ssswitch wrote: I've seen a few of them on the street and they're pretty nice. Almost all of the ones I see are massively kitted out (reverse camera, etc) SV models which kind of defeats the purpose in my book.
Defeats the purpose? Heck, that sounds like what I would like. I don't want a bare bones car but I also want something small. I don't think a Versa is particularly small.
If Nissan sold that car here the American Interwebs would be full of threads about all the better optioned used cars you could get for the same money.
I think its cool.
bgkast wrote: Look, it can even cary a pair of hockey sticks.
I can't get my hockey bag,sticks and beer cooler into my MINI that easily. If I didn't shorten my sticks 3 inches, they wouldn't go in. And, both sides of the seat have to be down.
fanfoy wrote:mazdeuce wrote:I think you don't understand how "small hatchback crazy" we are here. For example, the first year the Toyota Echo hatchback was introduced in Quebec (2005 I think), there was a race series called the Echo Cup which had a good 20+ participant. That year, Toyota sold more Echo's in the province of Quebec, than in the entire rest of North America.NGTD wrote: Canada often gets get small hatchbacks that the US does not get: 1. Canadians tend to buy smaller less-expensive cars (or go whole hog and drop $50K on massive pick-ups) 2. US buyers are seen as not liking hatchbacks. Canadians buy lots of them.I just checked and there's only 36 million people up there (and you're all very important, don't get me wrong) I can't quite believe a population that small has THAT much pull.Before that, Honda had done it with the Civic Cup with the first generation Civic's. Now Nissan is doing the same. It's a well proven recipy here, and judging by the number of Micra's I see on the roads, it's working again. The Micra Cup is happening in Quebec and they have 12 events for this summer and last time I checked, there was 15+ participants confirmed already. And we are only 7 million in this province.
The guy in the blue one is doing it wrong...
In reply to irish44j:
As long as he hits the two cones then it's only four seconds penalty. Right?
When the Versa was selling for a hair above $10k, it was a ton of car for the money. The hatchback was a bit more, and even more useful. Everyone on this forum hated it.
Yesterday I sat in a Micra. It's bare bones, and there's lots of hard plastic, but it feels well put together, and feels like a decent car, unlike the mirage.
As has been stated elsewhere, Canadians buy small cars.
Americans don't.
That's why we get things like turbo sprints. Small cars are a flop in the USA. A micra that was turbocharged would be hilarious!
HiTempguy wrote: A micra that was turbocharged would be hilarious!
Someone needs to swap a juke motor into one.
DeadSkunk wrote:bgkast wrote: Look, it can even cary a pair of hockey sticks.I can't get my hockey bag,sticks and beer cooler into my MINI that easily. If I didn't shorten my sticks 3 inches, they wouldn't go in. And, both sides of the seat have to be down.
Is publicity shots of hockey sticks fitting in a car that's being sold in Canada racist?
Canadians also buy more possum vans.
HiTempguy wrote: As has been stated elsewhere, Canadians buy small cars. Americans don't. That's why we get things like turbo sprints. Small cars are a flop in the USA. A micra that was turbocharged would be hilarious!
This exactly. Most Americans want a Grand Canyonaero (Simpson reference with questionable spelling) to cart their offspring around in, not a fuel efficient, fun little run about.
The Versa was only $8k (actually 8,995 or some such IIRC) in the states the first couple of years, not many were sold at that price but that was the base price initially.
In reply to evildky:
I thought it was $9,990.
ProDarwin wrote: When the Versa was selling for a hair above $10k, it was a ton of car for the money. The hatchback was a bit more, and even more useful. Everyone on this forum *hated* it.
I drove a first-year Versa when it came out (a co-worker's). It was the lamest car I've ever driven in terms of driving dynamics and powertrain, IIRC. And I've driven a lot of lame cars!
Plus, it was really ugly compared to its competition.
G_Body_Man wrote: In reply to evildky: I thought it was $9,990.
Looks like you are correct. They lowered the sticker price in 2009 to $9.990. Of course price creap took that up over the next couple of years and then they deleted the manual further increasing the cost of entry, now the cheapest versa starts at 14,180. Thats 30% increase over 6 years, the Z33 only say 17% increase over its 6 year run.
Whoa, these are gonna sell like crazy by me. If they make an EV version they'll just clog the streets.
iadr wrote:Streetwiseguy wrote: I don't have proof, but I'm pretty sure the reason we get some stuff here that you don't because of the cost and difficulty of certifying emissions. Hell, we had a carbureted, point equipped Volvo in 1984.That ended that year, with the making of our regs the same as US ones. End of the eastern bloc imports and so on, too.
I had a 1995 Lada that was still factory equipped with a carb ...
The MkI Micra was also sold in Canada. I had one for a while. It was an oddly fun car to drive. Very light and toss-able. A pain to track down parts. This was mine but wearing "big" 13" Civic rims.
California has more people than Canada and they get their own emissions and engine options on cars.
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