Nissan Ariya Price Cut: $42,990 Driveaway in Australia, Up to Around $15,000 Off, Ends 31 October 2026

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Nissan Australia has turned the Ariya into one of the sharpest mid-size electric SUV deals in the country for the month of October. The entry Engage 2WD 63kWh now lands at $42,990 driveaway, the dual-motor Evolve e-4orce 87kWh AWD caps the range at $60,990 driveaway, and CarExpert reports Nissan is pitching the headline saving at up to around $15,000 once on-road costs are included. The campaign runs for a single month: new and demonstrator stock bought by 31 October 2026, with delivery by 30 November 2026, with government, rental and national fleet customers excluded. CarExpert frames the move as a clear-out of the superseded car, which is the piece of context you should carry into the showroom.

Pricing

The Ariya launched in Australia in July 2025 from $55,840 before on-road costs for the entry Engage, with the Advance at $59,840, the Advance+ at $63,840 and the Evolve e-4orce at $71,840. The October 2026 campaign restates every variant as a drive-away price with no fleet or ABN carve-outs on the retail figure. The gap at the top of the range is listed by CarExpert and Zecar at around $11,000 on paper and up to around $15,000 once on-roads are counted in on the walk.

Nissan Australia has not yet published a per-variant breakdown of the Advance and Advance+ drive-away figures through its press channel. CarExpert quotes the campaign's advertised terms directly and gives the top and bottom of the walk; Zecar's October listing has the same end dates and the same two anchor prices. The gap in the middle will land close to the walk-up between the two cars Nissan has quoted, but the right thing to do is ask your dealer for the written drive-away quote on your postcode, in your colour, with any ABN discount already applied, before you sign anything.

What You Get For the Money

The 2WD cars (Engage, Advance and Advance+) use a single front-mounted electric motor rated at 160kW on the 63kWh pack and 178kW on the 87kWh car, with 300Nm of torque. Nissan quotes the WLTP range of the Advance+ 87kWh at the top of the 2WD walk, which is where the Ariya's long-range credentials come from, and the Engage covers the entry-level job on the 63kWh pack. The dual-motor Evolve e-4orce 87kWh AWD steps the output up to 290kW and 600Nm with a quoted 0 to 100km/h time of 5.6 seconds, which puts it in the same ballpark as the entry Tesla Model Y Performance on paper.

Charging is where the Ariya stayed conservative on paper against newer rivals. DC fast charging peaks at 130kW, which Nissan quotes at 10 to 80 per cent in around 35 minutes on a 150kW or faster public charger. The base Engage uses a 7kW single-phase AC on-board charger. The Advance+ and the Evolve e-4orce fit a 22kW three-phase AC charger as standard, which is still rare in this segment, and a point worth asking for if you have three-phase power at home.

Towing is 750kg braked on the three front-drive cars and 1,500kg braked on the Evolve, which stays conservative against the Tesla Model Y and the BYD Sealion 7 on the ratings page. Luggage space is quoted at around 466 litres with the second row up.

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Specs at a Glance

Figures are drawn from Nissan's launch spec sheet and the ANCAP register. Final WLTP range per variant for the current Australian build is quoted by Nissan on the vehicle's spec page; because the 63kWh Engage uses a smaller 19-inch wheel and the Advance moves to the same pack with different trim, the two 63kWh cars post slightly different numbers in real-world testing. Confirm the exact figure on the model year of the car on offer with your Nissan dealer, since this is a run-out campaign and spec can vary with build month.

Safety

The Ariya holds a 5-star ANCAP rating stamped 2022, with the rating date-stamped expiry at December 2028. Adult occupant protection scored 86 per cent, child occupant protection 89 per cent, vulnerable road user protection 74 per cent and safety assist 95 per cent on the ANCAP register. The standard safety list includes autonomous emergency braking covering car-to-car, vulnerable road user, junction and backover scenarios, lane support, an advanced speed assistance system, dual frontal, side chest and curtain airbags and a centre airbag.

ANCAP ratings expire against the protocol used to award them, not against the product itself. The tougher 2026 to 2028 ANCAP framework has only just been applied to its first car. If you buy an Ariya today, it carries the 5-star 2022 label on the register; whether a future facelift re-tests under the newer protocol is Nissan's call rather than ours.

How It Compares

At $42,990 drive-away for the Engage, Nissan is pulling the Ariya down into Chinese-brand EV territory on price while keeping a Japanese badge, a 5-year warranty floor and a 10-year/300,000km warranty ceiling for owners who service through the dealer. Here are the three cross-shops the campaign actually opens up on the CarSorted database.

