Upgraded from a Ritz to the Nissan Magnite CVT: Initial impressions

The interiors are good, storage is spacious and the rear seat passengers have praised the seating and looks. The AC is effective and cools fast, when used properly.

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I opted for the Magnite CVT Turbo Premium, which I got delivered on 28th March, 2023 from YouWe&Cars, Okhla, Delhi NCR. Some impressions are given below, having done about 1600 kms.

There is a large amount of information, observations, comments and doubts in the forum about Magnite. Rightly so, as the learned members are very well informed and clueful and even perhaps - demanding. At my age, and life experience, maybe I am less so. But the details are enlightening.

YouWe&Cars:

An overall pleasant experience with the agency. Helpful and attentive people, well kept showroom, they look after the visitors. After completing the booking formalities (purchase thru CSD), it took about a month to get the car into my hands. They helped with the PDI, explained in detail about the various functions and gizmos.
I opted for the extended warranty and the service pack for 5 yrs - this was on the suggestion of another website's experts recommendations. Would defintely recommend this agency to others. Neo Nissan, I was told, was shut down by Nissan India due to some financial imbroglio! Though i did get my refund of the booking amount.

Magnite:

As said previously, this is my first automatic car. I drove the Ritz Zxi for nearly 10 years - a flawless and absolutely trouble free performance ! Now the Ritz has been handed over to my elder daughter for her daily commute to and from office and showing off to her hubby.

First impressions

• The Magnite is a lovely car!!! Easy to drive, easier to handle and performs as expected from a NEW and ADVANCED car. Basically a family car, we still have not taken her for an extended drive on the highway, but I am sure we are going to be pleasantly surprised and satisfied.

• I had test driven the Kiger and the Magnite on the same day, within few hours of each other, the overall experience of Magnite was better. The Kiger's insides were a little overwhelming and I felt cramped on the driver's seat. Driving wise, there was hardly any difference, but then, a few kms. drive is insufficient to really map this out.

• Registration Process: I live, in Noida (UP), the car agency is in Delhi NCR and the temp regn was paid from their Faridabad (Haryana) office. So the Temp RC was entitled " Govt of Haryana", which was a bit confusing for me, till i was explained so by the agency. But due to this tri-state transaction, i still have not got the physical paper/card RC . I also was under the impression that the Temp RC is valid for 30 days and I should not drive out-of-state (my ten year old info), but it seems that nowadays it Temp RC is valid pan-India for six months. However, the bender is that within few days of the agency paying the regn fee, i got an SMS from the tpt authority about my actual regn number, which was then thankfully uploaded on the M'Parivahan app and Digilocker. BUT RC book is still missing!! It is nearly two months of ownership.

• Drive experience: It is a fun car to drive. Took a little time to get hands-on, moving from a MT to a CVT. I have not noticed any jerks on the car moving from stationary, OR, if there were, i have ignored. Being older and slower, I do move from P->N->D. I find the D placement a little counter-intuitive as I have to move the rod bckwards towards me for the car to go forward. Must be some very good reason for this.

• Took some time getting used to how to set the cruise control. But its fun to drive that a way, albeit, not many roads in Delhi to be able to do say at a higher speed. Most of Delhi is now locked in at 50 kmph.

• Have not used the sports mode, except once on a short highway run. I don't know when and where it will be useful and desireable.

• Since, my driving is not much, i am not unduly concerned about the effective mileage - a major question for all of us since ages!. However, it stands to reason that maybe after 2-3000 kms, the mileage will actually settle down despite the number of factors affecting fuel efficiency.

• Following from the above, indeed, my touch on the pedal has to be feather lite and that's fun. The power to the wheels is transmitted smoothly, no jerks, and very slight delay when moving from inertia. But it is very very good. And with cruise control on, the right leg can give company to the left - which is now not being use except to keep time to the music. The AV system is good and plenty of oomph on the sound volume.

• The interiors are good, storage is spacious and the rear seat passengers have praised the seating and looks. The AC is effective and cools fast, when used properly. Outside temp is around 42 C, so bringing it down to 25/26 takes only a couple of minutes.

• Magnite looks grand and different from most other similar looking SUVs or cars of this size.

• To both, my wife and I, this is turning out to be a wonderful purchase and we strongly feel, that is going to be so in the next few years. Planning to take this on a longish drive soon.

These are first impressions, written down hastily. Will try and follow up after the 'longish' drive. Best of luck, all.

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