What comes Standard on the 2020 Nissan Kicks

Hey guys, it's Christopher here from Cars Unlocked. Today we're talking about the Nissan Kicks. So with the discontinuation of the Nissan Micra and the Nissan Versa, note the Nissan Kicks is where you get started here at Nissan dealerships. It's their least expensive vehicle. I'm going to show you what comes standard on it. Let's take a closer look. But before we do, don't forget guys, subscribe to my channel Cars Unlocked. I do a lot of Nissan walkarounds, Nissan reviews, test drives. If you're a fan of Nissans or interested in buying a Nissan in the near future, my channel could definitely help you out. As always, follow me on Instagram at CVanWeekend. It's going to be right up here. If you have any questions, send me a DM. If you want to know about anything about any of the vehicles in my videos, let me know. Today we're discussing what comes standard on the 2020 Nissan Kicks. This one is the S model. It's going to have an MSRP of $19,298. So just under $20,000. Here's what you get. I'm also going to be mentioning quite a few things that you don't get that you have to go up to the SV or SR packages. You'll hear me say that a lot. This one is obviously in the nice deep blue metallic color. So it's a very nice paint. On the S models, you get the black mirrors and the black handles. When you go up to the next package up, you get the body colored handles to match your body colors. You'll also see there's no roof rails. There's two black little inserts here if you want to insert roof rails, but that also comes SV and SR. You get the roof rails as well. You'll also notice the rims. This one just has these 16 inch steel hubcaps. So no rims on the base model. Standard you get hubcaps. That's pretty straight with all the Nissans there. It's a 16 inch steel cover rim. Standard on the Nissan Kicks are these multi-reflector halogen headlights. You also get the fog lights that come standard as well. If you want LEDs, you have to go up to the very top model, the SR package to get the LEDs. Another standard feature is the forward emergency braking. So that's a nice added safety feature. It's coming in most of the Nissans nowadays where you can, it will help stop if you're going to be in a forward collision and it will help apply the emergency brake for you to decrease your stopping distance. On the rear, you do get the nice rear parking sensors and the backup camera comes standard. That's regulated by the Ontario government here for 2020 models. So you do get some nice parking assistance here. One thing I'm noticing that's disappointing some customers with the vehicle is the standard model, you only get the base color. So in the advertisements, you see these nice two-tone colors like the gray and the orange, the black and the orange, or the blue and the white. You have to go up to the SV or the SR to get the two-tone colors. If you're going to go with the standard model, you're stuck with one color, but it does look great here with this nice floating roof look. The powerplant of the Kicks, it's the 1.6 litre four-cylinder engine. I said this in my SR video, I wish it did have a bit more power, but it's a really small engine, still going to give you 122 horsepower. So with more horsepower than its predecessor, the Versa Note, 114 pounds feet of torque. Going to be great on fuel, 7.2 litres per every 100 kilometers here. So very, very good on gas. I still wish it had a bit more power. The powerplant doesn't change as you go up from trim level to trim level. It's going to be the same engine and that CVT transmission in all the models. So after going over the outside, you might think, why would you buy the S when so many things come on the SV? But really when you jump on the inside, you do see a ton of value that you get for a standard entry-level package here. You get the push-button start. I'm going to start it up here. Quite a few features that normally you don't see on the entry-level Nissans. For example, the blind spot monitoring, it's going to come right on your left side here. That will notify you when you're in a blind spot. I mentioned the backup camera. There's also a handful of USB inputs. My Ultima only comes with one, my SL Ultima for example. This one comes with one here and two in the back for your passengers. You also get this nice two-tone seat that I'm sitting in here. It does have a nice sporty look to it with this little kind of like quilted stitching here that you don't see. What I love most is this right here, the seven-inch infotainment system. It does have the nice touchscreen where you can do your Bluetooth, your AM, FM. No Android Auto. This is one beef that I have. It doesn't make sense. The Android Auto doesn't come on this standard model. It comes on the SV and up. If you want to use the Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, you got to move up. A few other beefs that I have with the standard model, no automatic headlights. Again, you got to go up to the SV to get automatic headlights. The Nissan Kicks, I said it in my SR review. It actually has my favorite vehicle information screen right in the middle where you get that nice seven-inch vehicle information screen. This one just comes with this regular tiny screen. It looks like they took it right out of the Nissan Versus. I wish they would have put that vehicle information screen standard in all the cars. As we drive this thing, the drive is the same between all the models. They didn't change anything, like I said, with the powertrain. I do feel that it's underpowered a little bit, especially when you put your foot down. There's definitely a lack of acceleration, but if you're not a heavy foot kind of person, you'll be fine. For a small entry-level vehicle under $20,000, there's definitely a ton of value here, guys. I mentioned all the features that normally you wouldn't get. You wouldn't get the blind spot monitoring. That's very, very new. The lane departure warning, you don't usually get that standard on Nissans, but now they're starting to add that in. Let me know if you feel like this has enough value for you. Is there any features that are missing? Would you go up to the SVs to get the two-tone color roof, the vehicle information screen, a few other standard features, or are you going to go SR and just get the full-out Bose audio sound system in the headrest that they're advertising? There you have it, guys. You've made it this far. Let me know in the comments section below what you think about the Nissan Kicks, all the standard features. Is there anything Nissan missed that could add to the value of this S model? Don't forget to subscribe to Cars Unlocked if you want to see more videos like this. As always, follow me on Instagram at CVanWeekend, and we'll see you in the next video.