Just filled up my wife's Versa Sedan S

[Thaprotender]

1st tank was 30.12 mpg this included a 55 mile round trip to the dealership with the car the rest was mainly intown driving

250 miles / 8.3 gallons

My son got 28 mpg on his first fill up with his Versa Hatchback S and that was sitting dead still in gridlock traffic for about 30 minutes

[StanBo]

1st tank was 30.12 mpg this included a 55 mile round trip to the dealership with the car the rest was mainly intown driving

250 miles / 8.3 gallons

My son got 28 mpg on his first fill up with his Versa Hatchback S and that was sitting dead still in gridlock traffic for about 30 minutes

Thanks for posting this. I am shopping for a daily driver to purchase in the near future and things like mpg are very important to me.

[Ever Victorious]

Thanks for posting this. I am shopping for a daily driver to purchase in the near future and things like mpg are very important to me.

Check out the fuel economy thread that is stickied at the top of this forum. It will give you more information about fuel economy on these cars than you ever wanted.

[Thaprotender]

I shied away from the CVT model. It is new technology plus the cost was substantially higher. Like the 4 speed automatic.

If gas prices get too insane I plan on purchasing a Hatchback later this year.

[KimberKenobi]

Here are my thoughts:

The four speed is going to get patently crappy mileage... CVT has been out for several years, just not in entry level vehicles... don't judge an mpg by the first fillup, and certainly not by one fillup...

I've gotten tremendously fantastic mileage on one fillup, the totally craptastic mileage on the next...

On my CarDomain I log all of my mpgs if you'd like an idea of the flexing capacity of the mileage... I have a few fillups still to post, and I've not calculated it recently, but I believe my total mileage average to be somewhere around 27 ... I guess I'll work on that this weekend with all my extra time and update that page... If you're interested, my mileage tracker is on page 3 of my CarDomain page (for the time being...) http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2548377/3

[TweeKeer]

I shied away from the CVT model. It is new technology plus the cost was substantially higher. Like the 4 speed automatic.

If gas prices get too insane I plan on purchasing a Hatchback later this year.

CVT is nowhere near new. The first patent for it was filed in 1886. Has been used in the Volvo 340, used in cars in the '50s. In '87 the European Fiesta and Uno both had CVT. And if you want you can check out the list of 40+ current model year cars that are using the CVT.

All I guess I'm trying to get across is that people are afriad of it, and really shouldn't be.

[KimberKenobi]

All I guess I'm trying to get across is that people are afriad of it, and really shouldn't be.

I was cautioned to be afraid of it, but several other specific Nissans have had CVT for several years so Nissan in particular is not new at providing the CVT ... the only reason the CVT is so expensive now is that Nissan couldn't pull enough Versa CVTs through to meet the demand, so they made them cost more... but (as I mentioned earlier) Nissan is hoping to bring this cost back down - Nissan's goal is for the Versa to be a CVT model.

[TweeKeer]

I was cautioned to be afraid of it, but several other specific Nissans have had CVT for several years so Nissan in particular is not new at providing the CVT ... the only reason the CVT is so expensive now is that Nissan couldn't pull enough Versa CVTs through to meet the demand, so they made them cost more... but (as I mentioned earlier) Nissan is hoping to bring this cost back down - Nissan's goal is for the Versa to be a CVT model.

Nissan's goal is for ALL cars to eventually be supplied in CVT instead of a regular AT. As I said before, the list of current '07 models that utilize the CVT is over 40 cars. And, as can be seen in the Nissan lineup. All of their cars have CVT. Versa H/B & Sedan, Sentra, Altima, Maxima, Murano, the new Rogue will have it (already does in Europe).

[Deke40]

Nissan's goal is for ALL cars to eventually be supplied in CVT instead of a regular AT. As I said before, the list of current '07 models that utilize the CVT is over 40 cars. And, as can be seen in the Nissan lineup. All of their cars have CVT. Versa H/B & Sedan, Sentra, Altima, Maxima, Murano, the new Rogue will have it (already does in Europe).

I love the CVT as it was one of the main reasons I bought my Versa. I took a little 180 mile trip over the same route I use to drive my 07 Camry over and the numerous overpasses use to cause it to constantly downshift. Needless to say the CVT was smooth as silk with only slight RPM increases.

Trying to talk my wife out of her 05 CRV and into one also.

My biggest problem with the new Versa is I keep forgetting and grabbing my cell phone instead of just pressing the button on the steering wheel to answer.

[KimberKenobi]

My biggest problem with the new Versa is I keep forgetting and grabbing my cell phone instead of just pressing the button on the steering wheel to answer.

Well (LOL) if that's your biggest problem, sounds like you're in good shape there ;oD

[Deke40]

Well (LOL) if that's your biggest problem, sounds like you're in good shape there ;oD

I do have the klunking sound coming from the right rear when I get on a fairly rough rode. Hoping somebody comes up with a common problem and a fix. Until I will just keep the XM cranked up.