Nissan Ariya review

Prices start from £39,645, which gets you a front-drive Ariya with a 63kWh battery in Engage trim. An extra £3,500 will get you the same technical specs but the much better equipped Advance trim; think things like ProPilot assist, 360-degree cameras, heated seats etc.

If you're okay taking a step back down to the base Engage trim but want more range, £44,645 gets you the bigger 87kWh battery. Want AWD? You'll need to step back up to Advance trim, with prices starting from £50,845. The top-of-the-range Nismo starts from £56,620.

On lease you’re looking at a minimum of £481 per month over three years with a 6,000-mile yearly limit and £5k down payment through Nissan’s own finance scheme.

The Ariya looked pricey compared to some of its competitors when it was launched, but recent reductions have actually brought the entry price down below a few of its main rivals.

Which one gets your vote?

If it was our money, we’d be tempted by the single motor variant with the bigger battery, which offers more than adequate performance and, most importantly of all, the greatest 330-mile range. As ever, that’s more pertinent than the 0-62mph time.

The entry-level Engage trim does still pack plenty of kit and 19-inch wheels, but we'd be tempted to upgrade to the £48,145 Advance trim with the 87kWh battery in order to nab the extra kit listed up above.

Once you do that there's also the option to add a panoramic sunroof (£1,295) and a Bose tech pack (£1,750) that features a 10-speaker sound system, the head-up display and a digital rear-view mirror.

As with most electric crossovers we wouldn't bother putting our hard-earned cash into the Nismo one. If your heart’s set on the dual motor, there seems little reason to upgrade to the Nismo over the regular Ariya e-4ORCE Advance, which already gets torque vectoring, around 20 per cent extra range and asks for nearly six grand less in change.