Used Nissan Tiida in Dubai

The Tiida has reached the part of its life where it costs less than a year of insurance on a new car, and that is exactly why people still look for one. The Tiida Nissan built for this region is a compact hatchback with a boot bigger than it looks, a back seat that slides, a soft ride, and an engine and gearbox that most garages in Al Quoz have had apart a hundred times. A used Nissan Tiida in Dubai is bought as a first car, and as a second car that lives at the metro station.

Nissan sold two generations here and stopped in 2018, so every Tiida on the market is at least seven years old and most are older. The used Nissan Tiida Dubai listings on OneClickDrive come from private owners and small dealers across Dubai, Sharjah and Al Ain, and the price gap between the best and the worst of them is small enough that condition matters more than anything else on the listing. You will see it spelt Nissan Tida in plenty of adverts, and it is the same car.

Nissan Tiida price in Dubai and what a used one is worth now

The Nissan Tiida price in Dubai is set by condition first, year second, and then by whether the car is GCC specification or an import. A late second generation car with a full book and one careful owner sits at the top of a range that is not very tall, and a first generation car with a tired gearbox and no history sits at the bottom, where it competes with cars that are really only worth their parts. The Nissan Tiida price in UAE listings outside Dubai is often a little lower, because Sharjah and Al Ain sellers price for a quicker sale.

At this money the usual rules invert. The distance on the odometer matters less than the stamps in the book, the colour and trim barely matter, and the cost of an inspection is a real share of the price, which is why it is worth paying for. The figure in the heading above is the cheapest Tiida listed at the moment and moves as cars come and go. A Tiida car price in UAE terms is a floor to work up from, and the individual listings tell you where a good one sits.

Two generations, two gearboxes: which Nissan Tiida to buy

The first generation Tiida arrived in 2006 as a five door hatchback and a four door saloon, with a 1.6 or a 1.8 litre petrol engine and a conventional four speed automatic. It is the taller, boxier car with the huge rear legroom, and it is a simple Nissan Tiida car to fix. The second generation, from 2012, came here as a hatchback only, lower and sleeker, with the same two engines and a CVT gearbox in place of the four speed. It is the nicer car to sit in and the quieter one on the E311, and it needs the more careful gearbox check.

Trims run S, SV and SL, with an SE badge on some GCC cars. The S is the basic car with steel wheels and the essentials, the SV adds alloys and a better radio, and the SL is the full car with the touchscreen and the rear camera on the later ones. A Nissan Tiida 2016 in SL trim is as good as the model ever got. The Nissan Tiida hatchback is what nearly every car listed here is, and a Nissan Tiida sedan is a first generation car by definition, because the saloon body was dropped when the second generation came in and the Nissan Sentra took its place.

One thing to know before you read the origins on the listings: the United States never sold a car called the Tiida. An American spec Tiida is a Nissan Versa hatchback that was rebadged when it arrived, and it is mechanically the same car. It is fine to buy with the customs file in order, priced below a GCC car of the same year.

What a Tiida costs to run, and where its value stops falling

Running a Nissan Tiida used every day costs about as little as a car can in Dubai. Insurance on a car this age is third party for most owners and cheap either way. Parts are shared with the Sunny and the Sentra, servicing is an hour's job, and the 1.6 sips fuel. The two bills that can surprise you are a CVT on the second generation car that was never given fresh fluid, and an air conditioning compressor, and the checks below cover both.

On resale the news is good in a backhanded way. A Tiida has already lost almost everything it is going to lose, so a Nissan Tiida second hand at this price is close to a fixed cost: buy it well, run it for two years, and sell it for most of what you paid. What you cannot do is sell a bad one, because at this level a buyer walks away from the first problem they find.

Why buy a used Nissan Tiida with OneClickDrive

On a car this cheap the listing has to tell you whether the drive across town is worth making, and the Nissan Tiida used Dubai listings here are built to answer that. Each one carries the year, the trim, the distance, the specification of origin, which on a Tiida is the first thing to check, and photographs of the actual car inside and out. The seller is named, private owner or dealer, and your call goes straight to them, with no commission charged to either side by OneClickDrive.

