The Nissan Ariya will have blown well past being ‘fashionably late’ when it finally arrives here next year, but the Japanese carmaker doesn’t see the delay as an issue. “Start of sale for Ariya is the second half of 2025,” Nissan Oceania managing director Andrew Humberstone told Australian media. “We will have a comprehensive lineup including different specifications and battery sizes available for customers.
” The Ariya was revealed in July 2020, entered production in October 2021 and went on sale in markets like Japan the following year, which means we will have been waiting around three years by the time it finally comes here. 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal.
Browse now . “I think we’ve been smart with the timing,” Mr Humberstone told CarExpert. “Or else we would have had to respond to the market conditions and our pricing would have been catastrophic.
I think we’ve read that one well. “Why would I want to tarnish it? I think we’ve been very fortunate with the timing in this market.” “Disruptive” price cuts by Tesla with its Model Y , Australia’s best-selling EV, were followed by Ford cutting the price of its rival Mustang Mach-E .
This was just one of many price cuts recently dished out across the sub-$100,000 EV market. It’s unclear how many configurations Nissan Australia will offer the Ariya in. Globally, the mid-sized electric SUV is available with.
