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Just completed 120 mile trip on highways and urban roads. Here are my first impressions.
1. Ariya will exceed the 289 miles (EPA rating) in reasonable weather conditions. I averaged 3.5 miles/kwh. The usable battery is 90KW, I think Ariya will average 300+ miles of range.
2. Ariya will show number of miles regenerated after the trip. I was missing this on my Ioniq 5.
3. I used propilot for most the trip and I am very impressed with the performance. Ariya kept the car centered, acceleration and deceleration was smooth. The handoff driving was fun. Ariya disengaged handoff driving in construction zones.
4. The lane departure warning is similar to a mobile phone vibration. I liked this better than the annoying beep sounds.
5. The cabin is super quiet, and the suspension is not sporty/bumpy.
6. zero gravity seats are very comfortable.
7. I enjoyed the feel of leather wrapped steering
8. There are no rattles or noises in the car
9. The instrument cluster displays break lights whenever the rear brake light is on (see attached picture). This is useful whenever the car is using regenerative braking.
10. The brake pedal moves based on the amount of regenerative braking. I initially thought it was weird but later realized it helped me apply the right amount of braking pressure.
11. I felt like it will take time to adjust to intelligent rear-view camera mirror.
I did not test the propilot parking assist and I did not get a chance to play with the infotainment system.
Ariya feels and drives like a normal ICE car. I think Nissan put together a very nice car and it will satisfy lot of people. Ariya deserves an Infiniti badge and I think it is worth the wait.
Only three of us received the car this week. Demo units and few more customer cars might be delivered this year. I believe most of the reservation holders might receive their cars in January/February.
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1. Ariya will exceed the 289 miles (EPA rating) in reasonable weather conditions. I averaged 3.5 miles/kwh. The usable battery is 90KW, I think Ariya will average 300+ miles of range.
2. Ariya will show number of miles regenerated after the trip. I was missing this on my Ioniq 5.
3. I used propilot for most the trip and I am very impressed with the performance. Ariya kept the car centered, acceleration and deceleration was smooth. The handoff driving was fun. Ariya disengaged handoff driving in construction zones.
4. The lane departure warning is similar to a mobile phone vibration. I liked this better than the annoying beep sounds.
5. The cabin is super quiet, and the suspension is not sporty/bumpy.
6. zero gravity seats are very comfortable.
7. I enjoyed the feel of leather wrapped steering
8. There are no rattles or noises in the car
9. The instrument cluster displays break lights whenever the rear brake light is on (see attached picture). This is useful whenever the car is using regenerative braking.
10. The brake pedal moves based on the amount of regenerative braking. I initially thought it was weird but later realized it helped me apply the right amount of braking pressure.
11. I felt like it will take time to adjust to intelligent rear-view camera mirror.
I did not test the propilot parking assist and I did not get a chance to play with the infotainment system.
Ariya feels and drives like a normal ICE car. I think Nissan put together a very nice car and it will satisfy lot of people. Ariya deserves an Infiniti badge and I think it is worth the wait.
Only three of us received the car this week. Demo units and few more customer cars might be delivered this year. I believe most of the reservation holders might receive their cars in January/February.
What kind of interest rate financing did Nissan offer? When you drove off on Sunday, were the other 2 Ariyas still there?
