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Filed under: Budget (http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/), Hatchback (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/), Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/), Reviews (http://www.autoblog.com/category/reviews/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/01nissanversahatchreview2010opt.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review/)2010 Nissan Versa SL - Click above for high-res image gallery
Small, affordable cars are like mushrooms. They quietly go about their business in the soggy bottom of the market, tolerated more than celebrated. Occasionally, the fungi mutates into a truffle, and so it is with this less-respected branch of autodom.
The Nissan Versa (http://www.autoblog.com/model/versa) is no market newcomer. Introduced in 2007, it's trudged along unloved in the U.S. while faring better in markets outside the States as the Tiida. As with cuisine, some regional flavors are an acquired taste. The Versa hatchback has a decidedly "big in Europe" thing going on, with its distinctive shape and tall-hatch proportions. Taking into consideration Nissan's close relationship with Renault, the styling even seems Gallically influenced. We nabbed a pair of Versas, an S with six-speed manual and an SL with CVT, to see if Nissan's efforts are fetid or delicious. Make the jump to find out.
Gallery: Review: 2010 Nissan Versa Hatchback (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review/low/)
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Review: 2010 Nissan Versa lives life large (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/21/2010-nissan-versa-review/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Filed under: Budget (http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/), Hatchback (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/), Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/), Reviews (http://www.autoblog.com/category/reviews/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/01nissanversahatchreview2010opt.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review/)2010 Nissan Versa SL - Click above for high-res image gallery
Small, affordable cars are like mushrooms. They quietly go about their business in the soggy bottom of the market, tolerated more than celebrated. Occasionally, the fungi mutates into a truffle, and so it is with this less-respected branch of autodom.
The Nissan Versa (http://www.autoblog.com/model/versa) is no market newcomer. Introduced in 2007, it's trudged along unloved in the U.S. while faring better in markets outside the States as the Tiida. As with cuisine, some regional flavors are an acquired taste. The Versa hatchback has a decidedly "big in Europe" thing going on, with its distinctive shape and tall-hatch proportions. Taking into consideration Nissan's close relationship with Renault, the styling even seems Gallically influenced. We nabbed a pair of Versas, an S with six-speed manual and an SL with CVT, to see if Nissan's efforts are fetid or delicious. Make the jump to find out.
Gallery: Review: 2010 Nissan Versa Hatchback (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review/low/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/01nissanversahatchreview2010_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/02nissanversahatchreview2010_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/03nissanversahatchreview2010_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/04nissanversahatchreview2010_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/05nissanversahatchreview2010_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review/low/)
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