Hmmm, curious. I thought that Nissan was a Mexican car company.

I predict alot of siestas going on right about now. And no, Nissan is not Mexican, that would be Jundai.

Nissans were always sold on stying and performance. Styling has lost its way, and that performance comes with crappy mileage, which now makes a difference with gas over $3.

The Altima hybrid needs to stop being their best kept secret. Decent performance in a mid-sized stylish car getting close to 40mph? Why not in all 50 states, and stronger promotion?

These models definitely do not get best in class MPG but I had thought sales were tracking upwards lat last year. How things change so quickly.

I looked at a new G35 but crappy mileage plus premium fuel means no sale.

You know.. I liked where they were going 3-4 years ago, but they got really conservative with their design, everything they’ve come out with recently has not impressed me at all. With the exception of the Altima, Id take that any day over a Camry. But besides all of that, **** sucks

Other than the GTR, which is new to these parts, every other new Nissan has become just a bloated caricature of the previous model. Their designs peaked with the original Murano and the 350Z, now they’re stalled and just cannibalizing their old ideas.

Americans don’t want low quality, cheap ass japcrap Nissan. Try idling your entire US operations for us like a good little putz will ya. Americans would be better off if you just left the Country. This is GM land if you haven’t figured it out.

My mom owns a versa and it sucks, its slow and barely gets 27 mpg in city and 30mpg highway, it has like 120 horsepower with a six speed, WTF!!! I get 25mpg in my m3 thats 13 years old and has twice the horsepower.

While I don’t support Nissan with their current design cues, I really don’t like the tone of “Need more oil for GM” (post 8). “Japcrap”? Are you stuck in a time warp? This isn’t the 70s or even the 80s. Burn your polyester leisure suit off, cut your mullet off and look at the world around you. Last time I checked, JD Power has GM at the same level as Nissan in initial build “quality” …

Source: http://www.jdpower.com/autos/ratings/quality-ratings-by-brand

It’s not ‘japcrap’ any more, and hasn’t been in ages. Or unless you’re gonna say JD Power (Consumer Reports, what name you) is biased against American companies. This mentality you have is the very reason why the US car makes have the public’s current perception of inferior car building — complacency. Keep up with the Joneses (or maybe the Toyotas / Hondas of the world) or get passed. Heck — the European and Australian models made by GM is better than what you’re making here. What does that say about “Made in the USA”? Overall, GM is making great strides to win back the public but their image has been hurt with their subpar performance / looks the past couple decades. You’ve got the UAW on your side … now it’s up to you to catch up with the world.

Back to the topic at hand, it is somewhat surprising that Nissan is slowing production of their small car line-up for the US market. You’d think the bigger (read it: thirstier) cars would suffer. But as someone has already said … I’m surprised that those small cars (Sentra, Versa) don’t have as good fuel economy as their contemporaries. Plus, the design cue of the Versa … shall I say … quirky?

Ghosn has turned Nissan around. They’re #3 in Japan (slipped from #2) but I think they are headed in the right (overall direction). They’re behind in the race for alternative fuels but sharing their knowledge with Renault will help in the long run (or so they say).

Nissan is ****. The demand is low because their new models (Infinity excluded) look like donkey nut-sacks and preform about as well.

inspire, you don’t live in America do you? So are you saying the Accords and Camry’s made in the USA are junk too just because they have “made in the USA’ on them.
Not terribly “inspiring” to stereotype American workers.

Yeah I’m surprised as to this news as well. I thought that their U.S sales were doing well. However with the way the Economy is it wouldn’t surprise me. That’s not good for Nissan.

geez- it is I-N-F-I-N-I-T-I why is it that hard for people to type infiniti right, ’sides that- the sentra is crap in styling as it is.

MikeFX.. if the Altima Hybrid can only do 40mph, it’s no wonder Nissan is keeping it a secret!

Quote lamboz get a life: “So are you saying the Accords and Camry’s made in the USA are junk too just because they have “made in the USA’ on them.
Not terribly “inspiring” to stereotype American workers.”
/end Quote

What are you talking about? You totally took me out of context. I am talking about GM engineering / complacency by the Big3. Where did I say US workers aren’t up to snuff? I only mention ‘Made in the USA’ to counter the term ‘japcrap’ mentioned by “Needs more oil for GM”.

Americans can build great cars … they have been making great cars since Ford developed the assembly line. They lost their way around the 70s when they totally underestimated the imports. Then it became cost structure / complacency issues, but the UAW fixed the (labor) cost part of the equation … now GM (as well as Ford / Chrysler) has to step up and engineer / design cars people want to buy. GM can engineer such cars — look at what Holden and GM Europe are making. Now they have to bring those ideas / design cues here. That’s all I wanted to say in my last post.