Where a car has already been through an inspection the listing says so, and on a Tiida that line is worth more than any photograph. A warranty is rare on a car this old, but a dealer occasionally adds cover on the engine and gearbox and the listing states it when they do. An estimated monthly EMI is shown under each price, and the youngest cars can be financed through our arrangement with Emirates NBD, with an answer normally inside 24 hours for buyers who meet the bank's eligibility rules. A private owner who sells the car on later lists it here for resale at no cost.

Where to find a Nissan Tiida for sale in Dubai and across the UAE

The Nissan Tiida for sale Dubai stock is small and it turns over quickly. It sits with the small independent dealers in Al Aweer and Ras Al Khor who buy cheap cars in batches, and with private owners who have moved up to something newer and want the old car gone this week. A used Nissan Tiida for sale in Dubai from a private owner with the book is the one to see first, and a Nissan Tiida used car from a dealer is worth a look when it carries an inspection report.

Widen the search to Sharjah and Al Ain, because a good share of the used Nissan Tiida for sale in UAE stock is there and the prices are keener. The Sharjah and Al Ain cars appear here with the emirate shown on each listing, and a Nissan Tiida for sale UAE wide that is an hour away is worth the drive when the whole purchase costs what it does. Every Tiida for sale in UAE that our sellers hold is on one list, short enough to read in full before you view anything.

If the Tiida is the right size but the wrong shape, the Nissan Sunny is the saloon most people cross shop against it and there are far more of them, the Nissan Micra is the smaller car at the same money, and the Nissan Kicks is where Nissan sent the Tiida's buyers when it stopped making it. The used Nissan range in Dubai has its own page.

What to check on a second hand Nissan Tiida

Gearbox first, because it is the only expensive thing on the car.

• On a second generation Tiida the CVT should pull away from cold without a shudder and hold a steady engine note as the car gathers speed.
• A judder at walking pace, a whine, or a gearbox that flares before it catches is a CVT that has been run on old fluid, and the repair costs more than a cheap Tiida is worth.
• Ask when the fluid was last changed and look for the invoice.
• On a first generation car the four speed automatic is tougher, but it should still shift cleanly through every ratio without a thump into second. Then the air conditioning.
• Run it at idle in the sun for ten minutes and check it stays cold, and listen for the compressor cycling on and off more than it should.
• Drive over a speed bump with the radio off and listen for a knock from the front, which on the older car is usually the steering rack or a drop link, and for a clonk from the rear beam.
• Check every window, the central locking and the boot release, and that the spare and the jack are in the boot.
• Paperwork checks are the same as on any car and matter more here.
• Take the chassis number from the Mulkiya and run a history report for accident repair and registered finance, read the service history against the odometer, and confirm whether the car is GCC specification or an American or Japanese import.
• Look at the tyres for age as well as tread, because a Tiida that has stood for a year has four hard tyres waiting for you.
• If the listing does not carry an inspection report, book one at an RTA testing centre or a trusted garage before any deposit is paid.

Finance, EMI and buying a used Tiida with no down payment

Most Tiidas are bought with cash and most sellers expect it. A bank sets a limit on how old a car can be when the loan ends, and on this model only the youngest second generation cars clear it, so the estimated EMI under those listings is a planning figure and the rest are cash purchases. Where a loan is possible, the application goes to Emirates NBD through our arrangement.

A dealer can occasionally put a purchase together with no down payment on a selected car through a bank it works with, and it is never written on the advert. Ask, and get the terms on paper. A private seller has no such arrangement.

Paperwork to move a Tiida into your name

The transfer at the RTA needs the original Mulkiya, identification for both parties, an insurance policy already running in your name and every fine cleared.

• On a Tiida two things come up more often than on a newer car.
• The annual test is usually due or close to it, so ask when the car was last tested, because it has to pass before the RTA will move it.
• And on an American or Japanese import, the customs file has to be complete, and it is worth calling your insurer before you agree a price, because some will not cover a non GCC car at all.
• Finance on a Tiida is unusual, but where the seller still owes the bank, their liability letter states the balance, the balance is settled and a clearance certificate follows before the transfer. It still has to happen first.

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