Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
Nissan will be releasing a new compact sedan and hatchback in the USA targetted at the Scion-buyer market. The hatch version will look much like this Nissan Sports Compact concept. It’s obvious there are alot of Renault-influenced styling cues.
The Nissan Versa will be equipped with a 120hp 1.8 litre four-cylinder engine. This will be mated to a CVT transmission.
The sedan form of the Versa will be a sedan version of the Nissan Tiida compact. Production is expected to begin in 2006.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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wahhh!! excell looks. how much it can be ah? thinking to buy one eh …if the price is affordable (",). awesome nissan. hopefully will no imitation in future lol
Received pictures of this Nissan hatchback a few months ago. Got to say it really looks awesome and the interior along with the Civic SI has the looks to kill. I think its still really far from debut but it looks like it would be running an FF chassis.
The hatch market is really growing. I wonder how this will fair against the EP3 Type R and Hyundai Accent SV 200hp Turbo which Paul just reviewed recently. Certainly hope it comes to our shores
Superb, clueless, speechless, 2 thumbs up for the team, and Paul for scouting it………
ok i wana order one,deliver by next week,thnx!
all i can say is…..excellent.
It looks fantastic, sexy, sporty. Something I'd love to own!
damn nice….if I see it in town, I'll steal it or hijack it…hahahahah
Cool looking hatchback. 120 bhp should be sufficient.
don't you think it shares such an uncanny resemblance to the Toyota Will VS ?
http://english.auto.vl.ru/catalog/toyota/will_vs/…
jambu!!!
When that PROTON want to release the car like this huh???
waallaaauuwehhh….. Magnificient!!!
is there any sport rims like that in the market?
that's wicked sick man.. i just love every damn part of that car.. the rims, headlights, taillights, door, spoiler, bumpers, side mirrors, ergonomics, and engine… *DROOL*
let me be a =little different in tis room here.
hmmm…not bad…but i believe there cld be better looking car in the segment than tis. i dono abt nissan. i rmbr our family once had a sunny nissan..i was too small to remebr abt how good the car was anyway but gratefull tht it really served my family well i think. so , one credit goes to nissan there..
i love mitsubishi lancer or concept X better….cus im a mitsu guy…honda also can…hondaguy too. ^^,
another thg i wld like to raise…if the seat like tht, how wld my buttock fit it comfortably? feels weird i can imagine sitting on it. like there's a hill in the middle to touch my anal////geeee
NFSU look alike!
We really can't compare Proton to these ppl lar. They have so much experience.. So naturally the cars they design are going to be better.
But..Hot Hatches are really popular now ain't it? I absolutely love them , but a friend of mine complained that hatches have no sporty look or whatsoever , Well I guess this can prove him wrong.
I love Hatches.
look like Nissan Latio…..
pergh..!!! Realistic! Fantastic! Bombastic! the interior design is superp! the dashboard…my..my..my..looks futuristic and yet elegant.
however, i just couldn't accept any car with 3 doors concept..why? just imagine when the car get into an acciddent (serious one)…how the heck the pasenggers at the back have to escape if the car is getting on fire? just an example…
looks so sweet ^_^.i wonder how much it will cost.
i just check price of toyota echo/vitz/yaris today
waaaaaaaa over 100K
i hope this will come reasonably but i doubt it..
is it me or the radio part looks like a savvy?
True true, but the fact that these kind of cars were not exactly meant to ferry 4 people at the same time. Its kinda meant to be only a 2 seater. Still Selipar has a point there by saying what if something caught fire. I guess 3 door cars will always be around. Its all about improvement on safety issues.
In overall good, only two areas not like it.
1) Side Door mirror: Why Supporting adding? Vibrate problems? This will not passed the NAS (US regulation).
2) The seats: Those seat looks like SHOWING your center finger UP!! NAH!!
Don't you think SO?
Definately fits my taste.
Killer…this is completely awesome
So cool, I can't believe it's a Nissan! I expected more boring design with a Renault nose…
Keep up the good work, Nissan!
The rims just blow me away. Reminds me of Lamborghini Gallardo SE's rims
wau got tempreture control.. !!! :-0
Gosh… this is one of the coolest cars I ever seen!! And didnt know it's a nissan car… the design is so xtreme man!
This car looks awesome! I have driven Maxima's for the longest but with the gas prices of today I am thinking it would be cool to have one of this. Awesome job to the design team.
This reminds me off the old Mitsubishi Cyborg, all it needs now is a Boxer Engine and 4WD >: )
I think this is a hot car, but come on now, 120HP??? I wish it would come as a sport model with more HP to it…If they make it so stylish how come they can't mix in the power as well? I'd get it but only if it were offered in a faster model.
i have a nissan versa and im in the process of having it modified… this one’s hella hot when its done… liked the versa in the pics… really nice..
plssssss sale that to our country ………