Nissan Sakura 2025 Review: Price, Availability, Specs

Think China’s got it all sewn up when it comes to EVs? Well, at least when it comes to micro cars, Japan still has a few tricks up its sleeve—and the Nissan Sakura is the power player in the market. Japanese automakers have generally tackled the electric transition with all the speed of a turning oil tanker. Toyota has, for example, steadfastly held out largely in the hopes that its gamble on solid-state batteries will play out. Nissan on the other hand threw its hat early into the game with the Leaf, launched in 2010. So early, in fact, that Nissan claims the car is the world’s first mass-market EV. The Leaf, which believe it or not is an acronym for “leading environmentally-friendly affordable family car”, was for a long time one of the world’s best-selling EVs. Had Nissan really capitalized on this EV leadership it might not have needed the now-canceled Honda engagement, but that’s another story. Nissan first showed the Sakura as early as 2019 in the form of the IMk concept, but ... Read full article.