 What is up, you guys? I'll go back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I am GoPanning at the new car track SUV reviews on YouTube. And today, we're in the brand new 2024 Nissan Leaf courtesy of younger Nissan in Frederick, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So we are in this one today because this, according to Nissan, may be the final year for the Nissan Leaf. And this is a very affordable electric vehicle as well. This one actually starts at under $30,000. So that is very impressive. And of course, with it being an EV, you don't have to worry about high gas prices either. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so as you can imagine, there are a couple different trim levels for the 2024 Leaf. First one being the S trim level, which is the one I reviewed last year, starting at $28,140. Which by the way is a modest $100 bump from the previous model year. Then there is the SV Plus, which is the one we were in today, starting at $37,285. But as you can imagine with those two different trim levels, there are two different power plants available for the Leaf as well. First one belonging to the S trim level, that one is powered by a 40 kilowatt electric motor, putting out 147 horsepower, 236 pound feet of torque, set to the front wheel zero to 60 time, approximately 7.4 seconds, with a range coming in at 149 miles, zero to 80% charge in case you were interested, comes in at approximately one hour. So it's gonna take you approximately an hour to charge to 80% from zero. But so then there is that other power plant, of course belonging to the SV Plus that we have today. That one is powered by a 60 kilowatt electric motor, putting out 214 horsepower, 250 pound feet of torque. Again, power sent to the front wheel zero to 60 time, approximately 6.5 seconds. So about a whole second quicker there. With a range coming in at 212 miles for this particular configuration. So now that we've got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put our SV Plus leaf here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, kind of from a rolling start. Here, go. We're scared. It's so quiet. You probably can't even tell that I was going fast there, but this thing is so quiet. I was skidding there a little bit at the get-go there and that's because of the instant torque with any electric vehicle. It's power on demand basically. So randomly, when you just hit the gas, it just launches you dude. It is fun. It doesn't seem like that quick of a car and in a gasoline powered car, this kind of power wouldn't be that exciting, but in an electric car, it's a completely different experience. That is why electric cars are so much fun to drive like this one. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always breaking is equally important. So as you would expect, there are four-wheel ventilated disc brakes coming standard. So far as that 60-zero stopping distance goes, that comes in at a very respectable 121 feet. Typically for that braking number, it ranges between like 110 and 140. So 121, that is perfectly fine. So as far as braking feel goes, I did want to mention there is an e-pedal drive button. So it's the one-pedal drive. Essentially a lot of electric cars have that. That button's located just in front of the shifter. What that does, essentially allows you to let off the gas and it basically comes to a complete stop for you if you wanted it to, if you wanted it to, I should say. So that is a pretty cool feature that like I said, a lot of electric cars have. Not all of them have that though. So, and you don't have to put it in that mode if you prefer actually using the brakes. But if you do use that, it's definitely gonna save you on some brake pads of resurfacing rotors and all that stuff because I'm not actually hitting the brakes here at all and I'm coming to a complete stop. There it is, complete stop. Love it. I love the one-pedal drive mode personally and I am glad that Nissan put that on the leaf. But anyways, then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're gonna get an independent strut type front suspension. In the back, torsion beam rear axle, of course front and rear stabilizer bars. So where's ride quality goes? It's actually been perfectly fine on my short load test drive here today. So I personally have had no complaints. So it's definitely absorbing the road imperfections here and Frederick quite nicely. So I like that as far as cabin noise goes. Again, one of those things with electric cars, it is super quiet because you don't have that gasoline powered engine or exhaust noises or anything like that coming into the cabin. So it is a pretty serene cabin quite honestly. I do have the air conditioning on right now because it's hot out today. But other than that, it's excellent. As far as steering feel goes, it is a little bit on the looser side of things. I will say that wouldn't have minded if they firmed up the steering feel a little bit kind of like Tesla does with all their steering feels but it'll get the job done. I don't have any issues. It kind of just feels like an SUV more or less. Touching on visibility, I can see perfectly fine out the back as far as my rear view mirror goes. So absolutely no issues there. But that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Nissan Leaf. