553.14 -> easy to drive and really easy to get

554.76 -> used to so it's one of those things

556.68 -> that's just a case of a bit of

558 -> familiarity really

558.95 -> [Music]

561.54 -> foreign

564.86 -> If You're Expecting The id5 to be

567.66 -> particularly sporty then I think you're

569.64 -> going to be a bit disappointed so this

571.86 -> car here that we've got it's the base

573.54 -> spec life and it's the pro so it's not

576.12 -> even the performance Pro which gets a

578.1 -> more powerful 201 brake horsepower motor

580.26 -> this standard car gets 172 brake

583.019 -> horsepower and it's pretty sedate to say

585.54 -> the least so you're talking about 10.4

587.339 -> seconds to 62 miles an hour that doesn't

589.5 -> bother me overly much because to be

591.779 -> honest it's punchy enough in normal

593.459 -> everyday use but there is no getting

595.5 -> away from the fact that it is well it's

597.6 -> slow of course there is the GTX version

599.76 -> which is four-wheel drive and uh near

602.1 -> enough 300 brake horsepower so I'm sure

603.839 -> that that will have quite a lot more

605.399 -> Vigor to it but we haven't driven it yet

606.959 -> and uh on this evidence I'm going to say

610.62 -> that the id5 is definitely a more

612.36 -> Comfort oriented car and I think that's

614.1 -> one of its strengths actually this is a

616.38 -> particularly poor Road surface that I'm

618.06 -> on right now but generally I've quite

620.04 -> enjoyed my time in the id5 because it's

621.779 -> just really chilled it it rides really

623.76 -> nicely actually peculiarly slightly

626.1 -> better even than the id4 I seem to

627.899 -> remember this is on 20 inch wheels this

630.6 -> test car very refined not much wind

633.12 -> noise almost no motor wind at all you

635.88 -> know the steering's fine it weights up

637.5 -> all right there is no sport mode so I

639.6 -> think even Volkswagen has decided that

641.16 -> it's not really bother even pretending

642.6 -> that this is sporty you go through the

644.16 -> drive modes here and you've got your Eco

647.22 -> your comfort and your individual where

649.62 -> you can weight up the steering and there

651.54 -> is actually a sport mode if you bother

654 -> to sort of find it deep down in there

655.62 -> but it all gels nicely for being

657.899 -> comfortable and relaxed but I'm a bit

660.36 -> disappointed that it's just a bit

661.44 -> middling in terms of its performance and

663.12 -> in the way it handles you know it's just

665.7 -> not the sports SUV that I think a lot of

667.38 -> people might hope and expect it to be

669.26 -> really taking these two apart just

672.24 -> proves that they're both admirable

674.76 -> likable for various different reasons

676.68 -> than Nissan particularly for the way it

678.42 -> looks and the way it feels inside but

681.12 -> neither of them is class leading

682.44 -> honestly the problem with these two

685.56 -> are their rivals the Kia ev6 pretty much

689.22 -> just as practical and better to drive

690.66 -> the Hyundai ioniq 5 more tacky cooler to

693.24 -> look at you've got the Tesla Model y

695.1 -> you've got the skoda enyak IV which is

697.62 -> still our favorite all-round family EV

700.019 -> they really are just swamped by

702 -> competition these two and in that

704.279 -> context well neither is class leading

706.92 -> when it comes to real world range the VW

709.26 -> proved a little more efficient in our

711.12 -> tests and returned 3.3 miles per

713.1 -> kilowatt hour in warmer conditions and

714.839 -> varied driving which included a fair bit

716.82 -> of Motorway stuff that adds up to a

719.16 -> range of 254 miles from this 77 kilowatt

722.04 -> hour battery while the Nissan managed

724.2 -> more like 3.1 miles per kilowatt hour

726.24 -> that's 195 miles per charge on this

729.18 -> smaller battery version

730.56 -> ultimately both of these cars are

732.779 -> recommendable for their Tech and general

734.339 -> sophistication but neither is a standout

736.98 -> in this very competitive class for its

739.38 -> comfort and efficiency we would have to

741.12 -> choose the Volkswagen over the Nissan

742.5 -> here but only by a small margin and the

745.38 -> Nissan is no doubt your best bet if you

747.42 -> do value the style and interior finish

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