After three years, Nissan's all-electric mid-size family SUV has finally arrived in Australia, and it will be priced very aggressively against rivals.
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Nissan Australia’s long-delayed Ariya electric SUV has finally been priced, and it undercuts several key China-sourced competitors like the BYD Sealion 7 and Tesla Model Y.
Available in four variants, the Ariya kicks off at $55,840 before on-road costs – within $1000 of the most-affordable Sealion 7 (from $54,990) and $3060 under the cheapest Model Y ($58,900).
The Ariya’s starting point also positions it below the Skoda Elroq (from $54,990), Hyundai Ioniq 5 (from $68,800), Kia EV5 (from $56,770), and Toyota bZ4X (from $66,000), but still more expensive than the Deepal S07 (from $53,900) and Leapmotor C10 (from $45,888).
Nissan Australia has confirmed the Ariya is a five-seater, with the brand previously citing the reengineering and design work to accommodate a top tether anchor point for the second-row middle seat – as per Australian Design Rules (ADRs) – as a hurdle in getting the EV to local showrooms.
Opening the Nissan Ariya line-up is the Engage grade, fitted with a single 160kW/300Nm electric motor driving the front wheels and a 63kWh battery for a driving range rating of 385km on the WLTP standard.
Standard equipment includes 19-inch alloy wheels, three-mode drive selector, keyless entry, dual-zone climate control, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, wireless smartphone charger, power-folding and heated side mirrors, and automatic headlights and wipers.
There is also a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen with built in satellite navigation and digital radio, as well as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support – though only the former can be connected wirelessly.
In terms of safety, the base Ariya is fitted with a reversing camera, front and rear parking sensors, driver attention alert, rear cross-traffic alert, blind-spot monitoring, lane departure warning, and autonomous emergency braking (AEB).
Stepping up to the Ariya Advance ups pricing to $59,840, while retaining the Engage’s electric motor and battery, but adds black cloth and leather-look seats, heated front seats and steering wheel, a surround-view monitor, power tailgate, power-adjustable front seats, rear privacy glass, and a 10-speaker Bose sound system.
Moving to the Ariya Advance+, priced from $63,840, increases the single-electric motor’s output to 178kW, as well as expanding battery size to 87kWh for a 504km driving range rating.
On top of the Advance equipment, the Advance+ gains a synthetic leather interior with Ultrasuede seat inserts, a head-up display, panoramic glass roof, power sliding centre console, cooled front seats, heated rear seats, and sequential turn signals.
Sitting atop the Ariya line-up is the Evolve e-4orce, priced from $71,840, but adding another electric motor for all-wheel drive and a claimed 5.6-second 0-100km/h sprint.
Each electric motor produces 160kW, while combined torque reaches 600Nm, according to Nissan, but the increased performance drops the driving range rating with the 87kWh battery to 487km.
The flagship Ariya also nets 20-inch alloy wheels, a three-phase AC onboard charger (optional in the Advance+), Snow drive mode, nappa leather seat trim finished in blue, matte chrome window surrounds, adaptive LED headlights, power-folding and heated side mirrors with memory function, and a tilting and telescoping steering wheel column.
The Evolve e-4orce is also the only Ariya variant boasting a 1500kg braked towing capacity, with the remaining grades only rated to haul up to 750kg.
The Ariya, like all the brand’s new models, comes with a 10-year/300,000km warranty on the condition that the vehicle is serviced at an authorised outlet.
If customers take the vehicle outside the Nissan dealer network, the warranty is cut to five years, but the kilometre limit removed.
The battery is also liquid-cooled, unlike the passive air cooling seen with the first two generations of Nissan Leaf, and comes with an eight-year/160,000km warranty that ensures 75 per cent retention.
The 2026 Nissan Ariya is due in local showrooms from September, three years after it launched in international markets.
2025 Nissan Ariya price in Australia
Note: All prices above exclude on-road costs.
2025 Nissan Ariya Engage standard features:
2025 Nissan Ariya Advance adds (over Engage):
2025 Nissan Ariya Advance+ adds (over Advance):
2025 Nissan Ariya Evolve e-4orce adds (over Advance+):
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Tung Nguyen has been in the automotive journalism industry for over a decade, cutting his teeth at various publications before finding himself at Drive in 2024. With experience in news, feature, review, and advice writing, as well as video presentation skills, Tung is a do-it-all content creator. Tung’s love of cars first started as a child watching Transformers on Saturday mornings, as well as countless hours on PlayStation’s Gran Turismo, meaning his dream car is a Nissan GT-R, with a Liberty Walk widebody kit, of course.
