2023 Nissan Ariya Review: Leaf, Make Way for the Ariya
2023 Nissan Ariya Review: Leaf, Make Way for the Ariya
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The 2023 Nissan Ariya is an advanced successor to the Nissan Leaf, coming with significant improvements in size, technology, and range. Unlike the compact Leaf, the Ariya has grown in both physical dimensions and maturity, integrating cutting-edge technology never seen before in Nissan vehicles. Standard with front-wheel drive and unique interior features, it carries either a 63 or 87 kilowatt-hour battery, which enables a range of 214 to 304 miles. This innovative electric vehicle is priced around 60 thousand dollars, and while it might seem steep, its advanced features and capabilities provide excellent value for the price. This car carries forward Nissan’s legacy as a pioneering brand in electric vehicles, dating back to the 2011 Nissan Leaf, the first EV to be sold nationwide.
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0:00 The 2023 Nissan Ariya
0:48 Powertrain Details
2:24 Driving Impressions
7:20 Exterior Styling
9:12 Cargo Space
9:29 Interior
10:58 Rear Seats
11:21 Infotainment
13:21 Pricing
13:47 The Verdict
Content
0 -> if you're looking for a Nissan Leaf it's
time to think bigger this is the Nissan
3.66 -> Aria it's the replacement it's larger not
only with a larger battery and much greater
9.06 -> range way more technology than Nissan
has ever offered in any of its cars
13.38 -> unique features on the interior a whole
lot of surprises actually this one's just
18.06 -> over 60 Grand and before you think that's too
much well I got a lot in store for you today
23.94 -> Nissan was the first mainstream brand to go
electric the 2011 Nissan Leaf couldn't drive
29.4 -> any better than EVS did in the 90s but it came
with technology other brands wouldn't try out
34.92 -> for years and it was the first EV to go on sale
Nationwide the Aria is the Leaf's successor and
41.46 -> yet it's something entirely different this is
an electric Nissan that's grown in size and in
47.16 -> maturity the Aria comes standard with front-wheel
drives so you cannot get a front there's a motor
52.2 -> underneath there but you do get a glowing Nissan
badge that announces to everyone that this has
56.76 -> either a 63 kilowatt hour or an 87 kilowatt hour
battery so the range can be anywhere from 214 to
64.98 -> 304 miles that 304 mile range is only on a very
specific trim it's the Venture plus front wheel
71.52 -> drive with the longest range battery that model
also has the least amount of horsepower sorry
77.34 -> that number's just okay but remember that this car
is 5 000 pounds EVS are extraordinarily heavy so
83.58 -> just despite the massive power and torque that
you're seeing here very nice especially on this
88.08 -> trim it's going to be just enough to get to 0-60
in under five seconds fast but not the fastest
96.48 -> because of the larger wheels and tires and all the
extra power this Aria gets the least efficiency
101.94 -> in the lineup now you can get better ones but
they're not going to be better than the Tesla
106.56 -> Model y so that's up for grabs but what's not
is 130 kilowatt DC fast charging finally after
113.52 -> all these years Nissan has abandoned the old
chadimo standard that no one was really using
118.92 -> only some of the Japanese manufacturers were now
they're using ccs and who knows in a few years
123.84 -> they may all switch to the new Tesla Supercharger
system like GM and Ford are now doing but that's
129.12 -> in the future for now 130 kilowatts is good but
it's definitely not class leading other EVS are
135.18 -> doing well over 200 kilowatts so you will sit
at a fast charger for longer but Nissan does
140.4 -> claim that you can recharge the battery from
10 to 80 in about 40 minutes these days most
146.4 -> electric vehicles are driving the same no matter
what kind of car you're buying they're all pulling
152.16 -> from the same suppliers for Batteries the motors
aren't really too different unless you're getting
156.54 -> a remark or some other hyper car
at that level of Porsche ticon
163.14 -> but this is actually going to be a compliment
Nissan Aria feels a lot like the Mercedes eqs SUV
171.36 -> which retails for more than double the price
that's because it's very quiet the way it's
178.08 -> delivering the power nice and linear smooth
everything that you would expect an EV to do
185.7 -> but it also has the power to match it has
everything you'd expect it's quiet it's
192.36 -> smooth you don't hear anything the steering
is pretty light it's an easy car to drive
198.9 -> how could it not be there's no gears There's No
Interruption there's no adjustable brake regen
204 -> there's only one it's called e-step and when
you press it the deceleration is pretty mild
212.04 -> so much so that you do have to put your foot
down on the brake pedal to come to a stop so
217.86 -> if you're used to EVS that do the stopping for
you this one acts a little bit differently more
222.42 -> like a traditional ice car and like every other
Eevee when you put your right foot down you get a
228.78 -> nice jolt it accelerates nice and quickly it does
nothing earth-shattering not that it needs to be
236.94 -> not every EV needs to be a Performance Machine
that's I think a misconception that's out there
242.64 -> this one's just smooth and how it gets
delivered but you're not going to be
245.94 -> thinking that this is going to be a really
like fun sporty Drive even in the sport mode
251.16 -> initially under straight line acceleration the
