The 2025 Kicks is rising up, Nissan introduced Friday. Gaining extra inside room, extra horsepower and most critically, all-wheel drive, Nissan’s smallest U.S.-market crossover has formally graduated from the category of hatchbacks-on-stilts to the ranks of “correct” crossovers, no matter which means.
As you may most likely see from the photographs, that is no mere refresh. The brand new Kicks was redesigned from the bottom up with extra inside passenger and cargo room to go along with its upgraded powertrain, however followers of the little crossover’s diminutive kind issue needn’t fret; whereas it did develop in just about each dimension, it did so with restraint. The brand new Kicks is slightly below three inches longer, lower than an inch wider and just about the identical top because the mannequin it replaces. This interprets to greater than 4 extra cubic toes of cargo area in front-wheel drive fashions. The AWD system intrudes into the cargo space, costing fashions so outfitted roughly six cubic toes of cargo area.
Regardless the way you equip it, it is heavier — and by almost 300 kilos throughout the board. The optionally available AWD provides one other ~190 kilos. To make up for the added mass, the Kicks will get a bigger engine with extra energy and torque. A 2.0-liter, naturally aspirated four-cylinder replaces the previous 1.6. It makes 141 horsepower and 140 pound-feet of torque, up 19 horses and 26 lb-ft over the smaller engine it changed. That is an nearly 16% bump in energy for a 13% enhance in base curb weight within the FWD Kicks — an affordable trade-off. The image is not so fairly for AWD fashions.
The redesign makes the Kicks look extra SUV-like on the outside and provides extra practicality inside, Nissan says. The middle console was designed round holding a 30-ounce espresso tumbler, whereas the door inserts can maintain a 32-ounce Yeti. Each rows of seats have been upgraded to Nissan’s “Zero Gravity” design for this era. All Kicks fashions include two screens; the usual driver show and infotainment screens measures 7 inches diagonally; the SR will get 12.3-inch models for each, and wi-fi Android Auto and Apple CarPlay can be found on upgraded models.
All Kicks fashions will ship with Nissan’s up to date security suite, which incorporates automated emergency braking with pedestrian detection, rear automated braking, blind spot warning, rear cross visitors alert, lane departure warning, excessive beam help and adaptive cruise management. The SR mannequin will get an improve to Nissan’s ProPilot Help freeway driving suite, which gives light-touch assisted freeway driving.
Nissan says the brand new Kicks will go on sale this summer time within the U.S. and Canada; search for full pricing particulars as we get nearer to its on-sale date.