And when does living in America such a big deal? I used to live there for a while and kinda happy I don’t any more. I’ve probably visited more places in the US than most of its own citizens. I know what it’s like and don’t miss it (outside of selection of goods). And everything you read / see / watch is from the US perspective. Even on LLN …

jupoffit: it’s D-A-T-S-U-N.

But i do like the cars!

I don’t need to be a global citizen,
Because I’m blessed by nationality,
I’m a member of a growing populace,
We enforce our popularity

I feel sorry for the earth’s population
‘cuz so few live in the U.S.A,
At least the foreigners can copy our morality,
They can visit but they cannot stay,
Only precious few can garner our prosperity,
It makes us walk with renewed confidence,

inspire:
New here?

Datsuns’ problem is that with toyota and honda they have become almost needless. The audience that are most interested in buying japanese are mostly served by the feminine products of the two. Nissan had better grow some balls with the best of their products and stop playing with the girls.

JJT shut the f*ck up you flag waving imbecile. Let me give you an example of your ‘morality’. My company deals with investment firms in New York on a regular basis. We have landed in our corporate aircraft at Teterboro in New Jersey at least 50 times. On our last visit we were greeted with a Geiger counter checking for f*cking nuclear weapons on a f*cking Canadian Cessna Citation.

I’m glad you’re walking with renewed confidence and thanks for letting us in. Quite frankly however, after a couple of days, we can’t wait to get the f*ck out.

johnny,
Thanks for the compliments.
Just as well you are a canuck.
yposafc

well i work for a nissan dealership as a customer service representative and we deliver new cars and we havent been delivering many sentra’s but versa’s seem to be popular. since the epa changed the way that they do their estimates that is the reason why the prius hybrid went to…from what i saw and remember….40mpg city and 45mpg hwyway…but i have to agree though the sentra’s aren’t what they are and the versa’s are…to me…the better built car. the altima is the only car that we are currently delivering in our dealership the rest of the lineup is a bit quiet, when it comes to delivering cars.

johnnyc: you got sume **** to study, man.

can’t you feel it, can’t you see it
the promise of prosperity,
it’s overwhelming you and me
it afflicts us like a disease,
ubiquitous compelling too
we cling to you like crazy glue,
and inject such a potent seed
it’s best for all humanity,
the spread of culture,
the sword of progress,
the vector of suffrage a warm and
septic breeze,
the pomp and elation,
the duty and vocation,
the blood of the hybrid
it’s just a recipe
re-living our ancestry
the frightful lack of harmony,
our fore-fathers who led the way,
their victims are still here today,
now it’s time to erase the story
of our bogus fate,
our history as it’s portrayed
it’s just a recipe for hate.

johnnycanuck, you’ve been in my hood and didn’t stop for a brew? That’s why TSA was all over your ass In all honesty TSA is the dumbest agency in US arsenal of bureaucracy. If you look in Newark airport they all muslims with angry look and they love to shake down old jews. They would make gestapo proud.
Sorry for your trouble man. If you have say in it fly into Morristown airport or Princeton. It is not significantly further from the city, but I doubt they have TSA.

autonut, heard the same story from a charter pilot friend who flew from Aruba and decided to clear in Texas. Customs was fine, ( and if I was mistaken for implying that the customs agents we meet across the USA are responsible for the BS I apologize- they are good people sometimes forced to enforce paranoid delusions) but they had their aircraft seized for a week by the TSA because their passengers failed to produce some particular Visa. They all had passports and the aircraft was clean but apparently that wasn’t good enough. In defense of your country’s entry policy, however, they had been warned prior to the flight by their flight planners of this possibility but chose to ignore it. In a nutshell, however, it boils down to your country and their ‘war on drugs’. These were tourists- not some Colombian Cartel. The absolutely goofy part of all this is that if they had cleared in Cancun on their way back they could have overflown your continental US direct to Canada without incident. Go figure.

Johnny, I am not defending stupidity or bureaucracy of US. It is sometimes better or worse then in other countries. TSA is primarily concerned with terrorists, who have tendency to come onto continent via Canada. 19 out of 19 9/11 “heroes” came from north. As far as drugs concerned, most of large shipments on larger vessels come from Canada not from south. Really professional and organized cartels don;t try southern route. Those are left for small fries who does get caught now and then.

Autonut, surely you’re not implying that any of British Columbia’s finest ‘medicinal marijuana’ would ever find it’s way to American soil. Or that our cultural melting pot would provide safe harbour to those with less than honorable political ambitions due to our rather lax justice system.

My biggest concern is that there is no light at the end of the tunnel. What are we headed towards when it comes to the relationship between two of the so-called friendlier neighbor countries? I see what you’re doing in the border problem with Mexico. There seems to be a ‘wall’ of a different sort being built up North as well, yet all three countries call themselves trading partners. Good fences make good neighbors, but when the wall becomes so high you can’t see over it any more, that’s where the paranoia becomes dangerous.