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Nissan Ariya pros and cons
Pros and Cons by Owners / Test Drives
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Higher clearance for off roading
Good in the snow, AWD works great
This car saves me $1500-$2000 and 7000 pounds of carbon per year over its comparable ICE car-the Nissan Murano.
Power and handling-great on turns, ease of passing and getting on freeways, quiet ride.
No more gas stations! Charging takes about 1 minute--30 seconds to plug in and 30 seconds to unplug. The charging happens in our garage.
Driving free on Nevada sunshine off our rooftop solar
Solid car with little maintenance and only one recall so far.
Rearview mirror can switch to using the back camera, which is great when the car is full to the roof with our stuff!
Plenty of cargo space, especially with the rear seats down.
Good heads-up display, easy to read.
Beautiful blue Nappa leather seats and blue suede dash. Car feels like a luxury car at this trim level. Seats feel like they wrap around me just right and are very comfortable.
Large battery gives us about 225-mile range on the road, but our personal max is about 150 miles! Range is closer to 300 in town with regenerative braking.
Beautiful pano roof with a sunroof in front half. We love that the pano has a cover to cut down on glare and heat when the sun is high.
Love the faux wood-grain trim that integrates haptic, touch-sensitive climate controls below the touch screen.
Nice, low, two-paneled screen design—not in your face like a Tesla
Easy to charge and we like the manual access door.
Heated and ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, and heated steering wheel
Came with a high-end charging cable capable of 110 and 220 charging (level 1 & 2)
E-Step brake works well for going down mountain passes. We hardly have to use the brakes. Regenerative braking both generates power for the car and reduces wear and tear on the brakes. In town, we use the B drive option which has a lighter touch of braking than the E-Step.
Wireless Apple CarPlay-ability to access iPhone via Siri
Normal door handles, not pop-outs. I like that it locks and unlocks by touch on all doors.
Ability to shift from reverse to forward drive without braking, but we wish the forward gear was a push forward and reverse was a push back. This would make more intuitive sense.
The small hidden glovebox for valuables
Great Bose sound system
Nice lighting inside and out
Highway Driving Assist system (ProPILOT Assist 2.0) is quirky and beeps a lot which is annoying. We could never figure out how to stop it from slowing excessively into curves on mountain freeways. Hence, we don’t use it for our longer road trips. The eyes forward alert can be especially annoying, particularly when looking into curves.
Navigating the menus on the left screen with the steering wheel buttons and roller can be challenging and irritating.
EV’s chew through tires faster than ICE’s and the tires are more expensive, but this will ultimately be offset by the lower maintenance costs.
Slow Level 3 charge rate.
Stiffer suspension makes the ride a little rough.
Too much shiny black on the exterior for my taste. I wish it had come in a silver color.
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See Tech Specs - Nissan Ariya
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Excellent build quality
Lots of standard features even on the base model
Great infotainment system
Good mobile phone app
Decent range, even on the small battery
Expensive
Small glove boxes
Pro-Pilot driving support too fiddly to engage
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