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Nissan is speeding toward a financial cliff. Can they turn things around in time?
Autoblog ^ | Oct 4, 2024 | Elijah Nicholson-Messmer

Posted on 10/06/2024 2:17:34 PM PDT by george76

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To: frank ballenger

Anyone here read the book “The Reckoning?” Long read. He couda picked Toyota but he picked Nissan. The book told usb about our screwups.


41 posted on 10/06/2024 4:35:52 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: george76

Despite the grim outlook, Nissan has a plan to revive its fortunes. The automaker has pledged to launch seven new hybrid and electric models in the U.S. by 2028,


place your bets.........................


42 posted on 10/06/2024 4:43:07 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: mowowie

I have had 3 Nissan vehicles. All of them got well over 100K miles and I never had any problems with them whatsoever.


43 posted on 10/06/2024 5:00:37 PM PDT by Doche2X2
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To: mowowie
Being seen driving a Nissan now a days screams “poor credit”...

Yeah, they've had a reputation for being a ghetto cruiser for quite some time around me.

44 posted on 10/06/2024 5:01:52 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: george76

The automaker has pledged to launch seven new hybrid and electric models in the U.S. by 2028, a move that will KILL the company.


45 posted on 10/06/2024 5:07:41 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: george76

A lot of the auto industry’s problems stem from foolishly jumping on the EV bandwagon. Showing about as much analytic ability as a brain washed middle school child they uncritically bought into the climate change myth currently being propagated by governments to excuse tyrannical reduction sin standard of living (for the hoi poli, not the government apparatchicks)


46 posted on 10/06/2024 5:12:16 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
Want to revive the auto industry? Limit government and EPA interference and build a $10,000 car that the owner can service. They couldn’t keep up with demand.

I wouldn’t bet the farm on that.

Most kids today don’t know a wrench from a screw driver.

And most of them can’t pull there eyes off their phone to talk on it.

47 posted on 10/06/2024 5:22:24 PM PDT by Pontiac (esse welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: cpdiii

I drive a 2018 Nissan Murano that we bought from Hertz in 2019 with 43,000 miles on it. It’s approaching 75,000 miles and I’ve only had to do routine maintenance on it and change the battery once. I’m very happy with it and hope to keep it until it dies. Hubby drives a 2008 Toyota Corolla with 210,000 miles on it, also with no problems. We’ve had lemons in the past so we appreciate what we’ve got.


48 posted on 10/06/2024 5:22:45 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: george76
Bring back the original:
49 posted on 10/06/2024 5:30:07 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: plain talk

Had a 2000 Frontier, mechanically reliable but cheap interior. Got a 2006 Frontier Nismo which was good until it hit 150K when the transmission went out. Got it going, but it was all downhill after that. Got rid of it for a 2013 Tacoma that still feels like a new truck everytime I drive it.


50 posted on 10/06/2024 5:31:12 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Pontiac

Valid point.

But if it was that basic, it wouldn’t cost one’s first born to get service done.

And, I learned basic maintenance though my natural mechanical skills are lacking. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Eight speed transmissions to achieve 1/10 of a mile per gallon improvement (theoretically) and are impossible to service and impractically expensive to replace are what we have come to. For what? Insane leftist fantasies.


51 posted on 10/06/2024 5:57:09 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
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To: george76

They could go for the self-righteous market if Subaru didn’t already have that tied up.


52 posted on 10/06/2024 6:12:29 PM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident.)
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To: george76

Nissan’s problems go back well over a decade, with the terrible performance of their CVT transmissions. All their cars were blowing transmissions from 2012-2018. They’ve never recovered.


53 posted on 10/06/2024 6:38:21 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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To: brownsfan

We have a Nissan Altima. Been a decent car with few issues. However like any new car, subject to various recall repairs.

Local dealer will not honor them in any practical way.
“Sure, drop it off”.
When can we get it back?
“Maybe two weeks”
It’s a hood latch tweek!
“We’ll get to when we get to it. Paying customers come first”.

Went through variations of this multiple times.
Nissan customer service wasn’t interested in talking to us.

We won’t be buying another Nissan of any variety.


54 posted on 10/06/2024 6:39:30 PM PDT by sjmjax
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To: ChildOfThe60s

We are rapidly approaching government imposed Idiocracy.

We have insane innovations imposed indirectly by government regulations.

Besides your example of ridiculously complex automatic transmissions we have the automatic engine stop feature that will reduce the life of your engine by half.

Electric cars that will burst in to flames at the least provocation.

And today I read about a solar powered ferry that take twice as long to make the crossing as the diesel powered ferry it replaced.

I can not believe that human kind can survive long with the leadership we live under today

Either we will have revolution or we will suffer extinction.


55 posted on 10/06/2024 6:58:11 PM PDT by Pontiac (esse welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Jim Noble

Reminds me of old Godzilla movies for some reason.


56 posted on 10/06/2024 7:03:42 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: george76

The 2 most reliable, trouble-free vehicles I’ve ever owned have been Nissans - A Quest minivan back in the 90s and a Rogue that I currently drive. The Quest lasted until almost 200 k miles with nothing other than maintenance - the kids were grown up so we traded it in on a SUV. The Rogue has 142 k on it and still getting me to work every day. The Rogue’s CVT will probably quit on me some day - if it does I may just have a new one dropped in as long as the motor keeps churning.


57 posted on 10/06/2024 7:49:45 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: george76

wow! new electric nissan car models available in four years! they’ll arrive pretty much right after the entire EV fad has completely imploded in the U.S. ...


58 posted on 10/06/2024 8:06:15 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Pontiac

I am in complete agreement.


59 posted on 10/06/2024 8:09:09 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
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To: mowowie

“Being seen driving a Nissan now a days screams “poor credit”..
Only thing worse is being seen in a Mitsubishi..”

Good lord, you are shallow, materialistic & judgmental. Glad I’ll never meet you


60 posted on 10/07/2024 12:33:39 AM PDT by 1756-L85E
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