KES1,300,000
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Drive Type:
FWD
Transmission:
Automatic
Condition:
Ex-Japan
Engine Size:
1.5L
Doors:
4-door
Cylinders:
4
Color:
Brown
Engine Size:
1.5L
Color:
Brown
Description
2017 Nissan Note e-Power review
Are you looking for a compact hatch with heaps of space, Surprising performance and excellent fuel economy? Then have a look at this Nissan Note e-Power Medalist. Under the bonnet is a three-cylinder 1.2 litre engine that is rated at 58kW and 103Nm. Asit doesn't propel the car at all it's outputs are of little significance. Instead the 80kW electric motor with a 254Nm output is the more comparable set of figures.
The Note e-Power's…
2017 Nissan Note e-Power review
Are you looking for a compact hatch with heaps of space, Surprising performance and excellent fuel economy? Then have a look at this Nissan Note e-Power Medalist. Under the bonnet is a three-cylinder 1.2 litre engine that is rated at 58kW and 103Nm. Asit doesn’t propel the car at all it’s outputs are of little significance. Instead the 80kW electric motor with a 254Nm output is the more comparable set of figures.
The Note e-Power’s aim is reduce fuel consumption, and an official Japanese-cycle fuel consumption figure (which is a little more generous than the Australian cycle) of 2.7l/100km, compared with 3.8 l/100km for a conventional 1.2 litre petrol-driven Note which offers less power and torque, is proof that it works.
This luxury grade Hybrid Note has Climate control air cond, with push button start, Collision avoidance, Lane departure warning, ISOFIX child seat anchors, 360 + Reverse cameras, UV Privacy glass and more! Really looks very smart finished in Brown with factory body kit, driving lights and on Factory 15 inch alloys, This Note has a stylish Black Combination leather interior complimented by Brown/Gold seat & door inserts, and Gold/Brown fleck through the textured seat inserts.
As with a conventional car, all that’s required to get moving is to get in, place your foot on the brake and press the start button. For just a few seconds the petrol engine starts up as a quick systems check, then returns to standby mode.
Push the accelerator and the Note moves off swiftly and silently. Nissan claims the interior of a Note e-Power is as quiet as a car two-segments larger, something like an Altima or Camry.
When the electric charge starts to wane the petrol engine seamlessly starts up, revs at a fixed point (or optimal efficiency) then after less than a minute or so shuts back down and returns to a silent state. You only just hear it. And with the radio on and a car full of passengers you probably wouldn’t notice it at all.
However, it does chime in quite regularly as the battery size is only quite small. Charge cycles are only very short, with the petrol engine usually only active for a few seconds at a time, but they occur quite frequently which is a little surpising until you remember that the Note’s battery pack is rated at a rather small 1.5 kilowatt hours.
That means electric-only driving range is just a handful of kilometres at a time, but with complete freedom from a wall plug, refilling the Note e-Power takes only minutes to fill with petrol as opposed to the overnight top-up time for a battery powered Leaf.
Should you wish to quicken the pace when on the move in the Note e-Power, simply give the accelerator a prod and it offers up the kind of urgency that feels more hot hatch than eco warrior. The petrol engine may kick in if the battery needs an extra boost, or it may not depending on the situation.
With three driving modes that alters the level of regenerative braking – Normal, Smart and Eco – the Note goes from feeling like a regular hatch coasting along when the throttle is lifted in Normal mode, to feeling much more like a traditional EV in Smart mode thanks to the power harvesting that pulls the car to a stop as if you were riding the brakes.
Opt for Eco mode and power output is reduced slightly as is assistance from the climate control to stretch out the available cruising range, which in our time with the car, freshly filled with fuel and driven on a reasonable imitation of a mixed drive varied between 620 and 690km (predicted via the trip computer) depending on the drive mode.
As for the rest of package, the Note e-Power that I experienced was the top-spec Medallist model, packing in features like leather seat trim, satellite navigation, and LED headlights, making it a highly-specced light hatch.
The interior is designed to maximise space, with a high roof and MPV-like profile giving it a large, airy feel inside. Even though width isn’t too generous, headroom and legroom in either front or back are plentiful.
Nissan has put the e-Power battery beneath the front seats, so there’s no loss of luggage space, and the only real give-away that anything is different about this car is the stubby little gearshifter, the same as you’d find in a Leaf.
Instrumentation is almost entirely conventional too. To the right of a traditional analog speedometer with trip computer info in the middle is a large LCD display for access to vehicle status info like when the petrol engine is running, if power is being sent to or from the battery, or if regenerative braking is topping up charge.
All in all, the Note e-Power is an interesting case study. No it may not have the zero-emissions credentials of a Leaf, but it produces more torque and uses less fuel than a comparable petrol Note.
360-degree camera
5 seats
Air Conditioning
Auto Stop
Automatic Stop/Start
Bluetooth
Cruise Control
Driver Assist Pack
Dusk Sensing Headlights
ECO Mode
ECON
Hybrid
Keyless start
Mobile Phone Connectivity
Power Mirrors with Indicators
Power Steering
Radio CD with 5 Speakers
Reversing camera
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KES1,300,000
Make:
NISSAN
Year:
2017
Model:
NOTE
Condition:
Ex-Japan
Mileage:
151,103 Km
Engine Size:
1.5L
Fuel Type:
Petrol
Transmission:
Automatic
Mileage:
151,103 Km
Color:
Brown
Cylinders:
4
Drive Type:
FWD
Doors:
4-door
Color:
Brown
Type:
Hatchback
Offer ID #29587
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