Nissan Magnite was revealed a couple of days ago and we spent good time with the car in a closed room. The media drives will start soon and Nissan has now started the production of the Magnite in the Chennai manufacturing facility. Nissan has big hopes with the Magnite and it is also speculated to become the most affordable subcompact SUV in the market.
Nissan is aiming big and revamping its portfolio under the name of Nissan NEXT. The Magnite will be the first car under the Nissan NEXT program for India and it will be exported to other markets as well. Nissan shares the manufacturing facility with Renault and Mitsubishi under the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance. The upcoming Renault Kiger will be manufactured in the same plant and will also share the underpinnings and engine options with the Magnite.
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The Nissan Magnite will share its engines with the Triber and the turbo petrol engine plonked inside the Magnite will make its way to the Renault Triber and upcoming Kiger sub-compact SUV as well. The top variants of the Magnite will come with a 1.0-litre turbocharged engine mated to an X-Tronic CVT. The lower trims of the Magnite will come with the 1.0-litre naturally-aspirated motor but power figures are unknown.
Although Nissan was hush about the power figures, the 1.0-litre three-pit turbo petrol is expected to churn out 100 PS and 160 Nm. Also, the engine inherits the cylinder-coating technology from the legendary GT-R. Coming to the features, the Magnite will offer 360-degree parking camera, wireless charging, ambient lighting, air purifier, digital instrument cluster, 9.0-inch touchscreen with wireless Android Auto and Apple Car Play, climate control and much more.
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As the production of the Nissan Magnite has started, we expect Nissan to launch the Magnite in the coming weeks. Nissan is yet to open the bookings which will be followed by the price unveil later this month. The Magnite will get tough competition from Kia Sonet and likes but the pricing may work in case of the Magnite.
