Originally Posted by the Star
It’s no fun when your kid brother gets all the attention. Just ask Germaine Jackson or any of those taller and less cute Osmonds.
The Nissan Versa Note feels their pain. This reborn four-door compact hatchback wasn’t on sale for a year before the bratty Nissan Micra came along and stole its thunder. Trumpeted as the cheapest . . . er, least expensive car in Canada at $9,998, the ovoid little Micra got more press than a Kardashian butt lift.
“But hang on,” says the Versa. “We both use the same 109-horsepower 1.6L engine, and with my CVT I actually get better fuel economy in the city.”
Versa continues: “I also have way more interior room. And if you don’t want to suffer the embarrassment of manually cranking your windows and locking your doors with a key while sporting unsightly sweat stains due to the lack of air conditioning, you’ll have to pony up for the Micra SV at $13,698. Which is only $600 less than my starting price of $14,298.”
Point taken. But the Micra is still cuter.