IM6 Premium 75 vs Nissan Ariya Advance 63: an Australian 1,200kg trailer screen

If your box trailer weighs 1,200kg when loaded and has brakes, the published Australian limits put these two versions on different shortlists. The IM6 Premium 75's MY25 specification lists a maximum braked trailer weight of 1,500kg. The Nissan Ariya Advance 63's current Australian specifications list 750kg, including for a braked trailer. That excludes this Ariya version from this 1,200kg brief before price, battery size or cabin equipment enters the decision.

The IM6 clears that first paper filter; its suitability for your actual combination remains unconfirmed. Its gross combination mass, axle limits, allowable towball download, approved towing hardware and remaining passenger and luggage allowance have not been established here. A 1,500kg headline cannot fill those gaps. Take the Premium forward for a written vehicle-and-trailer assessment and an itemised quote, rather than placing an order on the rating alone.

The Ariya Advance can remain relevant for a lighter trailer that falls within its own limits, or for a household that will use another vehicle for the 1,200kg job. Buying an Advance because another Ariya has a 1,500kg rating would solve a different purchase problem. This comparison does not transfer the AWD version's rating to the selected front-wheel-drive car.

The current Australian IM6 site still presents Premium through its Build & Price and test-drive routes. For the technical comparison, this is the rear-wheel-drive 75kWh Premium. The national brochure's technical table and its MY25 dating matter: the model-page disclaimer refers to April 2025, while the linked brochure's disclaimer refers to December 2025. These are dated MY25 specification references retrieved on 22 October 2026 UTC. Their continued availability does not establish the model year or equipment of a car a dealer will deliver now.

The Nissan version is Advance with a 63kWh battery and 2WD, explicitly described as front-wheel drive in the current national specification block. It is not Advance+ with the larger battery and it is not Evolve AWD. A current contract model year, VIN, physical stock allocation and delivery date have not been verified for either car.

Ask each retailer to put the exact derivative and VIN or confirmed allocation on the same quotation as the towing equipment. For IM6, obtain confirmation that the supplied vehicle retains the quoted towing specification; do not turn the brochure's MY25 reference into an assumed MY26 delivery. For Ariya, the name Advance alone should not be replaced with a generic range-wide tow figure.

The 1,200kg scenario refers to the trailer with its intended load, rather than its empty weight. Before asking for a purchase recommendation, identify the trailer, its plated limits and braking arrangement, then establish its loaded mass and actual towball download. The vehicle and trailer documents need to use compatible mass definitions. This article has no weighbridge result, trailer plate photograph or individual combination assessment.

For the selected Ariya, both the current Advance specification block and Nissan's national brochure support the lower limit. Nissan's brochure distinguishes 750kg for 2WD from 1,500kg for AWD and specifies a Genuine Nissan towbar, subject to rating limits. It also identifies conditions including vehicle laden mass, grade, powertrain, driving conditions, accessories and towbar or towball limits. A stronger accessory bar would not, by itself, establish a higher manufacturer vehicle rating.

For the IM6 Premium, the national MY25 table states 1,500kg braked and 750kg unbraked. A braked trailer is therefore essential to the stated 1,200kg paper brief. The arithmetic gap between 1,500kg and 1,200kg is not 300kg of spare passenger or luggage capacity: trailer maximum and vehicle payload are different constraints. No remaining payload has been calculated from that subtraction.

The IM6 table lists a gross vehicle mass of 2,731kg and tare mass of 2,280kg. Nissan's Advance block lists gross vehicle weight of 2,362kg, kerb weight of 1,933kg and maximum payload of 429kg. These are the manufacturers' published labels. Tare and kerb mass should not be treated as an identical measurement basis, and none of these figures is a weigh-in of the vehicle you will buy.

For the IM6 assessment, provide the expected occupants, luggage, fitted accessories and trailer download together. Obtain the applicable gross combination mass, axle limits and towball limit for the exact vehicle, plus confirmation of the approved towbar, electrical connection and brake-controller compatibility. Their values and the remaining carrying allowance at this trailer load are unresolved. The same types of limits still matter for a lighter Ariya trailer; they cannot overcome the Advance's initial 750kg ceiling for this particular job.

Have the retailer itemise the hardware and fitting work rather than treating a general accessories list as an installed towing package. Ask how the proposed installation affects the functions you intend to use, including any reversing or parking assistance. We have not confirmed trailer-mode operation or demonstrated either car reversing, braking or controlling a loaded trailer. A feature demonstration with an unhitched vehicle cannot answer those questions.

There is no matched current driveaway cash-price comparison here. The national IM6 page provides a Build & Price route, but it does not establish an offer for a particular Premium VIN, location and delivery date. Nissan's live pricing interface warns that preferred price types cannot be applied to every vehicle and that default prices may be substituted. A displayed range headline would therefore be a poor basis for claiming a cash saving between these exact cars.

Request an Australian quote for your actual state and registration circumstances, with the derivative, model year or allocation, paint, delivery timing and included fees clear. Separate the vehicle cash amount from towing hardware, fitting, brake controller if applicable and any other accessories. Keep any finance, trade-in or stock eligibility condition beside the amount it affects. Neither an accessory estimate nor an old vehicle price has been filled in with zero.

For the 1,200kg job, obtain the IM6 load and installation answers first; then decide whether its complete offer fits the budget. An attractive Advance quote does not make that version meet the stated trailer requirement. If your trailer plan changes, request a revised comparison for the lighter, documented load rather than recycling the same recommendation.