The biggest issue with the Ariya has always been the price. It's not good next to the competition at $50k-$60k, but at $250 a month, it's not competing with those cars anymore, and suddenly it's awesome.

"Engage" is the base model. She has the "Engage + E Force" not the base model but two up. It has 2 motors and has the upgrade paint and the bigger battery and and and..... You can set the "E" pedal to be on all the time in the settings.That's what I did. It does battery preconditioning it is in the settings.

Tell your friend she can save her estep mode in the settings so it will always stay in the same mode you leave it in. The default setting just has estep off every time you start the car.

Was sceptical at first. She chose the right car for her. $250 a month for 12,000 miles a year and no gas!!

She is one hell of an ambassador for Nissan EV!

There is nothing like watching the excitement of person getting their first EV. It was also cool seeing Kyle's excitement about her new EV as well. He tried to tamp it down but it was there. Good one Kyle. All the best.

250 a month for an AWD EV can't be beat by much! Congratulations

I love the description of the "boom room" action at the dealership. Some things never change...you are hungry, almost fed up and they have one last offer to take to their manager...classic. 🤣🤣 Some things never change. Lacey is great, here's to hoping her EV journey is a happy one.

She has awesome screen presence- you should hire her for one of your channels!!!

Good discussion on points about a lease that are negotiable. Viewers, take note!

The aria is a beautifully styled car. Saw one on the road. Couldn’t stop staring

She killed it on the incentive and no payments for months. . I hope NC step it up so i can splurge on the EV i want..

All Ariyas equipped with ProPilot 2.0 (changes from green to blue icons which signify hands free driving) have two fins on the top of the car. One fin means the Ariya has just lane keeping/distance keeping (green) which requires hands on the wheel. ProPilot 2.0 activates on its own when it travels on highways that have been pre-mapped. Using ProPilot 2.0 at night changes the ambient light along the dashboard from green to blue, which is really lovely.

Those Colorado incentives are amazing!

More Lacey pls! :)

I'm all for EV diversity 😇

Nissan cars are built tight. My 2011 Nissan Leaf still has no rattles or squeaks. I'm holding out for an Aptera as my next EV.

Nicely done, that's a great deal she landed! That's a helluva lot of standard features for a "base" trim. 280 miles of EPA range is fine. I think it charges at like 135kW max but should have a decent charge curve for road trips. Kyle's right, at $250/mo that's basically a free car for most people with home charging. If Lacey can get her daily charging done at her bf's garage or around town, she's golden.

the Nissan Ariya looks like a winner..beats down the Toyota Ev's

This is not the base model Ariya. All wheel drive with the big battery is the Ariya engage + e-4orce which starts at $51,190. So for the dealer to lease her this model for $255 a month is a very good deal.

Damn right she did, I love my Ariya

Ironically I saw my first ever Ariya yesterday, I was driving past the local Chevy dealer and they had SEVERAL ELECTRIC CARS IN STOCK FOR SALE!!!!!! First time ever I have seen an EV on a lot in Ohio that was not already sold! OF course they were Blazer EVs, so they were VASTLY overpriced (unlike Bolts which were so inexpensive they flew off the lot like they were repelled by gravity instead of attracted) so they will probably hang around a while with interest rates high again. While I was looking at them (man these Blazers are FAT. And a big dumb clunky annoying console clogging up the middle of the car. And ugly dashboard like a Camaro) someone drove in with an Ariya. There was also a Hummer EV (the dealers personal car). And of course my Bolt (which seems to have way better headroom and legroom than the Blazer too). It was EV day at the Chevy dealer!

Solid choice! ✌️ No negative remarks about this model. Coming from a Tesla nerd.

Congatulation on your Nissan Ariya. You made intelligent choices over other EVs such as Tesla Y, ID4, Kia, or Hyundai. Ariya is made with a new high-tech assembly plant in Japan. I test-drove it a year ago; I loved it. I love the exterior and interior designs, and your monthly lease payment is fantastic. During your lease, contact years to come, enjoy Ariya, and have a wonderful time. PS: You've made an intelligent decision to lease EVs. All EVs are not worth owning due to the early phase of battery technology. I lease a German EV now. But Ariya is great adorable quality made EV!

Right now you can lease a Hyundai IONIQ 5 SEL, Duel Motor for, $199.00 per month with "NO MONEY DOWN" in Colorado. I have a close friend who works for Hyundai in the field. He texted me about this amazing lease. It's the real deal. The lease is 36 months and 12K a year. All I can say is WOW! If you are in the market check it out. The IONIQ 5 has received a lot of awards including Edmunds best EV SUV on the market. Cheers!!!

