Times like this you still wish you had E-Power!
I have the Advance, with heated electric seats heated steering wheel,built in wireless charging and an electric opening panoramic roof with an auto tailgate etc etc. I have had 3 Quashqai’s , so a big supporter, but , it is not in the same league as the Ariya. Preheating ~cooling is a godsend btw.
How do you find the Ariya? My order window is open now. I’m going to arrange a test drive, as like you, I currently have a QQ ePower. I have a choice of the standard range with pan roof, or long range without. Only the Advance trim available.
Well, I have now had my 2025 Ariya Advance 63 , with the sliding panoramic roof, for just over 4 months, covering just over 3600 miles.
The car is kept outside all year, so
Pre – heating & cooling are a godsend, getting into a warm frost free car in winter (no window scraping or spraying ) or a cool ( a/c fully on) car in the summer is tremendous – 10 minutes costs about 4-5 miles of battery usage- well worth it.
I get around 140-150 miles fully loaded travelling at 70+ on the motorway, and around 250- 300 miles rural/ around Town .
As I use the car, mainly , locally, the 63 is ok for me – it charges slightly quicker and accelerates slightly better than the heavier bigger battery longer range version.
As previously indicated, my last car was a Qashqai ePower, which i had for nearly three years and travelled over 30,000 miles – which until The Ariya arrived was the best of 6 other new Nissan Datsun models.I have owned —- overall, the Ariya is by far a better car than the any of the others, especially good on build quality!
It is quick & stays very flat going around corners, and it has very nippy ‘instant ‘ acceleration surprisingly for a big heavy car, especially in Sport mode’ & it does it all in silence, and loads & loads of space inside.
I have previously owned from ‘new’ , a Volvo XC 90, two XC60’s an XC 70 & a V60, plus Rovers, Fords, Vauxhalls,Triumphs, AustinMorris, WW Tiguan etcetc. And in my humble opinion, the Ariya is the best ‘overall’ of all these.
I am impressed by & fully recommend the Ariya.