Why didn't Nissan turbo the Almera/Pulsar N15?
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Everyone likes the GTR. Lets hope they manage to scale that down well.
we all know it will never happen though, nissan now is mostly focused on 4x4 off road machines...in this country anyway, i mean renault have the megane sport and clio sport etc so why cant they come together and make a decent nissan hot hatch...why? because nissans are known as grandad cars and no one would bite. i mean look at the sunny GTi, it won car of the year but people still went out and bought the golf GTi, this is one reason why i love nissans...they are so under rated
I'd disagree - nissan makes 4x4 onroad machines, imitation chelsea tractors that couldnt pull the skin off a rice pudding.
The only one worth mentioning is the Navara. Been in one and it pulls well and looks mean as hell. Shame it's still in the budget range of 4x4s. Nissan just don't give the budgets to their cars, GTR and 370z excluded.
Would love to see some of the GTR spirit trickle down to the smaller cars but you need a good base car that will sell millions to regular punters in order to justify a hot-hatch based on it. A hot hatch will be unlikely to sell in big enough numbers to justify the expense of development of a new car on it's own. So it'd be a hot micra or nothing right now, I guess (hot Note or Quashqi does not appeal),
On the other hand I do think Nissan need a real replacement for the Almera, getting sick of seeing so many Astras, Focuses and Cupras around. Then again what are the chances we'd actually like what they came up with? GTR aside I've not seen a new Nissan I've liked in half a decade.
C'mon Nissan; ditch the frenchies, bite the bullet and go up against the Us/Euro mid-range hatches with something state-of-the-art with decent power and retro good looks then tune and supercharge the fscker so we can all get one!
On the other hand I do think Nissan need a real replacement for the Almera, getting sick of seeing so many Astras, Focuses and Cupras around. Then again what are the chances we'd actually like what they came up with? GTR aside I've not seen a new Nissan I've liked in half a decade.
C'mon Nissan; ditch the frenchies, bite the bullet and go up against the Us/Euro mid-range hatches with something state-of-the-art with decent power and retro good looks then tune and supercharge the fscker so we can all get one!
Renault have sapped Nissan, notice all the new Renaults are going upmarket, and the new Nissans are looking more pov spec 
Renault have sapped Nissan, notice all the new Renaults are going upmarket, and the new Nissans are looking more pov spec
It's a sad fact.
Lots won't believe me but it was after those cars that Renault dug it's claws in. That's why the ones after went all weird. Nissan changed it's direction too, clearly going for sensible and practical family cars only (thank god they still kept a high end performance plan though).
