BHPian Xpedition recently shared this with other enthusiasts: This is my first post, my sincere apologies if I have made any mistakes in this. The reason for posting this is because one week after my team-bhp membership was approved I got a chance to go for a long drive in Nissan Magnite Accenta variant (sadly the non turbo variant ) The drive was from Pune to Karad to Mahabaleshwar, then back to Karad and then Pune. So a total of 717kms and got to drive the car in city traffic, highways and hills. PROS: 1. The steering is super light, thus handling in city driving and parking in tight spaces was super easy. Made me feel like it was a small car. 2. But surprisingly it feels very spacious, could easily accommodate four with full luggage. I am 6ft tall and I feel I had a huge amount of legroom in the rear. I own a venue and I feel this car is more spacious. 3. Even though I drove the middle variant I felt it was very decently equipped. It comes with a touchscreen, which is aftermarket but factory fitted from Nissan I believe (not sure about its reliability ). It had TPMS also which was a surprising feature for this particular variant. 4. I did not face any issues regarding ergonomics, felt everything was placed perfectly in this car. CONS: 1. The engine feels so dull to drive, at highways I had to maintain 3000rpm in order to achieve a speed of 80-90kmph. In hills, oh boy it was struggling a lot. 2. The plastics feel cheap and there is panel gaps here and there. 3. Now this is something debatable, I don’t know if this was an issue or maybe I am not used to it. The biting point of the clutch felt weird to me. It took me some time to find the perfect spot and most of the times I had to end up pressing the accelerator a bit, thus I ended up stalling the car in bumper to bumper to traffic multiple times until i got the hang of it. Overall, I feel I can ignore the interior quality of the car but as someone who really loves to drive, I don’t think I can ignore the weak engine. So if it was the turbo then I believe that magnite is a beautiful car as a whole especially with the new facelift (Subjective: I do like the front face of the facelift compared to the older versions). Please let me know your suggestions and opinions. Thank you BHPians, looking forward to more exciting interactions with you guys. Read BHPian comments for more insights and information.