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2024 Nissan Leaf finished in super black. In case you were curious of our exact exterior color name but so always let's go ahead and start with where this one is made. Taking a look at the vent first character is the number one indicating that the leaf is built and assembled here in the US, at least for US customers. But let's go ahead and start up front of course with being a electric car. It does not need a front grill. So there is no front grill. But if you get up close, there's actually a cool little geometric shape design to that kind of, it's kind of like hidden within the, I guess you can call it a front grill, whatever you want to call it. But it's a pretty cool design though. I did want to emphasize that because it's unlike anything that you typically see out on the road. But anyways, the charging port is located just above the Nissan logo. So I'll throw in some B roll right now to show you guys that. So that's where that's located. Halogen headlights do come standard on the S trim level, but for our SV plus that we have today, you will get LED headlights with LED daytime running lights. So there is added illumination at night for the SV plus trim level. Automatic feature does come standard with both trim levels. So when it starts to get dark at night, the headlights will turn on automatically for you there. Automatic high beams though, also standard of both trim levels. So if you have your high beams on at night in the sense of the vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams. Then when that vehicle is gone, it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you. So very convenient feature there. And if you were to go with the SV plus that we have today, guys can see down below, we are also looking at fog lights. So if you wanted that added illumination down below, go with the SV plus trim level. But that pretty much rounds out the front end. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of the leaf. And so I'm now making our way to this side of this one. Black windows arounds will come standard. You got that floating roof line towards the back, not as evident with the black exterior, but there is a floating roof line on the C pillar separating the roof from the rest of the body. Trim door handles do come standard at both trim levels of the leaf. Then take a look at the side mirrors. They are body colored power adjustable and they will be heated only if you go with the SV plus trim level. So wanted to emphasize that yet again. Take a look down at the wheel setup. Of course, they're gonna differ amongst the trims. 16 inch steel wheels with covers coming with the S trim level, but then 17 inch aluminum alloys finished in kind of a silver black color combination with the SV plus trim level. So that is what you guys are looking at right now. But again, that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one all the way to the top, you will find a body colored shark fin antenna. Just below that rear spoiler with an integrated brake light. Just below that rear window wiper. There of course is some trim level badging found on that rear lift gate. You guys can see the SV plus trim badging, but surprisingly there's a pretty cool looking rear diffuser down below as well. So I did want to show you guys that. And of course, since this is an EV, there is no exhaust outlets underneath. So we won't be doing any exhaust clips. So having said that, let's just go ahead and make our way to the interior of the leaf. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one, it is going to be a manual lift gate for both trim levels of the leaf. But once open up, cargo capacity comes in at 23.6 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, of course there is a 60-40 split, meaning the rear seats do fall down for quite a bit of extra space in if you needed it. There is some cargo lighting back there. It is halogen bulbs. There is a cargo cover that is gonna be available for the leaf. And there of course is that hook to actually hang the charging cables, which of course does come standard with the leaf so you can plug it in. But the make our way up to the rear legroom that comes in at 33.5 inches. For reference, I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I had back there. In terms of cup holders, they are available. They're gonna be found on the floor though, along with a little bit of extra storage there. There is no rear ventilation, but there is dual rear USB charging ports. So I did like seeing those, although would have loved to have seen some rear vents back there. But the make our way up to the front seats, manually adjustable cloth seating for the S trim level, eight-way power driver seat with two-way power lumbar for the SV trim level. Let me tell you guys, the power lumbar is insanely adjustable, very adjustable power lumbar. So I liked that. And because of that, seating was plenty comfortable. And by the way, heated seats do come standard on the SV trim level end up. But yeah, no issues in my short little test drive today when it comes to seat comfort. They take a look at the steering wheel. This is pretty cool actually. Tilt and telescoping of course, is gonna be leather wrapped for the SV trim level with some nice blue contrast stitching. So I liked seeing that. There is a heated steering wheel actually for the SV trim level. So also loved seeing that. And I kind of liked the flat bottom design, a little bit sportier of a design to it. So that was pretty cool too. All right, so now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key. Essentially all of your buttons are located on one side of the key. You got your Nissan logo on the top, lock, unlock, and that button to unlock the charging kind of cover as well. So you could charge this thing up, but it is all keyless entry with a push button start. