Comments on: Renault-Nissan alliance celebrates 10 years

By: John of Perth

John of Perth — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:01:16 +0000

Nissan’s 370 Skyline which for reasons best known to the Nissan Australian paper shufflers is another great BMW beater which we don’t see – why?

By: topdog

topdog — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:38:17 +0000

Dont forget the maxima thats a pretty good car its better than the commondore in a lot of areas.Its just marketed badly thay should be doing lot better with that car here

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:44:59 +0000

Dan, of course i have not forgotten about GTR, that car is a beast and offers excellent value for money. Not to mention the 370z too, good looking (in my eyes), fast and cheap. However, outside of SUV and sports cars, the rest of Nissan’s line up is quite mediocre at best.

On the subject of Tiida, not sure if anyone here is familiar with Bluebird Sylphy, but i sat in one when in Asia, and it feels much better made than the Tiida, with a much better interior. Not sure about the handling though as i’ve never driven one.

By: Ravith

Ravith — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:43:10 +0000

I have an advice for Nissan.
Bring back the lively name Pulsar, and base the design on it – but with a fresh design.
Power up the engine to 2.0 L, to rank up beyond Civic or Corolla. Power 105-110 and torque 170-180. Give all the safety feature for base model, but avail luxury features for models up. tiida is really a dull person’s design – not giving ESP. 5 start ANACP rating DOES help.
Could you sell it for 23000 (manual) and 25000 (auto) drive away?.
All the faithful Pulsar people wouldn’t look elsewhere. But This renault euro guys laid you down badly selling this tedious tiida concept.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:07:07 +0000

Ghosn’s efforts in turning Nissan’s fortunes around have been truly impressive. The only thing holding Nissan back is crap design, and in Australia, inept and lazy marketing.

On the subject of Tiida, this thing was just one big mistake. The name change and ridiculous original marketing campaign which alienated 50% of the population were stupid enough decisions, than add to the mix that it was an also-ran to drive, ugly as hell and originally too expensive (don’t forget that Nissan did market this thing as the Pulsar replacement and originally released at $19,990). No wonder the car and sales have been a joke.

The Tiida name is damaged goods and is unlikely survive the next model change. Nissan Australia’s MD has openly said that he is keen for the Pulsar name to return on Nissan’s next small car. It’s up to Nissan Japan to give the OK and undo their original mistake of insisting on the original name change. One look at sales results should be enough reason to support the move.

By: nobody

nobody — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:45:05 +0000

Anyone know if Nissan is still planning to bring it’s luxury arm Infiniti over to Australia?

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:23:17 +0000

Alan, let’s not forget the GTR. That car is right up there with the much more expensive supercars, and can stand its ground.

Agreed though about the Tiida being a substandard car compared to the competition. It still comes with manual wind up windows as standard!

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:11:42 +0000

Not only is Tiida’s name change a stupid move, it was a sub standard car for the class. Seems like Nissan has lost interest in normal sedan and hatcback, both Tiida and Maxima has only modest sales compared to the market leaders and the Micra is quite old in its class. Seems like Nissan is focusing more on cross over vehicle nowdays with X-Trail, Dualis and Murao in particular along with its bigger SUVs.

Interesting to see where Nissan will go next with many report suggesting the rise of SUV might be coming to an end. Hope Nissan will be able to produce cars more competitive in its respective class, right now, in Australia at least, it is relying mostly on X-Trail for sales in the passenger car department, and hasn’t really made many good class leading cars for awhile.

By: AAA

AAA — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:38:13 +0000

The Tiida is a Yaris competitor else where but Aust.

If Renault can’t sell any cars in Aust or the US, they are going to have a hard time shifting Nissans based on Renault platforms in those places.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:27:21 +0000

The fact there is no Pulsar at all, the Tiida sort of fills in that part of the segment in Nissan’s lineup.