The Nissan Kicks packs a lot of interior space into its subcompact crossover body, but it falls short of rivals in terms of power. Compare it to the Kia Soul and Mazda CX-30.
2024 Nissan Kicks Pricing, Specs, and Release Date
- What’s New for the 2024 Nissan Kicks
- Design
- Powertrain
- Interior
- Technology
- Safety
- Pricing and Release Date
- Further Research
What’s New for the 2024 Nissan Kicks
The Nissan Kicks heads into 2024 unchanged, following several years with no updates. However, the Kicks, which was introduced for the 2018 model year, is slated for a full redesign for the 2025 model year. This subcompact crossover makes great use of its interior space, but it would benefit from more power as part of that redesign.
Design
Nissan styles the Kicks with a bold front end that draws focus to a big black grille, creating a visual connection to the rest of the Nissan lineup. Otherwise, it’s a typical and inoffensive subcompact crossover with little to distinguish it from rivals. In the SR trim, Nissan adds LED headlights and a spoiler on the liftgate.
Powertrain
The 2024 Nissan Kicks is available with just one powertrain, and its only impressive attribute is its fuel economy. A 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine produces 122 horsepower and 114 pound-feet of torque and is only available with front-wheel drive (FWD) and a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT). This is fine for getting around the city, but the Kicks struggles on the highway. It’s loud, too, but at least it gets an EPA-rated 31 mpg city and 36 mpg highway.
Interior
If you’re wondering how Nissan keeps the Kicks so cheap, you’ll see as soon as you open the door. Though the Kicks is more spacious inside than you might expect, with an impressive 25.3 cubic feet of cargo capacity, and the cockpit has a practical layout, it’s cheaply assembled. The seats lack support (although synthetic leather upholstery is optional), there are tons of hard plastics, and the base trim doesn’t even get a center armrest.
Technology
The base 2024 Kicks gets a 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system, with a user-friendly interface and intuitive menus, plus Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Bluetooth, and three USB ports. Nissan keeps the options list short but does offer a 7-inch digital instrument display, an 8-inch touchscreen, proximity keyless entry, remote start, and a Bose premium audio system.
Safety
In crash testing, the Kicks does decent for its class. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) gave it the highest score of “Good” in the four crash tests completed, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded an overall safety rating of four out of five stars.
The Kicks includes standard forward-collision warning, pedestrian detection, lane-departure warning, blind-spot monitoring, forward and reverse automatic emergency braking, rear parking sensors, and rear cross-traffic alert. Nissan offers a 360-degree camera system, adaptive cruise control, driver-attention monitor, and vehicle exit warning features as options.
Pricing and Release Date
The 2024 Nissan Kicks is on sale now. As of this writing, Nissan lists pricing for the Kicks starting at an MSRP of $20,790 for the base S, $22,650 for the SV, and $23,350 for the top SR. This pricing for the Kicks does not include the $1,390 destination fee.