Reviewers have hated on Nissan and Toyota EV. Interesting to see a non-reviewerrs POV

This young lady has personality PLUS. Get her on staff!. Great video.

Thanks! Really great meeting Lacey. Wonderful story of your meeting Kyle and the team, your advocacy, converting to BEV, and choosing a unique one of your own. Fun driving too… especially finding out you have lane centering, a comfortable ride, and handling that only Kyle can demonstrate with fun (He’d have scared me too 😮) BTW, Ariya’s styling is my favourite non-Tesla. I hope you convert your friends to driving BEVs too. Lotsa love to all ❤❤❤

The screens on the Aryia are not obtrusive as they are on other EVs.

I must agree with you!! A friend of mine has an Ariya. He has none of the leaking problems and he finds it a doddle to drive around.

I felt like they could have made this an Infiniti brand it was such good build quality, as good as my G35 back in the day.

Arya has double pane window glass on all 4 windows - standard. Very underrated car...

I leased a new '24 Nissan Leaf SV Plus (WITH regenerative braking and one-pedal driving with 226 mile range) for $280 a month and only $1K down (36 months). I'm totally happy with it. Surprising that you didn't even consider that. My dealer had about 20 Leafs on the lot.

When I leased my first EV in 2023, it came down to an Ariya and an ID.4. Got a much better deal on an ID.4 and went with the VW. I’m very happy with it! I like the style of both.

Lacey has great screen presents. Have her on in the future. Bring her to EV shows.

Please tell Lacey that there is a setting to make E-Step "stick" so that she does not need to turn it on every time. You can't make the drive mode (ECO/STandard/Sport) stick. Source: I have an Ariya. Also, I have the even lower trim (regular Engage) and yes, these low spec versions are so nice and they have ProPilot, just not the 2.0 version.

I got my Nissian Arya Evolve + e-4force (AWD 87 kWh battery) for 39k. Jumped on that soo fast. Been loving it since.

People _really_ need to start grasping that "no one pedal drive" does _not_ mean that the car doesn't have regenerative braking. They just do it through the brake pedal or when decelerating with ACC. (I think it's only Tesla that doesn't have regenerative braking through the brake pedal.)

I've been very excited about the ariya for a while idk people have been against them

Bought Evolve+ e-FORCE; blown away by the quiet, comfortable buttery smooth ride, seat sinking g-force power when you need it and all the tech. Best decision ever. More HP and Torque than Tesla Model Y LR and Mercedes EQE

Really enjoyed this 2 person discussion format, maybe something you could use for more / real reviews.

This trim does not have propilot 2 hands free. This has propilot 1.0 in it which needs hands on steering wheel. Propilot 2.0 is hands free, blue color mode. Propilot 1.0 is green mode

I’ve really liked the Ariya since it came out, but Kyle’s original review about it really made me question it. Very interesting seeing him give it another go and finding it better than he maybe remembered. Looking forward to further appearances of it in videos.

A bit of misinformation in the beginning. The Ariya DOES have regenerative braking. What it doesn't have is ePedal, it has eStep. The only difference between the two is that with ePedal, the car utilizes the braking system until it comes to a complete stop, and with eStep, it only uses the braking system down to about 6-8 mph, then the driver must apply the brakes manually to stop the car. The regenerative braking is the same on both. In other words, regen in any EV won't stop the car completely, it's the brakes that stop the car. At slow speeds, regen diminishes in any EV obviously because the wheels aren't turning enough to generate any power. All this said, I do with Nissan had given the Ariya ePedal. A huge mistake in my opinion. I've had my Ariya for a year now and absolutely love it!!

The steering assist per the manual: "Steering Assist can be activated when the following conditions are met: . ProPILOT Assist is activated. . Lane markings on both sides are clearly detected. . Your vehicle is traveling at speed over 37 MPH (60 km/h), or a vehicle is detected in front of you when traveling under 37 MPH (60 km/h). . The driver has hands on the steering wheel. . The vehicle is driven at the center of the lane. . Turn signals are not active. . The windshield wipers are not operated in the high speed position."

I always thought you were overly harsh in your first review. I love my Ariya and it fits my needs perfectly. Admittedly I don’t really need to fast charge it much as I have L2 at home and we take our gas car on trips. I’m glad you liked this one better.

