Lately, Nissan has been the subject of countless headlines surrounding its financial issues. But that hasn’t stopped the company from introducing quite a few new cars and updates for 2025. The Murano, Armada, and Kicks are all new for this year, while brand mainstays like the Rogue and Frontier receive notable refreshes.
Here’s a rundown of Nissan’s current lineup and how it compares to last year’s models.
2025 Nissan Murano
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $41,860
- Engine: Turbo 2.0L Four-Cylinder
- Output: 241 Horsepower
- What’s New: Next Generation
What’s New: Next Generation
The Nissan Murano is all-new for 2025. Nissan’s perennially stylish crossover enters its fourth generation, rocking a whole new look that’s decidedly unrugged on the outside and cleanly luxurious on the inside. Premium options include 21-inch wheels, massaging front seats, a pair of 12.3-inch screens running Google built-in, and 64-color ambient interior lighting. Under the hood sits Nissan’s 2.0-liter Variable Compression Turbo (VC-Turbo) engine hooked up to a nine-speed automatic gearbox.
Reviews generally conclude that the gen-four Murano isn’t a bad car, but recent reports also say Nissan has built a surplus of these in comparison to demand. The all-new Murano already starts at a competitive $41,860 including destination, but you may be able to get that down a couple of grand if you play your cards right.
2025 Nissan Armada
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $59,530
- Engine: Twin-Turbo 3.5L V-6
- Output: 425 / 460 Horsepower
What’s New: Next Generation + Pro-4X, Nismo trims
Entering its third generation for 2025, the all-new Nissan Armada takes the company’s full-size SUV into a rugged, more chiseled future. Powered by a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6 making 425 horsepower, it’s a newer, nicer SUV now, available with stuff like “invisible hood” camera views, screens spanning 14.3 inches, and Klipsch audio.
The big headline, however, is just how distinct an Armada you can get with different trims. A new, off-road Pro-4X grade bundles all-terrain tires, skid plates, and a locking diff, while a luxurious and cushy Platinum Reserve guise encompasses massaging seats, 22-inch wheels, and adaptive air suspension. For whatever reason, there’s also a sportier Nismo Armada featuring 460 hp, a retuned exhaust, tweaked steering, forged alloy wheels, stickier tires, and a whole lotta red trim. Able to tow up to 8,500 pounds and starting at $59,530, the Nissan Armada contains multitudes.
2025 Nissan Kicks
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $23,220
- Engine: 2.0L Four-Cylinder
- Output: 141 Horsepower
What’s New: Next Generation + AWD
Completely redone for 2025, the all-new Nissan Kicks is snazzier than ever. A bigger 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine makes 141 horsepower, but the real upgrade would probably be available all-wheel drive (a first for the US-market Kicks, believe it or not).
Its quirky, boxy, sneakerhead look is undoubtedly one of the best things the Kicks has going for it, but it’s a decently equipped subcompact under the skin, too. Spring for the SV or SR model, and there’s a 12.3-inch touchscreen running Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. It’s bigger inside than the old Kicks and now gets Nissan’s immensely comfy Zero Gravity seats in both rows. The entry-level Nissan Kicks starts at $23,220 including destination.
2025 Nissan Rogue
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $29,980
- Engine: Turbo 1.5L Three-Cylinder
- Output: 201 Horsepower
What’s New: Rock Creek trim
Nissan’s best-selling Rogue crossover got a thorough mid-cycle refresh for 2024, but 2025 adds a new Rock Creek edition built for light off-roading. It includes all-terrain tires, Hill Descent Control, and a more dirt-ready look—those orange things on its chin may look like tow hooks, but they’re purely cosmetic.
Under the hood of every 2025 Rogue is a 1.5-liter three-cylinder version of the VC-Turbo engine making 201 horsepower. This year, the Rogue also benefits from ProPilot 2.1, which allows for “hands-off single-lane freeway driving” and 3D surround view monitoring with the “invisible hood” function. Forego the Rock Creek stuff, and the Nissan Rogue starts at $29,980.
2025 Nissan Frontier
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $33,560
- Engine: 3.8L V-6
- Output: 310 Horsepower
What’s New: Mid-Cycle Refresh + Better Towing, Bigger Screen
Wholly redesigned back in 2022, Nissan’s mid-size Frontier pickup truck gets a decent refresh for 2025. The front fascia is slightly different, a new dash design accommodates a bigger 12.3-inch touchscreen, and the six-foot bed is now available in more configurations than before. Max towing sees bumps of around 500 pounds, depending on trim, and the Frontier can now tow up to 7,150 pounds at its most capable.
Carried over is a 3.8-liter naturally aspirated V-6 making 310 horsepower, routed through a nine-speed automatic transmission. Pro-X and Pro-4X trims are the ones to get if you plan on going on real adventures with your Frontier, throwing on all-terrain rubber, off-road suspension by Bilstein, over-fenders, and red (real) tow hooks. In base King Cab 4x2 S form, the Nissan Frontier starts at $33,560, but a nice Pro-4X isn’t too egregious, able to be had for about $43K.
2025 Nissan Altima
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $28,140
- Engine: 2.5L Four-Cylinder
- Output: 182 / 188 Horsepower
What’s New: SV Special Edition package
Having been around in its current form since 2018 and very likely on its last legs, the Nissan Altima is largely unchanged for 2025, bar a new SV Special Edition package. That package adds gloss black wheels, a 12.3-inch display, a wireless phone charger, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto implementation, a little trunk spoiler, and carbon fiber-look trim on the center console.
