Obviously they see a potential market boom in Mexico. Anyone else going to try join the fun or do you think they might have missed some information?

I can see the potential, but not being familiar with the culture/fashion of that region, do you think it can be successful?

Mexico city is like many European cities. Lots of people crammed into a huge area with lots of cars. Small electric vehicles with a 100 mile range would be perfect. You do not have to be concerned about range because you just could not go over 100 miles in one day around town.

BUT the proposed $30k price tag may be a bit steep for volume sales in Mexico city. Perhaps taxis?

The price will definitely need to be lower there. $30k US is a house there. I couldn’t see the LEAF going anywhere outside of Mexico City and Guadalajara, though. The electrical infrastructure is very primitive in most of Mexico compared to what we have here.

to beatusmongous or whatever you are…
A) you can’t buy a house for $300 k here in Mexico City, by any chance
B) we have A LOT, and I mean a lot, of cities like Monterrey, Tijuana, Cancún, Mérida, Puebla, Toluca, Cuernavaca and much much more with a decent electrical infrastructure.
I can’t understand why everybody sees Mexico as a friggin dessert with only burros, sombreros and Coronas, get a ****in map mate and PLEASE, PLEASE stop seeing this lovely country as something it is not

So when they say 100 miles on one charge, do they really mean 60 miles at full power with 40 miles at a diminishing lower power? Never heard that detail spelled out. That could make a big difference on the correct target audience.

I like Jalapenos. Habaneros make me poop too much.

Tijuana has “decent” electrical infrastructure? I don’t think Tijuana is a good example for you to use if you’re trying to say the electrical infrastructure is good. That’s like saying everywhere in the US looks like the New Orleans after Katrina.

I never said Mexico is a desert. But most of Mexico is wilderness and unsettled. That’s different from “a friggin dessert with only burros, sombreros and Coronas”. In fact, most of the world is still unsettled, which isn’t really a bad thing. Mexico is a very lush, green country with incredible landscapes.

$300k MXN is around $30k USD. My father-in-law just sold his house in Ciudad Obregón – for $23k USD. It wasn’t big, but it was not $300k USD. If you can’t get a house in DF for $300k USD, that’s, what, $3,000,000 MXN?

My wife’s grandparents were from Sinaloa. They had no running water and no electricity. They aren’t the majority, I understand. However, I’ve been through many cities in Mexico, and they do not have the type of electrical infrastructure that we have here. Most of my travels have been in the northern states, which are much further behind the southern states, AND much LARGER than the souther states (which is why I said “most of Mexico”). Most of the people in the US probably have only been to Tijuana and Nogales, which is why they may think it’s “a friggin dessert with only burros, sombreros and Coronas”. But I don’t.

I forgot about Monterrey, and I honestly should have remembered. Sorry. It’s really nice there, too.

posted by:johnnycanuck
I like Jalapenos. Habaneros make me poop too much.

wellll then you can always wipe yerself with a leaf…

@beatusamongous… c’mon there buddy don’t make us look like freaking ignorant rednecks…. that’s our problem you know…. most of the world is unsettled… dude have u ever been to detroit? new orleans? baltimore? LA? ATL? tampa? anywhere in the south? to me that’s pretty damn unsettled… they might not be as “rich” down in mex but you know what, they do have healthcare, their government won’t fock them up with irs and stuff… they take care of each other…. dude, your wife might be from mexico, but that does not make u an expert…. show some respect and grab a book or at least watch the discovery channel or nat geo…. tijuana isn’t really mexico, i lived in mex for about 5 years when i worked for gm and volkswagen, believe me, you will feel pretty poor when you see the houses that mid class people buy… you are just one of those arrogant mofos that give all of us americans a bad name, now go shove a freaking hotdog in your fat a$$ and stop being such a culturally small person… i mean yeah they don’t live like us but they don’t owe many k’s to their credit card companies and they live longer and happier… so who’s the unsettled???

Dude JSi, before you call anyone a freaking ignorant redneck please do us all a favor and learn to write. Then actually read what Beatus wrote (A few large cities do not constitute most of the earth) and maybe do a little research on Mexico.

Well, that’s good news for Mexico. They deserve to benefit from the technology as much as we do. And a dessert with burros and sombreros doesn’t sound very appetizing to me. Some flan sounds good though.

well… with all the pollution that stagnates in the Mexico City Valley, they could sure use electric cars.

@2W… oh nice, another arrogant little redneck bitch…

Jsi, you write like a high school twerp, not fooling anybody. The separation of classes is more severe in Mexico than US, end of story. The Leaf will be success in Mexico City.

to JSi… Cheers for not being another stupid ignorant redneck

to beatusmongous… whatever man, my pint was made

to fletch… the air we breathe here is rubbish. The Leaf will be a success, indeed, and even more when the government is making a big effort to promote green vehicles

POINT

@JSi

1) Learn to read.

2) Learn to write.

By “unsettled” I don’t mean “unstable.” Instead, I mean “rural”. Most of the entire world is rural development, not urban. We don’t live on a planet completely full of cities. We do have big cities, but what is between those cities? And there is a lot, and I mean A LOT of space between cities.

I am not basing my image of México on Tijuana. Reread my comment and you’ll see that, instead of spouting off about stuff you assumed I wrote. Also, read Calamar’s comment, and you’ll see clearly how he brought up Tijuana as an example of “decent electrical infrastructure,” and I simply said it was a poor example.

And then can you change my tire on my trailer? It went flat a few years ago, and I just bought a new one at Wal-Mart.

@Calamar, I was all excited about the pint.

Maybe they should throw a… Fiesta?