Recently sold my 2011 Kia Soul with close to 100,000 miles to a friend who needed a backup vehicle.
Right now my Nissan Altima runs good - it´s 18 years old but still quite reliable.
To replace my Kia, I have put a down payment on a new Nissan Versa with a 5-speed manual transmission. 1.6 liter 4-cylinder.
What do you think of it? I have never had an automatic car in my life. From what I´ve read on this forum, Nissan automatics fail at around 100k miles. I trust only manual transmissions. 🤣 🤣
It should be quite okay with a manual. Just keep on top of maintenance.
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2022 Nissan Versa opinions
Unless you're explicitly interested in the cheapest car - It's not what I'd recommend.
The "new" "Versa" (Almera) shares the platform with the OLD Micra - so I'm unsure if it's a good deal.
No such thing exists, It's at most 16 years old.
"Versa" is just a label, it's actually a Nissan Tiida hatch, if it's an S trim level that's not surprising.
I have put a down payment on a new Nissan Versa with a 5-speed manual transmission. 1.6 liter 4-cylinder.
On any other manufacturer that would have been a positive, but "Nissan" manuals blow up.
It's a Renualt TL4 and it's just famous for being a crap gearbox, especially 3rd and 4th grear crunching.
On a Renualt, (what Nissan is) you want a 5 speed JR5 - although on recent cars it seems like it went downhill.
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/85sp4i/gearbox_types/
But then a Dacia is often cheaper than a bus pass, so maybe it's worse only on Dacia because of additional cost cutting
The engine, the H4M is good enough - I had one on a 2000s Renault Megane and it lasted a bit over 150k.
If you want reliability, get a COROLLA with a manual.
Not happy to hear that. Should I cancel the order while it is still possible and get a Corolla/Civic with a manual?
I looked up the Versa S and in North America there's no 6 speed, it seems to be a durable JH3 derived 5 speed!
The Renault H4M and the JH3 seem like a decent combination to go 125k-150k miles.
If the dealer didn't do any crazy "market adjustments", it's still ~$15k, and you like the car - I wouldn't bother.
The versa is just based on a small car, being $7k less than a Corolla - it might be cheap enough to be worth it.
But yeah, it's most likley not going to be on the same level as a Corolla...
EDIT: Is the 5 speed letting you have reasonable RPM at highway speed if you're planing on driving it there? For example, my Corolla doesn't - I actually drive slower on my Corolla because I reach 3k rpm at 60... It depends only on the kind of gearing Nissan has decided to use.
Yes, that's about relatable to my '05 Altima. When doing 75 car sits at around 4,000 rpm. The Versa which I road tested also has a 5-speed so I suspect it to be the same. I'm kinda used to higher rpm, though, so it don't really matter to me all that much😆
OP, It’s just crap like this that makes the Versa a bit less appealing…
https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/2020-nissan-versa-manual/
Thanks a bunch Dan. I cancelled my order on it and will be looking elsewhere.
If you can afford Toyota or Honda, go for them. The Nissan quality has been very low for a long time.
If you could get out, get a Toyota or Honda.
If financially feasible then get the 2022 Civic hatchback Sport trim manual option; it'll be manual and also not turbocharged.