The rest remains familiar: a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine making 188 horsepower with front-wheel drive or 182 hp with all-wheel drive, a sharp-but-dated mid-size sedan body, and a pervasive cultural reputation for wanton on-road recklessness—a source of ridicule or interesting conversation, depending on how you pull it off. Either way, the Nissan Altima starts at $28,140.
2025 Nissan Ariya
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $41,160
- Motors: Single / Dual Externally Excited Synchronous
- Output: 214 / 238 / 335 / 389 Horsepower
What’s New: Standard Wireless Phone Charger
First introduced in 2022 as Nissan’s splashy new electric crossover to take it into the era of EVs being splashy and new, the Ariya goes largely unchanged for 2025 with the exception of wireless phone charging now being standard equipment across the board.
Available with either a single front motor or dual-motor AWD, the Ariya makes 214 horsepower in single-motor, $41,160 Engage form and can come with up to 389 ponies as a dual-motor Evolve+ or Platinum+. In its most range-rich trim, the single-motor Evolve+ with the 91.0-kilowatt-hour battery, the Ariya is rated for 289 miles on a charge.
2025 Nissan Leaf
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $29,280
- Motors: Single AC Synchronous
- Output: 110 / 214 Horsepower
As for Nissan’s more attainable EV, the Leaf got a refresh back in 2023, so it goes completely unchanged for 2025. Not surprising since the all-new 2026 has already been unveiled and set to blow this old one out of the water with up to 303 miles of range. (This outgoing Leaf is only good for up to 212.)
The 2025 Leaf also still uses CHAdeMO for DC fast charging, a standard that’s being phased out, whereas the new Leaf will get Tesla’s NACS plug. It may only start at $29,280—cheap for a new EV—but even with that caveat, this 2025 Leaf is slow, short on range, uses old charging tech, and is simply a hard sell. Unless you can get one for a massive discount (it’s a prime candidate for dirt-cheap lease deals) or like to collect slightly oddball EVs, you’re almost certainly better off waiting for the new one.
2025 Nissan Pathfinder
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $37,790
- Engine: 3.5L V-6
- Output: 259 / 270 Horsepower
What’s New: Standard power liftgate for SV, Rock Creek + Maintenance program
The 2025 Nissan Pathfinder goes mostly unchanged from last year. A power liftgate is now standard on the SV and Rock Creek trims, and Nissan highlights a new Maintenance Care program that includes three scheduled oil changes for the first two years or up to 24,000 miles, but that’s it.
Still powered by an old-school 3.5-liter V-6 making 259 horsepower (270 if you go for the Rock Creek), Nissan’s three-row crossover has grown quite a bit softer from its body-on-frame roots, but it’s an admirable entry in its segment. A decent everyday family hauler in regular form, but a splash of nostalgic utility (as well as lifted suspension and all-terrain tires) can be had with the Rock Creek. The Pathfinder starts at $37,790.
2025 Nissan Sentra
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $22,730
- Engine: 2.0L Four-Cylinder
- Output: 149 Horsepower
What’s New: Midnight Edition for SR + NissanConnect on SV
Outside of a couple of packaging and tech additions, the Nissan Sentra goes unchanged for 2025. Powered by a basic, 149-horsepower, unturbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder, the Sentra comes with blind spot monitoring, auto emergency braking, and lane departure warning as standard, as well as stop/start, 40 miles per gallon on the highway, and available two-tone paint.
Even in the context of compact sedan commuters, the Sentra isn’t the most exciting or "best" choice in its segment, but it’s well equipped and surprisingly decent to drive. Its very competitive starting price of $22,730 doesn’t hurt, either.
2025 Nissan Versa
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $20,130
- Engine: 1.6-Liter Four-Cylinder
- Output: 122 Horsepower
What’s New: Standard LED headlights for S, SV + Maintenance program
In case the Sentra is too rich for your blood, there’s the $20,130 Versa: aka America’s cheapest new car in 2025. The subcompact sedan goes mostly unchanged for this year, except for LED headlights becoming standard equipment on the lower S and SV trims, as well as a Maintenance Care program that pays for up to three scheduled oil changes within two years or 24,000 miles.
The Versa’s 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine gives it 122 horsepower. Let’s not beat around the bush: this is very likely the most basic new car you can get in the U.S. right now. But if you’re coming from something much older and possibly falling apart, it could still feel luxurious. Spring for the $1,250 S+ Package and you even get a seven-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, letting you finally ditch the phone mount and aux cord combo for good.
2025 Nissan Z
- On-Sale Date: Now
- Price: $44,110
- Engine: Twin-Turbo 3.0L V-6
- Output: 400 / 420 Horsepower
What’s New: Bayside Blue Paint
Still very much a “new” car (How many have you actually seen in the wild?), the Nissan Z goes functionally unchanged for 2025. It does, however, gain three new color schemes: Pearl White Tricoat with the black roof, Solid Red with the black roof, and Bayside Blue. Nissan nerds will recognize the latter as an iconic shade from the R34 Skyline GT-R, and it’s likely the color to get if you’d like maximum bragging rights among the stock Z owners at your next Cars & Coffee meetup.
Putting out 400 horsepower from a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6 (420 can be had in Nismo form), the Nissan Z starts at $44,110.
