Two years ago in July, as an important step in electrification in the "Nissan NEXT" corporate transformation plan, Nissan launched the pure electric crossover model Aria on the online cloud, officially landing this concept car born in 2019, and two months later, Ariya debuted in China for the first time.
According to the rhythm of most new energy vehicle companies, there is at most half a year of preparation time, which is enough to put such an important mass production electric product in the Chinese market. But Nissan once again missed the blowout of the new energy market last year, until April 27 this year in the Chinese market to open a "blind booking" pre-sale - but this is not a difference for us, after all, Ariaya debut Nissan claimed to be listed in Japan in mid-2020, but due to the impact of the epidemic and chips and other factors, the final listing time has been jumped for two years, and the European and American markets are only in the plan.
However, we can confirm that the 5 million yen pre-sale price promised by Nissan at the time of Ariya's debut is still valid. Since the exchange rate of the RMB has changed greatly during the period since 2020, according to the rough conversion of the exchange rate scheduled for April 27, 2020, Ariya's pricing for the japanese market should be about 255,400 yuan.
According to the information declared by Nissan in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the four models listed by Ariya in the early stage are 4603mm long and 2775mm wheelbase, which is similar to the Volkswagen ID.4 of the same joint venture brand, which is smaller than the Model Y, while the starting price of the new ID.4 X single motor long endurance version after subsidies is 225,288 yuan, and the Model Y has raised the threshold of the standard endurance version to 316,900 yuan after Tesla's recent price increases. In the case that Nissan only opened the blind booking with a deposit of 88 yuan and did not give a price reference, I guess that the two front-drive single-motor models of Aria final 160kW/178kW will be priced at the same level or slightly higher than ID.4, matching the e-4ORCE four-wheel drive and torque distribution system, and the dual motor version with a total power of 320kW and a total torque of 600Nm can be compared to the price of the Model Y.
From the perspective of motor power, Nissan's self-made level is not bad, and it is not too far from Tesla. In terms of battery life, the Nissan CMF-EV platform stacked ternary lithium battery packs with 65kWh and 90kWh specifications, with usable capacities of 63kWh and 87kWh, which are higher than ID.4 and Model Y. However, it is not known that Ariya's endurance under the CLTC standard, what can be seen at present is that Nissan claims that the long-endurance model runs out of the 610km WLC endurance performance, and it is expected that its actual energy consumption performance will be slightly lower than Tesla, but it is also at an excellent level.
More information about Ariya actually comes from the excavation of the Driver's School, because when you open the Nissan official website to search for Ariya, you can still see only the relatively superficial content of "eight design elements and ten design highlights". As for the blind deposit on April 27, we spent 88 yuan through the online mini program, and all we got was priority car appreciation, test drive, and ambiguous "privilege box" and "first batch of product experience officer co-creation rights", and even did not confirm whether Nissan would deliver in blind order - from the previous operation of new energy models such as Ford Mustang Mach-E, it is estimated that it will still refer to the order of payment of the official deposit.
A little bit of knowledge is that we know the paint colors that Aria will provide. Nissan gives the appearance of glazed gold, embroidered brocade red, pearl jade white, blue and blue four kinds of black top color, as well as pearl jade white, xuan mo black and tungsten steel gray three kinds of solid color appearance, that is, in addition to white, the color of the two shapes does not coincide, this is still a rare practice, may also try to meet the consumer's pursuit of personalization.
Considering Ariya's more advanced look, I would prefer a two-tone body, which better represents the "eternal Japanese futurism" that Nissan advocates. Of course, for the interior design of Aria, I think friends who pay attention to it are also very familiar, hidden touch panels, central storage box and other details are still very fresh.
With more progress, Nissan left Ariya with a technological dimension. In addition to the e-4ORCE four-wheel drive and torque distribution system to improve driving stability, Nissan is also equipped with a ProPILOT 2.0 driver assistance system on this model, which includes ProPILOT 2.0 intelligent control pilot technology, ProPILOT remote intelligent control parking system and e-Pedal integrated intelligent control pedal, plus several active safety features of nissan Safety Shield. Ariya's technological equipment is the most pioneering elite of Nissan at present.
epilogue:
In the era of new energy is still declining, Nissan Leaf has entered the mainstream overseas market, but it is not satisfied with domestic consumers. As Nissan's new pure electric model, Ariya is obviously more in line with the preferences of Chinese users, although affected by the overall environmental impact, from the product progress it has been late, less opportunities for surprises, but I think more friends on a Nissan electric crossover appeal is not amazing or unexpected, the reason why this part of the buyers give up the visual perception impact of the new forces of car-making, Tude is a solid and reliable, if Ariya in this part is good enough, I think Nissan should also be able to leave a territory in the new energy market.
Wen | Louis
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