sportiness just seems well you know average
257.52 -> but this e-force all-wheel drive that's Nissan's
name for its electric all-wheel drive they say
263.4 -> it's adapted from the attessa ETS Pro system in
those early Nissan GTRs that's what they say this
271.08 -> is the next evolution of so you have very precise
independent motor control of the torque and that's
277.68 -> true in a lot of EVS But Here Nissan actually will
put more bias toward the rear when you're under
285.24 -> braking and that's supposed to reduce the dive
effect and the kind of seesaw effect you get in
289.8 -> a lot of EVS because there's so much torque being
transferred that it doesn't tend to be as smooth
295.14 -> especially if the driver is like me and likes to
really kick it so this system will prevent some
302.1 -> of that from happening and it also does ACT to an
extent like a torque vectoring system not truly a
308.76 -> Nissan GTR obviously I think they could kick it up
a few notches maybe they could add a third motor
313.62 -> in here I don't think Nissan really intends to
do that not for a mass-market EV but it is nice
319.68 -> to know that while they were engineering it they
were thinking about how to keep all these four
324.78 -> wheels engaged and keep the driver more engaged
steering is actually better than I expected
331.38 -> I probably should have expected it because the
steering on all new Nissans has improved by a lot
338.88 -> you get better on-center feel some decent
feedback but not a lot this is still a very
345.78 -> isolated car as it's meant to be you can have
an okay time in the Aria even though I know it's
352.68 -> planted pretty secure pretty wide tires these
are 20 inches over 255 millimeters in width so
360 -> it's definitely got the traction it's not exactly
meant to be fun I think at this price I would
366 -> expect to have a little bit more added onto that
I want some more performance I just want to feel
371.76 -> like I'm kind of getting a kick in the pants when
I'm in the Kia ev6 man that car is tuned almost
378.18 -> to oversteer I don't think that's necessarily
a great idea for a family car but just the way
383.76 -> that car when you put it in the right driving mode
feels really good it really does I was expecting
390.06 -> a little bit more of that from Nissan but maybe
in future models and software updates they'll be
396.78 -> able to maybe carve a little bit more power and
excitement especially out of this all-wheel drive
402.12 -> system but as a basic setup I think they have it
done pretty well on a 100 mile Highway trip the
410.04 -> Aria consumed about 40 percent of its battery and
the range indicator was only off by about 28 miles
416.22 -> that might seem like a lot but it's better than in
other EVs and certainly better than the old leaf
421.8 -> in summertime testing in the mid 70s I could only
get up to 73 kilowatts of maximum power that power
428.4 -> varies depending on the charge station and any
host of thousands of variables it seems that
433.44 -> affect EVs and it's very annoying to say that
but it's inconsistent across testing no matter
438.72 -> where you go but that was my number the Aria is
a relatively large car looks like a rogue in some
445.08 -> instances but then it looks like nothing else that
Nissan is making it certainly is more streamlined
450.42 -> than the old Leaf was in every way it's larger
it's wider and it just looks more imposing on
456.84 -> the road check out the front solid black rails
are very popular today on EVs and Nissan has
462.66 -> its own texture it's called Kumiko wood patterns
that's what they use in Japan to put wood together
467.82 -> by pressure not by nails or glue you don't really
notice it but it's kind of an interesting pattern
472.92 -> you'll find different motifs throughout
the interior inspired by Japanese Design
476.7 -> This model is the Platinum Plus and it has the 20
inch wheels they look like beautiful big blades I
482.76 -> love how they look really set off against these
polished black fenders the whole car does keep
487.68 -> up the other Nissan V Motif that's what they call
it so you get the LEDs that kind of direct around
493.32 -> the headlights you get the parking sensors that
are nicely integrated also in polished black I
498.24 -> think this car looks pretty good considering it's
tall and it has to be kind of like an SUV kind of
503.34 -> like a hatchback it fits the bill it doesn't look
dorky it looks pretty handsome especially like the
508.38 -> two-tone paint that is an option if you get that
black roof this red is actually not available in
513.3 -> the Nissan configurator it will be soon because
I think this is definitely the color to have and
517.98 -> inside wait do you see what that looks like curved
roofs are a big Trend in the SUV Market makes you
524.22 -> feel like you have a coupe when you really don't
but back here it's actually pretty nice there's
528.42 -> two openings on this large spoiler reminds me of
that on the Kia eb6 a little extra Arrow a little
534.96 -> extra downforce for when you're passing people at
a buck 50 no not exactly it's a styling exercise
540.66 -> but it does look good it's a short tail nice
creases more polished black trim that'll probably
545.7 -> get smudged and dirty but it does look good when
it's clean so keep it that way and behind here not
551.28 -> a ton of cargo space behind the seats is about
as much space as you'll find in a little Nissan
557.22 -> kicks 23 cubic feet and when they're folded 60
cubic feet that's way below what a Nissan Rogue
563.88 -> can swallow and if you get the dual motor model
