Posted on 07/27/2019 9:43:24 PM PDT by LibWhacker
V6 — because of towing requirements? Even the Subie Ascent with a 4-banger will (properly equipped) tow 5000 lbs.
I like their current altima and maxima cars, and their z-cars have been pretty popular for being fast and sporty.
The article does NOT say EV’s erased all of Nissan’s profits. It says that was one factor (and it will become larger.)
Granted that the article does not discuss Nissan’s other problems, which to be fair & thorough it should.
I recently needed to rent a car and all they had left was a Nissan Rogue. I was very underwhelmed by the lack of response and power and was glad to turn it in after a couple days. It’s a small SUV that reminded me of driving a minivan, yuck.
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My last two cars have been Z cars and I have loved them. in fact I’m considering buying another .... plus...I have never driven a manual transmission. I had a car rental a few months ago and I hated it.
So ...I’m considering a new Z car.
The electric car federal boondoggle, the other communist gift that keeps on wrecking economies and businesses. When will people learn? These CEOs are dumb as fck. I could have saved Nissan for a 100th of the pay of their idiots calling the shots.
Friends don’t let friends buy GM products. They are laying off and will make them in China now after all those tax subsidies, yikes.
Will not miss them, never owned one, never will. So they are ugly, have no appeal, and they introduced a model that does not sell. So what is the problem? The free market, Laissez-faire economics. The only way to compete against that is to eliminate it...............They have succeeded in a few countries....
A brand new Nissan Dealership just opened here in West Bend, WI. <<
is it called...
“BUGGY WHIP MOTORS”
I just purchased a Nissan Frontier from Cerritos Nissn which is about 30 miles south of LA. They appear to be selling quite a few vehicles when I was there.
This doesn’t pass the smell test to me.
I’m not sure. There are about 20 or 30 articles about it ...all of which say that Nissan and others are getting hammered by horrible sales figures in USA and Chinas which are the two largest car markets in the world.
https://jalopnik.com/things-are-extremely-bad-at-nissan-1836691415
Killing the automobile, in all forms, is a liberal's Utopian Fantasy.
The article implies that the leaf is a major contributor and
It’s a garbage argument. You don’t lose market share because a car you have been making for over a decade and has always been a niche product sells more or less. You lose market share due to lack of marketing (not true for Nissan), bad products.. not true for Nissan, new or better competition, or other things
This article is the product of someone with a political axe to grind, nothing more. It’s garbage.
Margins on small cars, all small cars, are small or negative. Hell last I checked Chrysler was losing money on every fiat it sold in the us.. but the sale of those cars help them meet Fleet CAFE standard that allow them to sell big suvs that have big margins... Nissan Armada anyone?
This whole article is a joke, it’s writer is a hack at best and an ignoramus at worst.
It’s Renault’s fault.
I own a 2003 Frontier that I purchased new at the time.The thing still runs and I’ll drive it till the wheels fall off.
Sad to hear. The Nissan Titan was our favorite truck we have owned. It just was so bad on gas mileage that we had to look at other trucks and have always compared the Ford, Chevy and GMC trucks to the quality of the Nissan and found them lacking. After hurricane Harvey (when all vehicles in this area were lost) we went to Nissan and they didn’t have any Titans to be bought. We were so desperate that my husband talked me into looking at a Dodge pick up. He had to nag me a couple days because I’d heard so much negative about Dodge, but I must say I am pleasantly surprised. They only had trucks on their lot because someone there had the gumption to bring in some from a Dallas dealership.
And you didn’t mention the ethanol abortion.
how much of that lack of response is due to the fact that it is a rental. I know how I drive rentals. that’ll tear up a vehicle in a hurry.
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