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Automotive News & Views What is "wrong" with these new subcompacts?
8674 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 11:23 PM
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Replying to: kyfdx (Nov 05, 2008 1:19 pm) WOW. For the record, Birmingham is averaging around $2.37 (per GasBuddy.com), which is actually ABOVE the national average. For as long as I can remember, gas here was always cheaper than average, until Hurricane Ike struck. It's actually $2.03 on the Gulf Coast of AL, where my parents live. They couldn't be happier with their big V6 Taurus (avg 25 MPG) haha. They almost went with a Versa. Sure, prices will go back up, but hopefully not for a little while. The Versa is still a big bargain at $11k.
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Replying to: thegraduate (Nov 05, 2008 2:10 pm) Me, I am all for it, as we might get a few cars with really superlative fuel economy again, without having to buy a hybrid to do better than 40 mpg....
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Replying to: nippononly (Nov 05, 2008 5:04 pm)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Nov 05, 2008 6:49 pm)
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Replying to: nippononly (Nov 05, 2008 10:44 pm) I guess if you do a lot of highway driving, the Corolla or Civic are better choices, but the Versa looks like a good choice for local driving. The EPA website doesn't list a 1.6 Versa, at least not that I can find, but they do show a 1.8/4speed auto rated at 24/32...not very impressive. |
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I guess the other thing is the Versa isn't really a sub-compact - it's a compact. Compared to the Aveo hatch (I looked this up) it is more than 2 FEET longer. Wow. I've sat inside and even the back seat is roomy. It doesn't really feel small. In fact I wonder if it's actually roomier than the Sentra.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Nov 06, 2008 7:43 am) However, I was unimpressed with the drive.... Even the six-speed was not that great.. (no offense to PF Flyer who has one, and likes it just fine).
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WSJ had a article yesterday about small car regrets. The point being that people who 'traded down' to save gas found themselves missing things...like electric windows and CD players! What a bunch of maroons! Just about any compact car can be equipped comfortably, it's like these people panicked. 
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Replying to: texases (Nov 06, 2008 7:47 am) |
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Replying to: kyfdx (Nov 06, 2008 7:47 am) My wife didn't like not being able to see the front edges of the Versa, but the MT one we tested did drive ok. They still look pretty small to me but I guess having 5 doors rules them out of the sub-compact class.
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