• Nissan Ariya vs Tesla Model Y. At the Engage's $42,990 drive-away, you buy the Ariya for roughly $14,000 less than an entry Model Y RWD on current advertised Australian drive-aways. The Model Y answers with range and the Supercharger network; the Ariya answers with the 22kW three-phase AC charger (on Advance+ and Evolve), a longer warranty if you dealer-service, and arguably a quieter cabin on long trips. The Ariya versus Toyota bZ4X comparison is the closer like-for-like on the Japanese side.
• Nissan Ariya vs BYD Sealion 7. The Sealion 7 Premium starts around the mid-$54,000s drive-away in current promos and brings a bigger battery and a longer boot. The Ariya's $42,990 Engage leaves room for every option box plus a home three-phase AC installation and still comes in under the Sealion 7. See the full numbers on the BYD Sealion 7 vs Nissan Ariya comparison.
• Nissan Ariya vs Kia EV5. The EV5 Air Standard Range opens around the mid-$54,000s drive-away and brings Kia's seven-year warranty. The Ariya's cash cut flips the price-leader title back towards Nissan this month, with a longer warranty if you dealer-service. The Kia EV5 vs Nissan Ariya comparison is the cleanest side-by-side.

If you want to filter the segment on your own, the CarSorted electric SUV directory runs the shortlist by range, charging speed and warranty.

Warranty, Battery, Running Costs

Nissan Australia's vehicle warranty is 5 years and unlimited kilometres on the Ariya, with a conditional extension up to 10 years or 300,000km when the car is serviced on time at an authorised Nissan dealer. The lithium-ion high-voltage battery is covered separately for 8 years or 160,000km, whichever comes first, for excessive capacity loss. Capacity loss is the right word to look for in battery warranties; it is a floor on usable range over time, not just a repair cover for an outright failure.

Running-cost maths at the Engage's new price lands well. On a lease, every drive-away dollar comes out of pre-tax income under the EV FBT exemption, because the car sits under the fuel-efficient Luxury Car Tax threshold of $91,387 for 2026 to 2027 with headroom to spare. On a cash purchase, the smaller cash outlay versus a Model Y RWD frees up roughly $14,000 for a home three-phase AC installation and a backlog of charging, which, on 15,000km a year at 180Wh/km and a 25c/kWh tariff, is roughly 10 years of home energy for the car.

The CarSorted Angle: What This Means for Buyers

A run-out drive-away on a 5-star ANCAP mid-size electric SUV at under $43,000 is a different buying decision from a run-out on a petrol SUV. The thing you are picking up is a car that will keep updating via over-the-air for a few years, keep a 5-star rating until December 2028, and depreciate down a curve that is already most of the way to its floor on the second-hand market in a segment that is pricing aggressively. If you were waiting for the Chinese brands to force the Japanese and Korean imports to cut, this is that moment, and it ends on the last day of October 2026.

Four buyer scenarios the Ariya's new drive-away answers cleanly, and one it does not.

• Metro commuter, cash buyer, 15,000km/year. Engage at $42,990 drive-away is the sharpest cash price in the mid-size electric SUV class right now, and the 63kWh pack covers a typical daily commute three or four times over. The 7kW on-board AC charger is fine on a 32-amp single-phase outlet at home.
• Novated-lease buyer under $100k GST-inclusive. The entire range sits under the fuel-efficient LCT cap of $91,387, so the EV FBT exemption applies right through to the Evolve e-4orce at $60,990 drive-away. Have your novated-lease provider model the Evolve for comparison; the fortnightly cost often lands closer to the Engage than you would guess once pre-tax treatment is applied.
• Three-phase at home. The 22kW on-board AC charger (standard on Advance+ and Evolve) is still rare in this segment. If you have three-phase at home, the Ariya puts a full charge back on in under four hours, which is the kind of overnight routine the Tesla and BYD rivals do not match from a dedicated AC port.
• Light tow user. The Evolve e-4orce is rated at 1,500kg braked. That gets a camper trailer or a small boat on the road behind a 290kW dual-motor SUV. The 2WD cars are 750kg only, which is enough for a bike rack trailer and not much more.
• Resale-sensitive buyer. This is the scenario the Ariya does not answer cleanly. CarExpert describes this as a clear-out of a superseded car, and Nissan has already discontinued the Ariya in the United States. Residuals on a run-out generation that has no confirmed replacement for the Australian market need to be stress-tested in your running-cost model with a 55 to 60 per cent trade-in at 36 months rather than the 60 to 65 per cent you might assume for a mainstream mid-size electric.

Build the shortlist on CarSorted: start with the Ariya vs Zeekr 7X cross-shop (the Zeekr is the newer, bigger car at a higher price), then Mazda CX-6e vs Ariya for the direct Japanese-badge rival, and finish on the BYD Sealion 7 vs Ariya page to see where the Chinese-brand EV sits for the money.

What This Means for Buyers

Three concrete calls on the campaign window. First, if you want the Engage at $42,990 drive-away, order by 31 October 2026 and lock delivery before 30 November. Dealers hold stock to campaign deadlines, so a late order risks being told the colour you asked for is out, and the fallback build sits outside the dates. Second, if you were going to lease, model the Evolve e-4orce at $60,990 drive-away before you default to the Engage: the EV FBT exemption applies to both and the fortnightly cost gap is smaller after tax than before it. Third, if you were cross-shopping a Tesla Model Y RWD, run the Ariya versus Toyota bZ4X comparison and the EV5 versus Ariya comparison before you decide, because the drive-away number on the Nissan takes a $10,000-plus bite out of the Model Y's price advantage over the Japanese and Korean cars this month.

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