Nissan adds a new small space giant to its Japanese delivery range: the Roox. That needs some explanation.
Kei cars are immensely popular in Japan. Half of the Japanese top-10 sales last year consisted of such compact city cars. Last year, no fewer than 253,500 copies of the Honda N-Box were sold and Hondaatje was not only the most popular kei-car in 2019, but also the best-selling car of 2019. Nissan has a maximum of 3 in the segment of this one. 4 meters long little ones include the Dayz and the Dayz Roox on offer. Since 2014, the Dayz Roox is the ‘tall-boy’ version of the Dayz, a higher and more practical version. Just like his technical twin brother, the Mitsubishi eK, a new generation of the Nissan Dayz was presented last year and now Nissan is continuing with a new high version thereof. The second generation is no longer called Dayz Roox, but simply Roox.
Just like the regular Dayz, the Roox also becomes available as an unnamed variant and as a Highway Star, a version with a much more aggressive-looking muzzle. Nissan puts the same 658 cc three-cylinder on the engine list that is also in the normal Dayz and can be supplied with or without a turbo. A four-wheel drive variant is also available. Nissan optionally equips its Roox with ProPilot, a system where the adaptive cruise control is linked to the hardware and software that keeps the Roox neat and tidy. You have plenty of headroom in the back of the Roox, since the distance from the floor to the ceiling is no less than 1.4 meters. The luggage space has a depth of 68 centimeters and a total volume of over 190 liters. Another big advantage of the Roox: where the Dayz has regular doors, the Roox has two sliding doors. On the option list, Nissan puts things like adaptive LED lighting, traffic sign recognition and Front Vehicle Movement Alert, a system that gives the driver a signal when the vehicle in front starts driving again and there is no response for too long.