WHEN another door closes, another opens up.
That can be said about Nissan’s discontinuation of the NP200 after 16-years of production, which is set to be now replaced by the Nissan Magnite Move Panel Van.
Good news to NP200 lovers as this panel van will also be launched in South Africa soon.
The Magnite Move is based on the 1, 0 Visia variant and uses a naturally aspirated 1, 0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine with 53 kW and 96 Nm power outputs mated to the front axle five-speed manual gearbox (with a claimed consumption of 5, 9 L/100 km).
This panel van’s load bay measures 1 300mm long equivalent to 690 litres of cargo.
The official bayload capacity will come in at 250 kg (quite some way under the old NP200’s 800 kg rating).
It features a honeycomb partitioning between the front-passenger area and the load bay, with the barrier treatment repeated on the rear side windows and rear screen. The load-bay comes with “Hexa Grip” flooring.
The van comes standard with a tyre-pressure monitoring, air conditioning, rear parking sensors, stability control, dual front airbags, ABS with EBD features and even a fire extinguisher fitted under the front-passenger seat.
The touchscreen infotainment system has been dropped.
Pricing is likely to start from R224 900, which if achieved will make it the cheapest derivative in Nissan SA’s current range (for reference, the entry-level Magnite passenger car comes in at R246 200, while the base NP200 was priced at R245 300).
The price above includes Nissan’s six-year/150 000 km warranty, but all to be confirmed at launch.
