Get up early in the morning and catch up late, can Dongfeng Nissan Ariya catch up later?

After Nissan rubbed shoulders with the wave of new energy vehicles, it opened the rhythm of "always slow and half-beat", even at the node where the first pure electric SUV models of the top three Japanese companies gathered, Nissan was still late.

In late April, honda e:NS1 officially launched, Toyota bZ4X opened pre-sale, should be competing on the same stage Nissan Aria, but opened blind booking. Compared with the lively scene of the other two models, the slightly slower and mysterious Nissan Ariya has relatively less market attention.

In fact, Nissan could have been faster, because it has enough technology and market accumulation in the field of electrification technology.

Nissan's pure electric trolley, LFAF (Leaf), launched in 2010, has won the top spot in the global electric vehicle market. Under the empowerment of intelligent functions such as pure electric endurance of 200km and remote control of mobile phones, LFAF has accumulated more than 500,000 vehicles. Unfortunately, due to the lack of stepping on the wind outlet of automobile electrification, in the face of many new car-making forces led by Tesla, the LFAF with a single product force finally came to a dismal end.

The lesson of catching up early in the morning and catching up with a late set did not attract Nissan's attention.

After Nissan released the IMx concept car in 2017 and shouted the slogan of pure electricity and intelligence, there was no news. This wait is three years, and the 2020 Aria mass production version has finally surfaced. Although the progress is delayed, it has finally blossomed. And from the origin of the new electric vehicle platform CMF-EV of the Ariaya "Renault + Nissan + Mitsubishi" alliance, as well as the equipment of the new brand logo, it is not difficult to guess that in addition to opening a new era of Dongfeng Nissan electric vehicles in the domestic market, this car may also become the successor of X-Trail in the era of electrification.

It can be found that the Japanese brand is still full of conservatism in the transformation of electrification, the shape of Honda e: NS1 and Toyota bZ4X has been complained by many netizens that "the oil smell is too heavy", and Nissan Ariya's body can also see the figure of the fuel version of the Qashqai, and the "V-Motion" front face design language is the most obvious evidence. However, this does not mean that Aria's styling does not have highlights, there are many details worth considering. For example, in order to avoid the closed net design is too light and boring, it is deliberately filled with irregular shaped gradient embellishments. The logo that can be customized and illuminated, with the sharply shaped headlight group on both sides, creates a good sense of technology.

The side of the body adopts a slip-on shape, the slightly muscular line outline brings a bit of sports attributes, and the black paint at the wheel eyebrows of the vehicle makes Aria more wild. Interestingly, Honda e: NS1 and Toyota bZ4X in the body design, also use black paint, it seems that in terms of design, the Japanese brand still maintains a consistent aesthetic, I don't know whether the domestic market is "cold" to this style. The rear of the car is a conventional design, through the tail light group, the light group shape is narrow and long, and the logo of the tail mark is replaced by the letter "NISSAN".

The Nissan Ariya's body sizes are 4603/1900/1654mm and the wheelbase is 2775mm. The three-dimensional data is relatively close to ThatCoco, but thanks to the blessing of the pure electric platform, Nissan Ariya has 69mm more wheelbase than X-Trail, and combined with the flat floor of the rear floor of the platform, it is expected that the performance in the interior space of the vehicle will be much higher than that of X-Trail.

While maintaining Nissan's usual homely character, the interior has also undergone a bold and innovative design, which is completely different from the current Nissan model, and nissan Aria has created a good sense of luxury and refinement while strengthening the sense of technology. Dual 12.3-inch screens and virtual buttons replace physical keys, and the air conditioning outlet features a hidden design, suspended central handrails and a large number of wooden elements, giving Aria a little more sense of grade.

Combined with the overseas version of Nissan Ariya, the car is equipped with Nissan Safety Shield active safety technology including panoramic intelligent surveillance images, over-the-horizon collision warning system, pre-collision intelligent brakes and automatic emergency braking of the rear wheels. The blessing of cutting-edge technologies such as ProPILOT 2.0 intelligent control pilot technology and e-4ORCE control also gives Nissan Ariya the confidence of "later can also catch up".

In terms of power and endurance, according to the previous declaration information, it can be understood that Nissan Aria may provide two-wheel drive version and four-wheel drive version. The former is equipped with a single motor with a maximum power of 178 kW and a maximum speed of 160 km/h, while the latter has a combined power of 320 kW with dual motors. In terms of endurance, the car is equipped with ternary lithium batteries with two capacities of 63kWh and 87kWh, and the maximum cruising range is 480km and 610km respectively.

Nissan Ariya's design can still be seen in some places to see the Japanese brand's conservative design, but these obviously can't hide the car's luminous points, such as the highly technological touch virtual button, and the e-4ORCE control technology that combines handling and comfort. However, from the perspective of the layout rhythm of Japanese brands in electric products, Nissan Ariya is likely to lose the first-mover advantage again in this competition. Combined with the price positioning of about 260,000 yuan overseas, the future domestic price is likely to be between 230,000 and 330,000 yuan. However, if this is really the pricing, I don't know what form Nissan Ariya will achieve "latecomers on top" when competing products such as Toyota bZ4X and ID.4 CROZZ?

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