Revealed in November, the Dongfeng Nissan N7 was launched on the ongoing Auto Shanghai 2025 present, marking the beginning of Nissan’s first concerted effort at breaking into China’s burgeoning new power automobile (NEV) market. Besides that beneath the pores and skin, you gained’t discover any Nissan elements on this five-door electrical sedan.
That’s as a result of the N7 is definitely primarily based on the Dongfeng 007, offered in China because the eπ 007. Nissan is basically following within the footsteps of Mazda, which has constructed its EZ-6/6e sedan and EZ-60 SUV on the bones of Changan electrical automobiles. Just like the 6e, the N7 can also be tipped for exports, though no particulars have been launched thus far.
Primarily based on the identical Dongfeng Quantum Structure No. 3 because the 007, the N7 makes use of equivalent mechanicals – on this case, a single entrance motor producing 218 PS (160 kW) and 305 Nm of torque, juiced by a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery.
Three battery capacities are provided – a 58 kWh pack delivers a variety of 510 km, whereas a 73 kWh unit boosts that determine to 635 km; each figures are on China’s very beneficiant CLTC cycle. The larger battery additionally bumps up the ability determine to 272 PS (200 kW).
All three help “3C” charging, that means they’ll settle for as much as 3 times their capability in DC quick charging energy – round 170 kW for the bottom battery and 220 kW for the bigger pack, then. Charging from 10 to 80% due to this fact takes round 19 minutes for all of them. There’s additionally a 6.6 kW vehicle-to-load (V2L) perform.
The N7 additionally appears similar to the 007 on the surface, with a pebble-smooth design, flush pop-out door handles, an extended six-window glasshouse that stretches all the best way in direction of the rear and full-width taillights. The entrance finish has been redesigned, nonetheless, that includes a growth of Nissan’s V-motion styling with a full-width mild bar and fang-shaped headlights – very similar to the new Leaf.
Elsewhere, there’s a brand new clamshell bonnet and sharper creases within the decrease half of the doorways, whereas the taillights dip down within the corners. You additionally get new 17- and 19-inch wheel choices, however sadly not the 007’s outlandish scissor entrance doorways.
The inside has been mildly redesigned however once more makes use of the identical elements, together with a ten-inch digital instrument show, a 15.6-inch infotainment touchscreen, cushy-looking seats with a one-touch recline perform and 12-point therapeutic massage, and two cellphone holders – one in all which additionally homes a 50-watt Qi wi-fi charger.
The tech runs on the most recent Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 chip and consists of DeepSeek R1 generative AI integration. Different options embrace a refrigerated and heated armrest console field, a panoramic glass roof, a 256-colour ambient lighting system and a 14-speaker sound system with rising sprint audio system.
Being that it is a Chinese language-market automobile, you possibly can count on highly-automated metropolis and freeway driving with navigation steerage, automated lane modifications and site visitors mild recognition, together with distant parking help. Costs vary from 119,900 yuan (RM70,500) to 149,900 yuan (RM88,200). May we see the N7 in Malaysia within the close to future? We actually hope so, however given Nissan’s spotty (to place it calmly) product rollout right here, we’re not holding our breath.
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