all the nice under tray storage you can't access
570.12 -> the old American cars with their bench seats
seems to be back in style with battery electric
574.68 -> cars look at all this extra space only problem
is that a third person can't sit here but the
579.6 -> same principle remains all this extra floor space
now in here this is kind of cool that moves for
588.54 -> whatever reason I'm not sure but it is interesting
this flips up wireless charger underneath here
594.48 -> there's not actually any more room so it's a giant
moving powered it's not just an armrest it's for
601.26 -> the shifter it's for all these touch sensitive
buttons that adjust the drive modes it's for this
607.02 -> this powered bank teller drawer that comes
out here very convenient when you want to
611.58 -> make a nice deposit and if you don't want to
sit next to somebody that's why this is here
616.86 -> there's a reason why there are
boundaries between two people
621.36 -> got to respect them Jokes Aside this interior
looks and feels like no other Nissan a lot of
627.84 -> the switch gears feels so much more upscale
everything from the window switches to the
632.58 -> shifter to even the volume knobs the bronze
colored accents on the air vents and this blue
638.04 -> suede-like cloth all over the dash it's looking
like a BMW IX only much better looking and this
644.88 -> trim no it's not real wood but just like the BMW
it has touch capacitive backlit icons that control
651.3 -> a lot of functions and this Nissan you're not
feeling like you're in an economy car not at all
658.2 -> lots of electric cars have lots of space in the
back seat but this one particularly more so a nice
664.38 -> flat floor this console which is all the way back
now can be powered forward for more space for this
669.84 -> Center passenger so it's not so bad being a center
passenger here because there's nothing getting
674.04 -> in the way heated rear seats on this Platinum
Plus model nice stitching it just feels just as
679.62 -> comfortable back here as it does in the front
Nissan has revamped their infotainment system
684.78 -> with new graphics new tiles it works so much
better than before because you can actually use
690.3 -> the entire screen there's a row of icons over here
that you can also swap out it's very customizable
696.12 -> where everything before felt fixed and it was
clunkier to use for example the climate control
700.86 -> I can go into the climate I can also adjust it
from the home screen or any other screen here
707.52 -> and I can go down to these touch sensitive
controls in this fake wood the fake wood
712.38 -> looks pretty nice by the way and the seats are
heated and cooled but automatically sync with
717.6 -> the temperature a lot of cool stuff here when you
go into the EV mode Nissan has finally changed
723.06 -> the radius map where it was only a circle it
would tell you that you couldn't drive into Long
727.08 -> Island Sound or Cape Cod well obviously you can't
have electric rains out there now it's overlaying
733.14 -> the actual distance you can travel on the land so
that makes it much easier to find where you need
738.36 -> to drive to find the next charging station the
cameras also improved certainly in image quality
744.96 -> it's nice that you can see a version of the right
hand side of the car helpful although I'd like
749.82 -> it on the left side for car washes that always
helps do not want to scrape these 20-inch wheels
755.1 -> and there's also Alexa Google search
and a AI assistant called Hey Nissan
760.5 -> say a command and that works pretty
well too canceling voice recognition
768.78 -> the digital instrument panel has a lot of
information especially when you enter full screen
774.06 -> because this way you can see full screen Maps
which also duplicate what's on the main screen
778.86 -> and the head up display which is very sharp so
it's pretty much impossible to miss a turn and
784.44 -> when you have profile assist on you can see
other cars coming in the lane right behind
789.6 -> you Road curves all of that it makes driving
so much easier and so is adjusting settings
794.7 -> you can see exactly what's being changed this big
screen yeah it works really well and there's more
800.4 -> customization than a lot of other cars the 2023
Nissan Aria starts at 43 190. the Platinum Plus
807.9 -> e-force I tested is fully loaded at 62 220
with destination it competes against other
814.68 -> EVS like the Kia ev6 Hyundai ioniq 5 and even
some luxury Vehicles believe it or not like the
821.58 -> Genesis electrified gb70 it's becoming a crowded
market and the Aria is looking like a bright spot
828.66 -> it may be hard to believe but Nissan made
an electric car just over 10 years ago that
833.52 -> could barely drive 100 miles under charge it was
very compromised but the leaf mattered because
838.32 -> it brought us to this the Aria and I think
they've done a pretty good job the interior
843.3 -> the technology this is putting Nissan on another
level that it's never had before I do think that
849.06 -> it's 60 Grand I'm expecting some more performance
because this is now a near luxury car and let's
855 -> be real you could buy two Nissan Rogues for
the price of this car so this one is still
860.1 -> for the more affluent buyers out there who want
to splurge and be one of the first adopters it's
865.5 -> not perfect but I gotta say for a company that
really pioneered EVS from the start I'm pretty
871.62 -> impressed and what do you think well subscribe to
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