The Nissan Almera is not just limited to developing markets. It’s available in the US as well, known there as the Nissan Versa Sedan. And like its ASEAN counterpart, the booted Versa has just received a mid-life facelift.
In the US, the sole engine is the HR16DE, a 1.6 litre normally-aspirated engine producing 109 hp and 145 Nm of torque. The engine has dual-CVTC variable valve timing, and is fitted with a dual-injector system to deliver a finer fuel spray. Three different transmissions are available depending on trim level – a five-speed manual, a four-speed automatic, or an Xtronic CVT gearbox.
Although the exterior looks largely similiar with differences such as alloy wheel design, the interior has a completely different centre dash stack compared to design in our Almera. While the facelifted Almera gets a gloss black curved centre stack, the Versa Sedan’s is more angular and has no gloss.
Safety specs include a full suite of six airbags, as well as Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) and Traction Control System (TCS).
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Yucks!
This how japanese car maker treat ASEAN country especially thais..first world get 6 or more airbag
When I was in US last year, this car RRP was USD9,999. I followed my friend to buy this car, after heavy nego and promo, managed to get a brand new CBU Japan Made Auto with 6 airbags for USD8000 (RM24,000)
We here got caplang CKD made for RM65,000. Nearly 3 times the price, less spec and Made In Malaysia.
Long live the AP cronies of Malaysia!
Kenapa aku tengok facelift rasa mcm nak menyumpah seranah…. Buruk…..
Underpowered but a savior for fc mania
Nanti supplier bodykits tarak bisness lah…mesti design ugly dulu…
If this is the facelift for the Almera, expect this to come to Malaysia after 5 years when the Almera model is no more in the US.
Because that is how tortoise slow ETCM is. Launch models 7 years later and launch facelifts 7 years later.
Pariah company with no sense of duty to Malaysians.
Just love reading some of the comments here. I am not surprised at all that this Almera has been voted among top 10 ugliest car. Nissan has to understand that practicality and reliability do not equal to ugly. Thank God design wise Proton is not considered as ugly but of course reliability is a different issue with Proton.
Well at least the lamp look abit masculine. . A bit only.. Almeera look is too feminine. ( from my eyes).
come on lah Nissan
It had been on sale in US since the pre-facelift model!!!
ini kereta ker apa ni…
honestly no idea who buys this in USA
Some will buy but they wont sell very many of them. But they are very cheap. Starting at 12,000. Making it perhaps one of the cheapest car in the market, if not THE.
It even undercuts the Kia Rio. As for a basic auto, it has most things you will need, like the mandatory 6 airbags, and enough toys to not look completely striped out.
It will be no doubt going to be showroom fodder, trying to get people to go one step up.
With the lease rate of 150/mth, you can flip burgers part time and still easily afford this.
But yes, if you look at this at face value and what they are going for here in Bolehland, yes, i agree with you, someone would be mad to buy something like this.
it is still ugly! even preve nampak lagi smart..
Preve looks even smarter in garage, when parked side by side with its siblings: Iswara, Saga, Wira, Exora etc.
Where the Almera doesn’t need to visit garage regularly.
try selling preve in the USA. or better still – the UK. wont dare trying in such a competitive open market where corolla auris/ford focus/vauxhall astra/golf/fiat punto is priced more or less the same.
Definitely no LENGLUI will ride this car…life is soo boring for almera owner…
What an ugly car? Do you need a designer to design such an ugly car? The designer ought to be shot.
The car was featured and driven by Jessica Brody in Season 3 of Homeland!
will Malaysia spec get an improve 1.5 with CVT as well too??!
How come the interior design is much nicer than Asia version?
Nissan for life!
Yes Nissan for our life and soul
I pity those among us who always see grass is always greener on the other side.
what the….
unbalance in everyangle : just my opinion
designers woke up on the wrong side of the bed and went straight to work.
109 horsepower and 145 Nm of torque for 1600cc engine?? a 1500cc iVtec can produce 11 horsepower more than this junk
does this car picture distort or indeed so…
The only i like about the brand is the R35, fullstop
Same UGLY…..
Looks like crap…
errrr……. i seriously dun tink American will end up buying this… It’s essentially under power by American standard and it’s just plain ugly…
kelas sedan memang disukai
Almari tetap Almari…..no matter how high the spec go…this model will join Suzuki…RIP
Surpised to see much haters’ comments over here. I suspected that they never had driven the Almera before.
The Almera (also known as Versa/Sunny) is one of Nissan top sales model globally, even more successful than the model it replaces, the Latio (also known as Tiida/Versa). As a BASIC FAMILY SEDAN MODEL, it does its job pretty well. Despite its ‘Dugong-like’ appearance, ‘short of brisk’ engine and ‘unsporty’ handling, it does excellent job in terms of overall NVH refinement, ride comfort, fuel consumption and generous legroom. Its aluminium engine is going to last long with proper care, and maintenance cost is not going to be an issue.
I recently bought Almera for my wife. I preferred this over the new City & Vios. With the same amount of price including 5K TCM rebate(RM75K), I got full spec VL instead of getting the basic version of the City/Vios (S & J), with comfort & refinement that is nearly similar to that of Nissan Sylphy (best in class prior to new Altis). I never regretted buying the Almera despite the newer City looks more sleek & rich in feature. IMHO, the Almera is a perfect buy for a family with little kids like me.
I bet your wife same the Almera, same Fugly.
I agree with You on the performance and comfort. It is just enough for daily use. I know because I’ve driven one for 2 week, a friend of mine that is. But, it’s the look. something is just not right.
rebate from tan chong? wow. that just shows ETCM is also struggling to move its stocks.
fyi, Toyota also has rebates and discounts up its sleeve, if one is clever enough when talking with the Sales Advisors.
Honda does give rebates in a form of free maintenance (parts & labour).
remember – Nissan almost went bankrupt (meaning the cars were not selling. not selling meant not good enough in terms of looks, reliabilities, build quality, driveability etc).
its almost the same team designing the almera.
FUGLY…..
Aku tengok owner Almera tambah skirting tampak menawan juga. Jika ditetapkan 6 beg udara untuk semua varian ianya pasti berbaloi untuk dimiliki.
Mungkin jika dilihat secara terus, tidak sehodoh didalam gambar. Model ni tak fotogenik gamaknya.
The front looks OK. But from the middle to the rear, it’s just so NOT OK. I guess Nissan design team was drunk at the end of their design session.So came out such look.
Everything shipped to US is nicer & cheaper. Same model but cheaper + higher spec compared to local version … even the aircond knob looks nicer than those fr TC, not mentioning the stearing! WTF!!?