I just want a Z roadster, and a revival of the X-terra.
I want to love nissan so badly
Nissans current lineup is kicking goals. Got my eye on a X Trail.
However, they’re still behind in their EV effort, they’re even behind than Toyota and Honda.
Ayria and outdated Leaf aren’t enough them to catch other competitors.
As it stands, they’re ahead of Honda and Toyota. Those companies will eventually catch up, but they have the funds to do so.
They plan a new Leaf (small crossover) and 2 EV sedans in 2025 as 2026 model years, and 2 EV crossovers in 2027 and 2028. This is because they’re transforming Canton plant into their EV hub so they can qualify for IRA. With those efforts, they also plan on bringing a e-Power Rogue (X-Trail) to the States.
Ayria and outdated Leaf aren’t enough them to catch other competitors.
Are you sure? Ariya is looking good?
I like it, it looks pretty cool in person.
They have the best-selling EV in Japan right now, the Sakura.
Bad take, my guy. Ariya is quite nice.
The Nissan Ariya looks great and in the small basic affordable car space they did that collaboration with Mitsubishi for the Nissan Sakura.
Having a great looking aesthetic and a super affordable base model car is a good strategy in these times of high interest rates and EV models that are just too damn expensive.
The Ariya is far from super affordable.
The Renault alliance broke up a few months ago, Nissan bought out their share from Renault.
All Mitsubishis will have Nissan engines. The Mitsubishi deal to re-badge Renaults in Europe was arranged before the break up and won’t be renewed when it expires.
Renault has formed a new alliance with Geely (Volvo/Polestar) which Nissan-Mitsubishi has no part of.
Made the mistake of buying a 2004 Altima in 2006😠 What a piece crap!!! Clunky transmission and burning oil @ 60 kilometers. The dealership was not interested in honoring the warranty! Had to take a major loss in trade for a 2006 Camry. Since then, I have stuck with Toyota religiously. Presently, I drive a 2013 Lexus ES with 79 Kilometers, couldn’t be happier!!!
Not surprised.
Nissan dealers were the only Asian automakers not putting massive markups on their vehicles when I was shopping a year back. I also never thought I would ever buy a Nissan, but after going to dealer after dealer and being told of markups on all the hybrids, I checked out a Nissan Rogue on a whim since they advertised 37mpg highway from a fancy variable compression turbo engine and ended up picking up a base model for $500 under MSRP. Been quite happy with it for commuting/family hauling, and have been recommending it to others.
Mitsubishi has also now joined that Renault/Nissan alliance, and while I hadn’t seen a Mitsubishi product in decades I felt was worth a damn, the PHEV Outlander also would have been a strong contender had it qualified for the PHEV rebates in the states.
I mean who else will weave in and out of traffic with a broke front end clip of not for Altima drivers.
Gotta say the latest Versa is actually appealing in an “if I absolutely had to buy a new car now under duress” sense. Would be nice to have a hatchback or at least a high-spec 6MT car but a big part of the appeal is that the cheapest manual Civic is almost 10 grand more…
There is no high spec 6MT Versa. Base model only and options are kinda meh. Which is too bad since the higher trims have decent interiors for what they are.
the cheapest manual Civic is almost 10 grand more…
You don’t say.
The bigger, more powerful, and quicker car costs more than the smaller, less powerful, and slower car.
Give the Pathfinder the same refresh you just gave the Rogue and I’ll gladly add to those numbers.
The Z sure is a interesting car. Shame no dealer within 300 miles of me ever has any. It’s nothing but a sea of silver Altimas.
They’re banned from entering the US. A few got in, but the US put stop-orders on both the manual and automatic versions, both of which are still in effect afaik, which afaik means that all Zs bound for the US are stuck in customs-limbo hell.
So until Nissan fixes their transmissions to the US govt’s approval, there’s a finite supply for their sports car, which has caused the usual “fuck you pay me” attitude of dealerships to go through the roof with the model.
was it necessary to say japanese automaker tho
Absolutely loving my ‘22 Frontier. Hope they revive the Xterra.
I bought two! Love em!
Finally got a update on those 10+ years ulgy as line up, the new QASHQAI , X trail are winning. Stay away from the French you be right, same with Mitsubishi, the new outlander, ASX, an Xcross are also winning.