Which Nissan Kicks Trims Have a Sunroof?

On the current Kicks, the SV and the SR can be ordered with a panoramic moonroof, and on both of them it is optional equipment inside that trim's Premium Package rather than standard. The base S cannot be ordered with one, and neither can the off-road-styled Rock Creek. No Kicks trim has a sunroof as standard equipment.

No. On every trim that offers one it is an option, and it only comes bundled inside a Premium Package with other equipment. You cannot order the glass on its own. That is why two cars wearing the same trim badge on the same lot can differ on this.

In everyday use people say sunroof for both. Strictly, a moonroof is a glass panel and a sunroof was originally a solid body-coloured one. Panoramic means the glass runs back over the rear seats instead of stopping above the front ones. What the Kicks offers is a panoramic moonroof, so the rear passengers get the view as well.

Not as a factory option. Once a car is built without one, adding glass means an aftermarket installation that cuts the roof, and that is a different thing entirely from the factory panel with its own drains and seals. If you want the moonroof, buy a car that already has it.

It depends what you use it for. If you were picturing an open roof on the drive out to Chinook Pass, the honest answer is that the South Sound gives you a limited number of days a year for that. What the glass does earn its keep on is light. A grey November afternoon in Puyallup feels noticeably less closed-in in a car with a panoramic roof, and that benefit arrives every single day rather than a dozen times a summer.

Headroom, a little, because the glass and its mechanism sit where the headliner otherwise would. It is worth sitting in one before you commit if you are tall. Cargo space is unaffected by the roof. What does change cargo volume on the Kicks is drivetrain, since the all-wheel-drive models give up room behind the rear seats to the rear suspension.

Look up, then check the window sticker for the Premium Package. Do not rely on the trim badge, because the package is optional on the trims that offer it. If you are shopping remotely, give us the stock number or the VIN over the phone and we will read the build sheet back to you rather than guessing.

It varies by trim and by model year, which is exactly why the glass cannot be ordered alone. The SR version of the package has historically bundled the moonroof with a Bose audio system and a heated steering wheel among other items. Because the contents move year to year, ask for the package contents on the specific car rather than trusting a general answer, including this one.