Nissan’s U.S. operations may be based in Nashville, but the company gets big respect for picking our birthplace of Brooklyn as the venue for unveiling its newly redone Kicks crossover, which took place this week at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn as the 2024 NCAA men’s basketball tournament was beginning. So far, the Kicks looks like a far better bet than most people’s NCAA tournament pools, which were effectively blown out of the water by the first weekend’s upsets.

With one of the sneaker-style “unboxings” set for today’s games, the Kicks will then head to the New York International Auto Show for a more traditional rollout. Besides new 2.0-liter power, the all-new Kicks boasts best-in-class ground clearance and standard cargo space, plus the addition of Intelligent All-Wheel Drive. The Kicks lineup, including the SR model you see here, will be in Nissan showrooms by the end of the summer.
I hope Nissan improved more than just the style of this car. It badly needs a better CVT transmission.
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