Nissan Japan has put up a teaser page of their new Nissan Lafesta on their webpage. This new Lafesta is essentially a rebadged Mazda 5, known as the Mazda Premacy in Japan.
It actually looks pretty good – even better than the original in fact, since Nissan has elected to remove those wavy lines at the side of the original Mazda 5. No specs yet but we think the engine will be one and the same as the Mazda, as there would be no point to reengineer the MPV to accept a Nissan engine.
Look after the jump for the rest of the teaser pix.
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I wonder when it will come to Malaysia and replace the aged old Serena. We really need a good spacious MPV with price level like Serena. :)
even the big company rebadging others car…lame…
if RHD demand for these large MPVs are decent, I’m sure Nissan can re-engineer the LHD Quest which I think would be better than the Alphad-van-like Serena recently launched a few months ago. Since the Quest is a direct competitor to the sienna and estima, it would probably be popular here.
The Mazda 5 can hardly be called spacious.
They have Elgrand which is akin to Alphard
its just rebadge of mazda5… go get mazda5
Errm…. why Nissan rebadging Mazda??
haaaaa inspira haters can u bash nissan now?
atleast Nissan did a facelite of this rebadge Mazda Premacy rather than just change the badge
prffttttt….
Haters gonna hate…
At least proton improve its gearbox cooling, give Lotus handling and change bumper design.
prrrffffttt
hahaha win, tokmoh. win.
this one is upgrade version.. inspira mostly downdgraged.. lousy rims tooo hek…
but handling is upgraded… so, what say you?
handling is upgraded….
what upgrade…?this nissan.just outsidegrade only….
but when perodua made facelift, still people say something bout that… hahaha.. haters are always haters…
the point still the same : REBADGING!!..no matter give such a facelift or whatever they still rebadge the car..don’t be such a blind commentor!..
Why does Tan Chong not sell it here in malaysia? Both the Lafesta and the Presage is available to singapore by TC Singapore. Yet and again they should just launch whatever car they feel feasible here and let consumers decide. Not wait until other peopel become successful and follow. Peugeot and BMW are the best, give every model in the range then let the consumers decide.
cos they’re Tan Chong. just look at how long Sentra sold. still selling. Shameful.
agreed. Too bad Tan Chong Singapore and Tan Chong Malaysia are not headed by the same man. SG also happen to have the R35 GTR officially imported by tan chong.
Sentra still selling because ppl still buying.
As spacious the Latio sedan is, not everyone can accept the rather odd-ball look. The Latio Sport/versa is much better proportioned but people don’t like hatches here.
Still leaves a rather big product range gap. I mean, some people would still pay slightly more for a 1.6 Sentra than the slightly bigger but equally long in the tooth Waja.
Nicer than Mazda5
in what way? it is practically the same car – the only changes that I see is the grill and the side panels….
ETC Nissan, please bring this model to Malaysia!!! =)
mazda 5 with different name and different front grill….
looks better without the mazda front ‘smile’
Seriously, it does indeed looks better than the original Premacy. Good job NISSAN!!! Now if only they could drop in a NISSAN engine into it. NISSAN engines are smooth as silk.
Lafesta? Where do the japs come up with these names?
If there’s a proton badged version, we can always call it Infesta
Very nice. Pls sell in Malaysia with reasonable price…should cheaper than Mazda 5.
would be good if they assemble it locally
err I dont think so, even Mazda is not assemblying the mazda5 locally…too small a market for this mpv at this price range…it is a mazda after all la…
I was just checking out http://www.nissan.co.jp for the teaser page of their new Nissan Lafesta as mention… but cant seems to find the Teaser ….
But as i was going through theri Product line-up page , i cant seems to find LIVINA or GRAND LIVINA model on their Website ….
Anyone know why ? is it because they don’t sell this model in Japan ?
http://www.nissan.co.jp/LAFESTA/NEW/index.html
Thanks Paul…. :D
Sorry Me , Found it already ( LIVINA / GRAND LIVINA ) … its call NOTE …… hehehe :D
But still How Come no GRAND NOTE in their Website, Maybe they don’t put the variant model ??..
Anyhow , Nice Nissan Lafesta … But will they launch it Here ? If so …. Would u buy a MAZDA or NISSAN ? hehehe……. then when Service , go where , MAZDA SC or NISSAN SC…. hahaha… but dont think it will be coming to Malaysia because of MAZDA 5 existence here ….
However I really look forward to GRAND LIVINA’S replacement … :D
go Mazda or Nissan will do, “This mean more service center u can go”. Example here don’t have Original Mazda Service Center but got Nissan. Mazda is not very popular here, most ppl don’t dare to buy it. Can hardly c new Mazda on road. If P1 re badged it better!!! Just go P1 Service Center Wakaka…
Oh, Mazda dont have their Original Service center ar… Didn’t Know about that , So they have to go to The Authorised Agent la……
& yar , i agree , Mazda used to be a bit rare… But Now after they launch the CKD version with 3 Years Free Maintenance , i think we will see more & more Mazda on the Road + Maybe they will have their Original SC soon… :D
haha… even the mighty Nissan creator of GTR practicing ‘rebadging”, and even proton haters can accept that as normal practice. But the comment are totally different when it come to Proton as I read the “Proton give Lee Chong Wei Inspira”. I wonder what people will say IF Nissan and Proton re badged the same Mazda, with same spec and supplier. Im stick to Paultan just to read those comment, it is funny.
if P1 re badged it & sell it at affordable price, who cares about the basher… Just buy it, P1 “Nissan & Mazda”…
If I am not mistaken, I read somewhere that this Nissan rebadged Mazda5 will only be sold in Japan. Secondly, I don’t think that it will ever appear in here…except through grey importers la…The car is practically a Mazda5 except the front grill and the side panels. So even if it makes its appearence here, dont dream la that it is going to be cheaper than the mazda5….haiyoo..some people really have wierd dreams la…
rebadging is popular in Japan…there are tons and tons of models that are shared by the manufacturers to plug gaps in the product line..so this is not suprising….Mazda or Nissan..its a decent mpv if ur in the market for one…
as for tan chong…i dun think its worth it for them to bring in the gtr or something because the taxes will kill it….there are only a certain number of people that are in the high income group..and people in this group tend to go for continental cars ..its obvious just by looking at the roads..it does not make economic sense prepping up thier aftersales network etc just to sell 60 units a year…most performance cars on our roads are refurbished imports and despite that..the prices are still crazy….until the market opens up our choices wont be vast as our storied neighbours to the south or the north…
so.. what is the problem with rebadged.?? hahahahahahahahahah
nissan based on mazda????..hahahaha…..
please stop talking about proton-mitsubishi…..