Nissan Magnite - Better than Competition ?

NISSAN MAGNITE

 Nissan launched the Nissan Magnite to boost it's sales in the Indian Car market. Earlier in 2020 Nissan gave the Nissan Kicks a new facelift along with some feature add-ons which you can read here, but that didn't attracted much customers as they expected. With the launch of Magnite Nissan targeted the Compact SUV segment which is running hot currently with consecutive launches of cars. Nissan did nailed it with the launch of Magnite which attracted a lot of customers which resulted in 15,000 booking withing 15 days of it's launch. The Nissan Magnite turned out be a good deal with attractive looks and pricing as well as loads of features and safety, Yes the Magnite has scored 4 stars in ASEAN NCAP crash test. So, lets have a look at all the details of the car with a slight comparison with other cars in it's segment.

The Nissan Magnite comes with the similar fascia which the new Datsun Redi -Go facelift is offered with, mean while the rear is similar to the face-lifted Nissan Kicks, Coming to the interiors the dashboard looks nice while the center console is as similar to the Renault Triber's. Overall the interior quality is good considering the price of the car. Talking about the side profile the top trims comes with blacked out roof with 16 inch diamond cut alloy wheels. Tell me your thoughts on the Looks department ! Do you like it ?

So lets move to the heart and soul of the car which is non other than the engine. The car is gets two options in petrol engine and two transmission options. The Nissan Magnite gets one 1.0 Liter naturally aspirated petrol engine with a 5 Speed Manual Transmission which produces 72 PS @ 6250 RPM  while it will produce 96 Nm of torque @ 3500 RPM and will give mileage of 18.75 kmpl. This naturally aspirated petrol engine is the same unit which we see in Renault Triber. The second engine is a 1.0 Liter Turbo Petrol engine with 5 Speed Manual Transmission or a CVT. The 1.0 Liter Turbo Petrol engine with 5 Speed Manual Transmission will produce 100 PS @ 5000 RPM while it will produce 160 Nm of torque @ 2800 - 3600 RPM and will give mileage of 20 kmpl. The same 1.0 Liter Turbo Petrol engine will give 152 Nm of torque and 17.7 kmpl of mileage with the CVT. 

Here is the comparison between TATA NEXON, KIA SONET, HUNDAI VENUE, XUV 300, ECOSPORT and NISSAN MAGNITE. The comparison below is of the turbo petrol variants of the cars.

As stated before that the Nissan Magnite has been awarded with 4 stars in the ASEAN NCAP crash test, this ensures that the car has quite good build quality. The car gets the following safety feature :-

Dual Front airbags

• 3 Point Seat Belts with Pretensioners & Load limiter Driver 
• 3 Point Seat Belts with Pretensioners & Load limiter Passenger 
• Rear Seat belt,(Emergency Locking Re-tractor)
• 3 point ELR Seat Belts x 2, 2-point Fix Seat Belt x 1 
• Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) 
• Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD)
• Anti Roll Bar 
• Rear Parking Sensors 
• Immobilizer 
• Child Lock 
• Automatic Warning Hazard on Heavy Braking
• Seat Belt Reminder - Driver & Passenger 
• Rear Window De-fogger 
• LED Front Fog Lamps 
• ISO FIX - Turbo only 
• Anti Theft Alarm 
• Central Door Lock Driver side switch 
• Speed Sensing Lock 
• Impact Sensing Unlock 
• Rear Camera with Projection guide 
• Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) - Turbo only 
• Hill Start Assist (HSA) - Turbo only 
• Traction Control System (TCS) - Turbo only 
• Hydraulic Brake Assist (HBA) - Turbo only 
• Around View Monitor 
• Tyre Pressure Monitoring System
• Remote key-less entry 
• I-Key (Hands free) 

The Nissan Magnite is launched in four variants which are XE, XL, XV and XV Premium. All the variants are offered with 16 inch wheels where the base gets steel wheels with hub caps while the variant above that gets dual tone wheel covers and the top two variants gets diamond cut alloys. The car gets an 8 inch floating touchscreen infotainment console with 4 speakers and 2 tweeters in the top variants. The Nissan Magnite gets first in segment 360 degree camera, although the video quality is not top notch but does it's job nicely. Other than that the car gets apple car play and android auto in the infotainment console. The Magnite comes with Nissan  connect with 50+ Features & Smart watch Connectivity such as Track your car, Geo-fence & Speed Alert, Vehicle Status & Vehicle Health Status, Smart watch Connectivity, Automated Roadside Assistance, Service Booking, Service History. For the Driver the car comes with 7 inch TFT Advanced Drive Assist Display for all the vital information needed while driving. The Magnite will be offered with an optional TECH PACK for some extra bucks, which offers Wireless Charger, Air Purifier, High-end Speakers, LED Scuff Plates, Ambient Mood Lighting, Puddle Lamps. The car will be offered with 8 colour options in which there are 4 Monotone and 4 Dual tone colours will be offered.

 

MONOTONE COLOURS

• BLADE SILVER
• SANDSTONE BROWN
• ONYX BLACK
• STORM WHITE

DUAL TONE COLOURS

• FLARE GARNET RED & ONYX BLACK
• PEARL WHITE & ONYX BLACK
• TOURMALINE BROWN & ONYX BLACK
• VIVID BLUE & STORM WHITE

The Nissan Magnite is priced quite competitive compared to other cars in this segment. The introductory price of Magnite was Rs 4.99 lakhs to 9.35 lakhs ex - showroom Delhi, but currently the prices are hiked by about 50,000. The Magnite currently is priced at Rs 5.49 lakhs to 9.59 lakhs ex - showroom Delhi. 

According to me if you are thinking or going to by a Compact SUV than Nissan Magnite is worth checking out, in fact if you are even going to buy a premium hatchback than also Magnite is a good option to go with. The car overall gets nice looks decent engine performance and good build quality. Only it gets a bit disappointing about the Nissan's service network which is very less and poor. Do tell me your opinion in the comments bellow.