"The Ariya looked to be the answer to everyone's prayers. It was a crossover, necessary in a market that had increasingly shunned sedans and hatchbacks. It had a normal charging port instead of the CHAdeMO stuff that never really caught on outside of Japan. It was quick enough, it looked pretty good, the range was reasonable, and it seemed to be priced just right."
"No, it wasn't. Two years after its introduction, seemingly right on time to scoop up the loads of buyers insatiated by Tesla, the Ariya is gone from this world, with little pomp and circumstance. Apparently, she's still going on in other parts of the world, with a smoother face and some minor under-the-skin upgrades. But here in the United States, her cause of death was tariffs. And to the Ariya, I say, from the bottom of my heart: good riddance."
"I had the Ariya as a press loaner twice: once before I joined the team here at InsideEVs, and a second time this year, around March. Both times, I struggled to find anything that stood out about the car. Even now, I am having a hard time coming up with any sort of words that convey just how middle-of-the-road a car the Ariya was. And this isn't me saying that the Ariya is a bad carthere's a difference between meh and bad."
Introduced as Nissan's second ground-up mass-produced electric car and positioned as a follow-up to the Leaf, the Ariya aimed to bring an EV crossover alternative with mainstream features. It offered a conventional charging port instead of CHAdeMO, competitive range, quick performance, approachable styling, and pricing targeted to challenge rivals like the Tesla Model Y. Sales prospects dimmed in the United States after tariffs led to its withdrawal two years after launch, though production and updates continue in other markets. Hands-on impressions describe the Ariya as competent yet middle-of-the-road, not bad but unremarkable.
Read at insideevs.com
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