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button located kind of just in front of the shifter. And speaking of the shifter, to actually put it in drive since this is a little bit different, slide the shifter to the left and to the back to put it in reverse, left and forward. Neutral is straight to the left and then park and just simply press down on the P button in case anybody's curious about that. Anyways, once started up, you're gonna find a seven inch digital cluster on the left and then a analog speedometer found on the right. And so on the left side, it's going to tell you things like outside temperature, the time of the day, trip A, trip B of course, and how many miles of range you have left as well. But of course our steering wheel mounting controls found on the left side of the steering wheel, you can completely adjust what is on that digital screen. So that's the best part about digital gauges. There's so much customization really available with it. So I have no problem with the gauges personally. They make our way to overall interior quality. You're going to find an overhead sunglass holder that does come standard by the way. Automatic climate control, also coming standard for both trim levels. You're gonna get auto dimming rear view mirror. And overall in terms of interior quality, there is some hard touch plastics. I will say that, but it's not too bad. I personally don't mind it. Just in front of the shifter, you got a good bit of rubberized storage so you can put yourself in there. You got an eco drive button. You also have that one pedal drive mode as well. Electromechanical parking brake behind the shifter along with a couple cup holders. And within the center armrest, a teeny bit of storage, not a ton, but it'll get the job done. I do like the blue contrast stitching that is found throughout the interior. It definitely ties everything together quite well, especially considering you got this bright blue accent on the shifter here as well. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen here. Eight inch color touchscreen display for both trim levels. Bluetooth and audio streaming, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, factory navigation system coming with the SV trim level. So I wanted to show that to you guys of course, but also you can check out your radio information of course. So when it comes to the sound systems, there are two of them, depending upon the trim that you go with. You got four speakers coming standard with the S trim level and then six speakers for the SV. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one. Yeah, it sounds like six speakers. I mean, not the very best sound system out there, but four and six speaker sound systems, you shouldn't expect them to be all that great. So I don't know. It'll get the job done, but it's nothing crazy. But last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen of course is when you do put the leaf in reverse, it will kind of make this chiming noise because it's an electric vehicle and it wants to warn people that you are backing up. But there is a rear view camera and a 360 degree monitor for the SV trim level only there to the right, which is always is going to lead us into safety. And so to start, front side, side curtain airbags do come standard driver and passenger knee airbags as well. In the back, you're gonna have latch, aka lower anchors to tether to children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard, actually a good bit. Automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, forward collision warning, intelligent lane intervention, a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert. Yeah, that comes standard. Rear automatic braking and intelligent trace control then as well. So overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the leaf, this is the least expensive EV out there right now, decent acceleration as well because it's an electric vehicle and a relatively small one at that. So it's pretty darn quick actually surprisingly. I love the one pedal drive as well. It kind of reminds me of like driving a go-kart and actually it's gonna save you a good bit of money like I was saying as well. So you don't have to pay money for brake pads and resurfacing rotors and things like that. So I like that feature. As far as room for improvement goes, it is a little bit less range than the competition, but it's also less price than the competition as well. So you gotta take that into consideration. Would have loved to have seen some nice blue ambient lighting to kind of match up with all these blue interior accents that we have on this one. And of course the sound system is pretty darn basic. Even though we had the better sound system, it's still pretty darn basic with only six speakers. Anyways, let me know what you guys think of the Leaf. Let me know if you're gonna be picking one up before Nissan completely ends the production of this one. And that is about it for this one you guys. Thank you so much for watching. 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