Nissan Ariya Review

Pricing

The cheapest 63kWh two-wheel drive Engage model starts at under £40,000 while the range tops out with the 87kWh e-4orce Evolve+ variant at just over £59,000. That puts the Ariya across a similar price range to the Skoda Enyaq, Renault Scenic E-Tech, Peugeot E-3008 and even the smaller Kia Niro EV, as well as the Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5. If there’s one thing that the Nissan isn’t short of, it’s rivals… 

As for finance deals, Nissan often has dealer contributions available for the Ariya, but there were no zero interest offers when we looked. Monthly prices tended to start from around £500 per month for the 87kWh Advance model, with a £5,000 customer deposit over a three year contract. Which isn’t bad, but isn’t the best out there either. You’ll likely get a comparable Skoda Enyaq iV on usefully lower monthly payments, for instance. 

Running costs

The Nissan Ariya will likely manage roughly 3.3m/kWh as an average over the year, factoring in the poorer efficiency that you’ll see in winter, and great efficiency that you’ll enjoy in the summer. That works out at around 8.5p per mile if you charge at home on a standard domestic tariff. If you can make use of low cost, overnight tariffs, then you can cut that to under 3p per mile. 

For some context, a petrol car doing 40mpg will cost around 15-17p per mile, while a diesel car doing 55mpg comes in at around 12-14p per mile (depending on the cost of fuel at the time of filling up). 

The Nissan is much cheaper to 'fuel' than petrol or diesel alternatives, then, but there are more efficient electric cars out there, including the Kia EV6.

The Nissan gets a three-year, 60,000 mile warranty, while the battery is covered for eight years and 100,000 miles, and Nissan promises to refurbish or replace the battery if it drops below 70% of its as-new range performance in that time.  

Insurance

The Nissan Ariya falls into insurance group 30- to 43 depending on which model you go for. That’s similar to the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6, but a bit punchier than the ratings you’ll enjoy on the less powerful Skoda Enyaq and VW ID.4. Car insurance has risen across the board in recent years, especially on electric cars, so make sure that you get an insurance quote before committing to any new car.  

Servicing costs

Servicing is only required every two years or 18,000 miles in the Nissan Ariya, which is usefully longer intervals than any petrol or diesel car and will save a useful amount on servicing. The electric car services at Nissan themselves are cheaper than on combustion cars, too, so you’ll pay around £400 for servicing over the first three- or four years, which is very competitive value next to most other electric rivals, too.