After a long period of quiet, 2022 promises to be a year packed with activity on the Nissan front, because it isn’t just the Kicks B-segment crossover that was teased in Edaran Tan Chong Motor’s (ETCM) recent Chinese New Year greeting video – the coming year may also see the Nissan Ariya all-electric SUV making its way here.
The front end of the EV is shown at the ending of the video, suggesting that the model is on the cards for introduction sometime this year. That the Ariya is slated for the market isn’t surprising – in 2020, there had been unofficial intimation that there were plans to bring the car in, although pricing remained a point that needed to be worked on.
That it is now being hinted at broadly means that those challenges have been largely overcome, very likely due to the tax breaks for EVs announced by the government, which would now make it competitive. Pricing for standard models in Japan start at approximately five million yen (RM183,000), after available government subsidies, so this provides a good indicator of how local pricing could shape up.
The Ariya is the automaker’s first mass-market fully-electric model since the Leaf, and will go on sale in four variant forms, in 63 kWh and 87 kWh battery capacities, each in either front- or all-wheel drive guise.
With the 63 kWh pack, the single-motor variant makes 160 kW (215 hp) and 300 Nm of torque and delivers an estimated range of up to 450 km (WLTP cycle), with a 0-100 km/h sprint time of 7.5 seconds. The motor is boosted to 178 kW (239 hp) with the 87 kWh battery, but because of the additional weight incurred, it’s slightly slower to get to 100 km/h at 7.6 seconds. At 610 km, its range is the highest in the Ariya line-up.
As for the two-motor e-4ORCE AWD models, the 63 kWh model makes 250 kW (335 hp) and 560 Nm, reaches 100 km/h in 5.6 seconds and has an operating range of up to 430 km. The 87 kWh AWD model has 290 kW (388 hp) and 600 Nm, does the same sprint in 5.1 seconds and can travel up to 580 km on a single charge. In Japan, charging the Ariya via a 130 kW CHAdeMO fast charger provides 375 km of additional range in just 30 minutes.
The Ariya hasn’t made its way into the market yet – it was originally set to be introduced domestically in mid-2021, but the impact of Covid-19 and the semiconductor shortage has pushed back volume production to this year.
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Reminds almost like bmw but looking good
With Tan Chong around, coming in 2040 at least.
No such thing.
agreed. Tan Chong unkers will never bring this car in, EVER!
But they will but hope that this time, they will promise to bring more Nissan cars in.
To ETCM: please bring more nissan goods as soon as possible
Just where ur confidence come from when historical facts tells us otherwise? Tan Chong unkers have constantly proven to lag behind others. So what has changed? Did Nissan change the franchise holder?
Did Tan Chong change ownership?
Did TC unkers all croaked and replace with young aggressive execs?
Show us proof and not spin too much.
Then you have ample time to save up, like how I’m saving up for a Cullinan.
Culinary is luxury car and Ariya is affordable electric car. So can’t compare
You have better luck getting that Cullinan as Tan Chong unkers are well known to tease a lot of Nissan cars & tech but never bring them in.
But they will.
ETCM: please bring more nissan goods to here as soon as possible
Expensive to maintain and more problems than those cars from jepunis and sweden
Beauty
At those motor outputs, the road tax will be RM1143 for 63kWh RWD, RM1575 for 87kWh RWD, RM3303 for 63kWh AWD and RM 4263 for 87kWh AWD.
These are crazy road taxes for cars in the RM200k range. ICE cars with 3000CC above are the only things approaching these levels of road taxes and usually cost RM500k above. JPJ please restructure the rates, most EVs nowadays already 100kW at minimum while affordable EVS in the current tax rate can only be 90kW below. There’s no reason to incentivize such low motor output unlike low CC ICE cars.
Good choices. Maybe will pick 450km car
Anything that ETCM touches, its interior or accessories will be downgraded and bring to low class
Low class and accessories will be downgraded? Are you sure about it? If so, then why Almera spec so good and why gives extra specs comparing to our neighbour Thailand and Navara spec is better? Are you referring to another brand that spec already cut?
ETCM: Run!!! Wolves are coming now, for the XXth times.
Got charging infra here yet especially for ppl living in condos?
Hey Ah Chong. You always tease tease. Make sure you launch ah! Year of Tiger dont simply simply tease tease you know!
Jangan mimpi la
This will not be cheap. It starts from USD47k in the US so with options we’re looking way north of RM200k for a decent spec variant.