When I was looking around for a 4 door hatch EV to replace my 3 year old Mini Cooper S E I test drove the Ariya, the Fisker Ocean, Subaru Solterra, BMW iX1 M20 and Mach E. I really really liked the Ocean but Fisker’s financial woes put me off going with it. Here in the UK there are some really good lease deals on Ariya, Solterra (and BZ4X). I ended up with none of them and took delivery direct off the dealers forecourt of what was supposed to be their demonstrator new U25 Mini Countryman S E Sport L3 Electric. Been driving it for 3 weeks now and loving it. Loved my Cooper S E but this is another level with the great Mini handling but 5 usable seats , a huge boot/trunk, slightly less firm suspension but not boat style, than the Cooper and a 64.9kWh useable battery with claimed 260 miles range. I would have gone down the Ariya route too had the Mini dealership and BMW UK not offered me a great deal on my Cooper S E Level 3 (which was sold to s new owner 3 hours after I left the dealer the car and keys!). With so much range and battery capacity I can now leave my 2023 Defender 90 D250 at home and do decent length road trips in an EV.

Thank you Kyle for being the example of an extraordinary friend, scholar AND gentlemen! The humility to admit the Ariya was better than expected and showing Lacey what she didn't know about its capabilities. (I do hope she didn't turn down you blessing her with 3k. HUGE points for your integrity, that's a rare quality ESPECIALLY when money is involved.)

Now I remember why I loved Colorado when I moved there in ‘87….. this girl is a KEEPER!

Great choice!! We got ours last November and loving it!

The Ariya won me over with its design. Hope Nissan fixes all the issues reviewers pointed out with future editions.

4 EVs have above average reliability and is recommended according to Consumer Reports. Nissan Ariya is one of them. The others are Porsche Taycan, Hyundai Ioniq 6 and Lexus RZ. No EVs have EXCELLENT reliability. 2 of these are IIHS Top Safety Picks (Ariya and RZ). I might be interested in an affordable hatchback EV that has excellent reliability and is an IIHS Top Safety pick so far this isn’t one.

I've had my Ariya for almost a month and I love it. Yes, you can setup autocharge at EVGo. Keep the Ariya content in the mix!

The Ariya's main selling point is its interior which is much, much nicer than a Tesla. It's also a very comfortable car for long distance traveling. Good luck to Lacey!

My girlfriend bought a 23’ ariya engage in August of 22’ which has the smaller battery. She only paid 44 k. It’s a damn nice vehicle and she loves it. She had a 19’ kicks. No comparison…. just picked up the $200 lectron adapter. Probably gonna be a while before Tesla opens up access to Nissan. Nissan is on the list.

You can do autocharge+ with evgo

Not sure why I mix Nissan and bad credit in my mind. It's a beautiful car, Nissan did a great job.

Trade in Matt and Jordan for Lacey!

Your videos are so engaging! (I had to press pause twice and click the emergency release to finish watching 😜.)

Great video! Thank you. And congratulations on the new car 😊

In my area the bz4x and ariya were not very popular. The bz4x lease is down to 169, all of a sudden they are everywhere. I’ve seen quite a few ariyas in the past weeks. The leasing maybe the best way to introduce EVs.

Fantasitc deal for her.. And the car looks really nice. I think you should include her in some more videos when you do stuff with the car. She did great on camera.

I just got the Nissan Ariya Platinum Plus top line. I really like it. But I've never seen those gauges on the driver screen. How do you get them pulled up? Thanks

Hi, Im am here in Belgium and have been driving an ARIYA for about fifteen months. My version of the ARIYA has a button on the left under the steering wheel that allows the driver to set "e-pedal" (a soft one-pedal drive). Once its set "on", the car remembers the setting so you dont need to switch it back on with the buttons on the centre console. Ive had one giant let-down. Last year the traction battery died. It took NISSAN three months to get a spare part out to Belgium! The garage was great they provided free loaner, NISSAN was just terrible.

Would you still not recommend the bz4x even at the insane discount leases? Right now I got an option for 190 monthly and it seems like a bargain. Only referencing the fwd with 150kw speeds

Great video and congratulations! However as a fellow Aryia e-4orce driver, I do get frustrated with people saying it is slow at low speed, it is not, the e-4orce tech keeps the ride level and reduces throwback giving the illusion of being "slow".

You can make the eStep feature automatically. See the handbook for details

Great to see her enthusiasm. That's another happy EV driver. I hope you take it on the Hogback Challenge. 🙂👍

The main thing about the Ariya is that it has a lot of standard features. However, Nissan is the most expensive manufacturer here in England!! The Ariya costs just under £50,000 for the basic car. Any extras cost much more.

Met Lacey through the Colorado Springs EV Club. Sorry I missed seeing the Ariya when she brought it down the other week--it was rainy and I was leaving the car show early to check in with family. I hope she brings it to this month's show!

So, with all the incentives Colorado has, and your Kia dealership sponsor who will ship to anywhere in the lower 48, can an out of state resident get most of them? Or would it basically be just the $7500? Could we get the old and high emitting trade-in ones, etc?

