NISSAN KICKS
The Japanese car manufacturer Nissan has launched the BS6 compliant Nissan Kicks in the Indian market. The Nissan Kicks is a compact crossover SUV which now gets an all new BS6 engine upgrade, although the face-lift version of the Nissan Kicks was recently launched in Thailand but in India it just gets a BS6 upgrade. The BS6 Nissan kicks has no exterior changes but it gets new engine options as well as new colour schemes and some other features too.
Engine Specifications
Nissan Kicks now no longer offers a diesel engine but still the car gets two engine options and both of them are petrol.
1.5 Ltrs Petrol
This is the the same petrol engine which earlier the car use to use just that it's now upgraded to BS6. This engine is a naturally aspirated 1.5 L or 1498 cc inline 4 cylinder petrol engine which produces a power output of 106 PS @ 5600 RPM and 142 Nm of torque @ 4000 RPM. this engine is paired with 5- Speed Manual transmission.
1.3 Ltrs Turbo Petrol
The new BS6 Nissan Kicks is now offered with a new turbo petrol engine. This is a 1.3 L or 1330 cc inline four cylinder turbo petrol engine which produces a power output of 156 PS close to 5500 RPM and 254 Nm of torque close to 1600 RPM. This engine is paired with the 6 speed manual and CVT transmission.
This new 1.3 litre turbo petrol engine produces more power and torque if compared to the other turbo engines present such as 1.4 L turbo petrol engines in Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos.
Safety and feature in Nissan Kicks
The new Nissan Kicks comes with the following standard safety features in all the variants:-
- One touch lane change indicator
- Impact sensing auto door unlock
- Speed sensing auto door lock
- Driver and passenger seat belt reminder
- Front seat belts with pretensioner and load limiter
- IRVM with manual day / night
- Aspheric glass in outside mirrors
- Central door lock + child lock
- LED high mounted stop lamp
- Emergency stop signal
- Immobilizer
- Rear defogger
- Rear parking sensors
- ABS, EBD and Braking assist
- Driver and passenger airbags
Below here is the list of Nissan Kicks all features variant wise :-
The Nissan Kicks with the new 1.3 L turbo petrol engine gets some additional features with both manual and CVT which are :-
- Remote engine start
- Push button start / stop
- Idle start / stop
- Smart card for key-less entry
- Vehicle stability management system
- Electronic stability control
- Traction control
The Nissan Kicks comes with Nissan connect which offers more than 50 features such as Service Booking and Service History record, Road assistant and Tow - away alert and track, Drive alert ( Speed, Geo-fencing, Curfew and chauffeur alert) as well as to locate my car features etc.
The Nissan Kicks comes with a 8 inch floating touch screen infotainment system which comes with rear view camera with guided lines for park assist and it also helps in visualizing the 360 degree camera , the infotainment system supports Apple carplay and Android auto as well as comes with voice recognition (Siri and OK Google). This 8 inch floating touch screen infotainment system is available in all the Variants except XL which is the base variant.
The base variant XL comes with integrated 2 DIN audio system which supports AUX, USB and Bluetooth connectivity as well as iPod and CD support.
You can control the infotainment and MID with the steering mounted controls available in XV, XV Premium, XV Premium optional variant.
Variant and Colours offered in Nissan Kicks
The new Nissan Kicks is offered in total of 4 variant which are XL, XV, XV Premium and XV Premium optional.
New Nissan Kicks XL variant just gets the 1.5 naturally aspirated engine with the manual gearbox. The most interesting variant is Nissan Kicks XV variant as it gets both the engine options i.e 1.5 L with manual transmission and Turbo 1.3 L with manual and CVT transmission options. The XV Premium variant is basically the all turbo variant as it offers the 1.3 L turbo engine with manual and CVT transmission options. The top variant which is the XV Premium optional variant is quite weird as it just offers the 1.3 L turbo engine with just the manual transmission, which means you don't get the CVT transmission option in the top most variant.
Talking about colours the car comes with a total of 9 colour options 3 monochromatic which are Pearl White, Blade Silver, Bronze Grey. 3 sold colours which are Deep Blue Pearl, Night Shade, Fire Red. 3 dual tone colours which are Pearl White and Onxy Black, Bronze Grey and Amber Orange, Fire Red and Onxy Black.
Dimensions and others
- Length- 4384 mm
- Width- 1813 mm
- Height- 1669 mm
- Wheelbase- 2673 mm
- Fuel Tank Capacity- 50 L
- Turning Radius- 5.2 m
- Ground Clearance- 210 mm
- Boot Space- 400 L
The Nissan Kicks gets a tyre size of 215/60 with R17 Alloy wheels in all variants except XL variant. The Base variant XL gets 215/65 with R16 Steel wheels. All the variants comes with tubeless tyres. The car uses Disc brakes in front and Drum in rear.
Price
The Nissan Kicks is priced from Rs 9.49 Lakhs to 14.14 Lakhs PAN Indian.
Price Details variant wise
1.5 Ltrs Manual Petrol Engine
- XL Variant - Rs 9,49,990
- XV Variant - Rs 9,99,990
1.3 Ltrs Turbo Manual Petrol Engine
- XV Variant - Rs 11,84,990
- XV Premium Variant - Rs 12,64,990
- XV Premium Optional Variant - Rs 13,69,990
- XV Premium Optional Variant with dual tone colour schemes - Rs 13,89,990
1.3 Ltrs Turbo CVT Petrol Engine
- XV Variant - Rs 13,44,990
- XV Premium Variant - Rs 14,14,990
My Thoughts
Nissan Kicks has always been a great car to buy since its launch in India. But certainly the car is not able to grow as a better option in the hearts of people. We can clearly see the sales of the car which is not so good compaired to what the car offers in total.
If you are thinking to buy the kicks go for it without any hesitation, after all the car is a great choice to buy.
Talking about the BS6 Nissan Kicks, the only thing that bothers me is that the top variant doesn't offers thee CVT transmission option. I think Nissan should reconsider giving a CVT transmission option in the topmost Variant.
What are your thoughts on the Nissan Kicks?
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