It looks like a 75% sized Altima....Compare the above pic to the 2011 Altima sedan below:nissangirl74 wrote:First impressions?
Starting price is $10,990
More pics and a rundown of the specs can be found here.
http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/10 ... d+Blogs%29
It doesn't look bad, from the internet. My friend at the local dealership is supposed to let us know as soon as one of these comes in so I can drive it and write a review. I want to compare the base and the top-of-the-line and see if either model is worth the asking price.
MinisterofDOOM wrote:It has a saggy butt.
The B13 pulled off Maxima styling magnificently. The B15, while bland, wore "big car" styling quite effectively too. The thing that sets those two apart from the rest of Nissan's compact offerings of the last 20 years is, as Jesda said above, proportion. The B14 and B16 are way too tall to wear their bigger siblings' clothes. And the new Versa is, too.Lowes11 wrote:Nissan tries to make the small cars look like the big ones without much success. The Sentra has never been a good looking car. The Versa is looks crunched. I have a Rogue and it looks squished to me as well. I don't know why this happens. The Maxima. Altima, and Murano all look sporty. I do not what Nissan does to the smaller cars? It is a shame because as a Nissan fan I know a lot of people would love to drive these cars. They do not like the looks and stay away.
Loki wrote:It looks like a baby with a full diaper.
DNFTFY, but did FT some more.AZhitman wrote:Loki wrote:It looks like a baby with a full diaper.
....and can Nissan build anything without 7" WHEELS?
BINGO!Reverend D21 wrote:It looks like a dumpy 2008 Elantra.
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The brand-new 2012 Nissan Versa definitely has the small, budget-friendly thing down. The car fails, however, to achieve the magic 40-mpg mark; the EPA rates the CVT-equipped Versa sedan at 30/38 mpg city/highway and the stick-shifted car at 27/36 mpg.
Does 40 mpg really matter?
Nissan officials downplay the shortness of spec, stressing that all competitive vehicles cost more and that some require costly option packages to reach the sacred four-oh. "Cost of ownership" and "buzz versus reality" are more important than fuel mileage, according to vice president of product planning Larry Dominique, who says that the EPA estimates the Versa's annual fuel cost at $36 more than that of the also-new-for-2012 Hyundai Accent, which is rated at 30/40 mpg. Fortunately for Nissan, a similarly equipped base Accent also happens to cost $3205 more than the Versa. Unfortunately for Nissan, the Accent is a markedly nicer car that also happens to weigh about the same and offers 29 extra horsepower.
The difference between 38 and 40 mpg is meaningless, but in terms of marketing, Nissan will suffer. Additionally, as compensation for tolerating the Versa's ugliness, one would expect class-leading fuel economy or technology. But, no. Its still ugly, and in return you get nothing.Fortunately for Nissan, a similarly equipped base Accent also happens to cost $3205 more than the Versa. Unfortunately for Nissan, the Accent is a markedly nicer car that also happens to weigh about the same and offers 29 extra horsepower.
The Versa's low price is definitely its biggest asset.
I suspect Nissan is going to wait and see how the Sci-yota does with its small 4 cyl RWD platform before doing anything. But Nissan actually does have something to battle Genesis sedan, the Maxima if they simply lengthen it without raising the price.Space Monkey wrote:A true man will admit defeat, run away and come back to kick a** another day.
Nissan has nothing to battle the Genesis or the Scion FRS coming soon.
Kill the Versa.
Drop the Sentra into that price point.
Make an S16 or Re-launch the S15 in north america.
I've never driven an automatic that beat a manual (comparing the same number of cylinders and fuel delivery)PapaSmurf2k3 wrote:We need to do another fuel economy poll for new versa owners. I'd be interested in seeing if the CVT actually beats the manual in real world applications. IIRC, the manual SMOKED the CVT in the last comparison, even though the EPA disagreed.