It probably doesn’t have lane centering. It looks like similar software to the Leaf. If the steering wheel icon is grey, then it’s lane departure assist. If it’s green, then it’s ProPilot so will steer within the Lane.

The Ariya has a peak DC charge rate of about 130 KWh. But the charge curve is pretty flat.

I struggle to think about using public level 2 charging only. I did it for a month or 2 and I limited my driving tremendously to make it work, but home charging is where it is at!

More videos like this ! Super cool to see real folks sharing their EV experiences and goals. But how can you subscribe to the OOS rental fleet if you aren’t friends and family ??

Believable user experience reviews are always great, Thanks

This is the best! Good deal, happy driver. Awesomeness all around!

Fun review. Lacey is a great sport.

I have a Ariya Venture +, 304 epa miles and love it fwd👍

I really like this design. The original price is way to high for the range though.

Even at base trim, it comes with a good number of features offered as standard I am glad they finally started pushing incentives on these as it's a great car IMO, hope they increase the battery size in the next models

"She was right" -- that's my frustration with this channel these days as I feel like Kyle's review points aren't relevant to me as a driver. Personally I don't drive like a maniac and don't care how a car performs on the track. And I care about safety features Kyle almost never mentions like crash testing, blindspot detection and 360 camera. I also completely disagree with Kyle that ProPilot isn't good (frankly it's one of the best things about Ariya). Three big issues I had with the Ariya I'm pretty sure Kyle didn't even mention at all: it's very cramped inside, the seats are horribly uncomfortable and the rear "mirror" is a camera instead. Overall I feel Kyle is passionate about whether or not a product is "pushing the limits" of what is possible with this technology. Meanwhile I am concerned about practical features that are either going or not going to meet my needs. Kyle also constantly craps on Carplay which I use all the time and have zero issues with.

The route planning does add charging stations, not sure what's up with your friends model.

Saw one of these and it looks really good on the road

Great video Kyle. Her car has pro pilot. The blue Sybol on the steering wheel on the right is pro pilot. She has a great personality. I like the aryia too. It is hard to decide . They have engage , evolve venture and platinum. Her car has autocharge plus you can help her set it up in the app. Another video opportunity. Enjoy laycee

I bought a solterra even though you advised against it and I love it 15k miles in it’s a great vehicle just fyi

Hi boys ! Love your channel. Just thought I would ask you a question hopefully you guys see this message. My Ariya was charging and the charger ended the session prematurely and my Ariya EV system shut down and I had to tow it to the dealer. Do you know what the solution might be to restart the EV system? Cheers

I have the UK top spec except for 4WD. It does have battery preconditioning but it’s a manual setting every time you use it, hidden deep in the menus.

Cheaper lease than the monthly payment on a bolt i just picked up 😂 i wish i had all those incentives, WA will have a few more in a few months but i make too much to take advantage of them. The ariya looks beautiful, hopefully it works good for you. Hopefully the public charging isn't too much of an issue, it would be really inconvenient where i live.

I just leased an Ariya evolve plus AWD with the 18 month deal from Nissan for similar money as this young lady so it’s not an anomaly with $0 down. It’s a great car. Hopefully there will be more great deals 18 months from now.

Great choice! Nissan has been in the EV game for 20+ years. Fit and finish looks miles ahead than any Tesla I’ve been in. It’s so quiet too! Teslas always have some kind of rattle.

Seems like if you want to promote equitable transportation, you should promote either public transportation or union built evs.

she actually low key fits her so well nice nissan

kyle in order for the lane centering propilot has to be going faster than like 39 mph (not exactly sure how it works on the aryia but thats how it works on my 18 leaf)

You mentioned the bz4x. Obviously bad ev but what do you think at $150/month for daily commuting?

That is so cool, we bought our 2020 Kia Soul EV limited, with not only the Canadian Federal Gov. EV rebate of $5,000, but also our $3,000 BC provincial rebate and to top it off BC's, Scrap it program $6,000 rebate similar to CO's . Totally awesome look forward to the range test. We still have the Kia, going strong with 100K KM, great run about, but also no 1 pedal driving but Kia paddle controls of regen works well! We did put about 60K KMs on long distance road trips, charging was not an issue as it did well enough to allow for eating & bathroom breaks.

Absolutely fascinating……and kudos to you, Kyle, for assisting such a neophyte in navigating thru the electric auto maze. ⭐️

Might watch later.. But: Did she get a 40% discount? Otherwise I have a hard time with the video title, having test driven one myself.

if your friend wont take the 3 grand in cold hard cash, then it can at least go into installing the lvl2 evse for her.

So I guess the VINs matched since this was uploaded?