Yo peeps it's time to get close to the Nissan Kicks SUV that's coming our way
this is the sibling of the Renault Captur it's based on the Duster platform
that's just a broader outline where does it fit in how good does it feel does it
feel premium enough is this sporty what does it feel like well that's what we're
gonna find out on a quick note before we get to the review which will come a
little bit later right now in terms of size it doesn't feel all that big I had
expected this to feel a bit more sizable you know the capture does feel a bit has
a nice you don't size about it not from the way up from the front this looks
more sporty tighter it does have that crossover theme working better but I
like the face it looks at grass it will have that square look which people do
like what it doesn't have is the size that people want from an SUV it's all
the characteristics and features that it's got I'm going to show you some
something which are kind of normal now for you to consider
sleeper projector headlamps here for the low beam then the high beam here is a
regular halogen low down here are the fog lamps things are more rectangular
here to give it that you know square and suv-like feel but there's a small detail
here that you should watch out for check this out you've got a camera up front
and that's what the only camera that's there this is of course the camera at
the back of the boot and under the wing mirrors I'll show you that as well just
come check it out there you go it's tucked away under here so this is one of
the class-leading features of the Nissan kicks which is a 360-degree camera so
basically when you hit the reverse gear and it's get review the
surround view so it's something you get premium high-end cars and that's also being
offered here on the kicks in terms of other features if you look at that
you got dull tone finish of the alloy wheels you got disc brakes up front
you got drum brakes at the rear right and yeah I think it looks smart overall
and in terms of proportions I can just if I if you just step back a bit you
can see five feet six
so, you get an idea of the height of the car is not that all tall
and a couple of small details if i open the door you find
the doors are like clamps is running all the way through so this is a part of the
main body right i'm just gonna to show you that again check out the door edges the bottom edges open out with the door
so the sill is narrower and the Nissan say that's been done to make it easy for
people to get in and out of the car right I'm now moving on to the rear
typical Nissan boomerang style tail lamps you haven't switched them on here
but that's signature slightly quirky but it exists and we recognize it as a
Nissan and you see this little bit of a scrub plate here on the boot lip just to
help you while loading the luggage and while we're here why don't we take a
look at the boot as well that is 400 litres of storage space now i think compare numbers four
litres is it all that much it is in segment leading for sure but it's packing a
lot right now it's got all our equipment the overnight bags for four people plus
the equipment so it's a reasonable amount of space obviously if you look at
numbers sedans midsize sedans can do better for silver skid plates here with
the stop lamp down here as well as high amount stop map over there when i such here what actually accentuate gives it makes
it look taller other roof rails they look chunky and sturdy and they are
Nissan chips this can take load of 100 kilograms that's pretty solid right
there okay so we gonna quickly hopping to the inside and tell you what it feels like over there alright so
why'd you guys get it from okay from here
okay you here with me so it's getting dark so we're gonna wrap this up real
quick first sense that you get on the inside is this feels premium look at the
green on the steering but leather for the steering wheel the wrap on the dash
soft touch leather so it all really is feeling nice and premium you know this
is always the challenge the Nissan gonna have to step up one of the criticisms
for the Renault Captur was on the inside it just did not feel premium enough and
there you notice that it's the 8 inch touch screen it's a floating touch
screen or standing whatever you want to call it it's got Android auto apple
carplay it is got for mirroring so all those things that people generally want
now in a high-end car you can see there it's connected to a phone we not got in a car the instrument cluster
well its power digital power analog it looks smart is it really wow I I don't
think it's really power on that front but yeah all on the whole this cabin
feels quality and you look at the seats a combination of black and tan it's it's
quite good and you know a small touch these are plastic door handles these are
silver but they look good I like that this is a design we've seen before but
it works like they've done the nice touches here and there which make it
work what does it not have well it's a little short of all features in one
specific is sunroof people want that right that's missing here on the
kicks it's something that people asking why from smaller cars much less expensive is
not over here what engines are no for 1.5 diesel 1.5 petrol both are
offered with manual transmissions the petrol to the 5-speed manual the diesel
with the 6-speed manual this is essentially got me involved to sit on
the duster and on the capture tried-and-tested motors and the one
we're driving here today is the manual diesel there is no always right in case
some of you are wondering out there there's no wheel drive four wheel drive offer on the kicks here so yeah it's a urban
crossover I wouldn't call it an SUV right now it has strong points
feeling premium also really feel like Drive and how does it all come together we'll be
bringing you a full review on ZigWheels just stay tuned for that it will be coming
up in the next couple days