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Thread: Poll: Autoweek wants to know if Americans would buy a $9100 Nissan Micra

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    I'm not in a position to buy one new, but I could see myself picking one of these up used in a few years.



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    i voted yes as well, would love to see a fun to drive B-spec car being sold here in the US aside from the Yaris hatch and the Mazda 2...My Note is fun to drive as well, but it took a little work to get it to that point and is still missing a couple of things to get it to the point where i want it in terms of handling which would make it even more fun to drive

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    why not?

    I voted Yes,

    why wouldnt I consider one (as long as a little car would be useful to me)


    http://kwiqpoll.com/p/n4tpfi/

    Top Referrers

    106 - Autoweek.com

    9 - Micra-forum.com
    4 - Direct


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    3 - Seattle, WA, USA

    3 - San Francisco, CA, USA

    3 - Katy, TX, USA

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    Quote Originally Posted by UltArc View Post
    ... but I wonder how many people voted from here...lol
    as of my vote, 9 were directed from here

    Quote Originally Posted by vskid3 View Post
    I voted yes.

    Before hearing about the Micra and seeing how low the cost of ownership is, I would have said the Prius C would be the best bang-for-your-buck car and one of the few I would consider buying new. They're about $20k, get great mileage, and are nicely equipped (but isn't every car these days?). But the super low purchase price of the Mirca makes it a no-brainer if you want a new car with probably the lowest cost of ownership available. Even if you only get 30MPG in the Micra and would get 60MPG in the C, it would take 170k miles for the C to break even (at $3.50 a gallon, would still be 120k miles if gas jumped to $5 a gallon).
    I've seriously considered buying a new car a few times, but always ended up going used. The Micra could change that if they bring it to the US.


    this is my thought

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    Honestly, im just too cheap to buy new, but I'd really like other people to. Barely used for like 7k is more where I'd be hoping to find myself

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    Voting is now closed. The results look pretty favorable though:

    Yes - 114 Votes / 77%
    No - 34 Votes / 23%
    Total Votes: 148

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    Thanks... Autoweek should be posting a followup article about this tomorrow.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.0 L/100 km ... 56.5 mpg (Imp) ... 20.0 km/L ... 47.0 mpg (US) ...


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    77% like the Micra: 114 Yes to 34 No

    Autoweek's followup is here:

    http://www.autoweek.com/article/2014...WS01/140329976

    A substantial majority of our readers, 77 percent, voted that they would be interested in buying the $9,100 Micra if it was sold in America
    They question the logic of having the Micra alongside the Versa though, predicting the smallest Nissan would cannibalize sales of its bigger brother:

    But we suspect that the Micra would inflict a serious hit to Versa sales [...] It would be apparent within five minutes of research that the Micra offers 90 percent of what the Versa does, and costs $5,680 less.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.0 L/100 km ... 56.5 mpg (Imp) ... 20.0 km/L ... 47.0 mpg (US) ...


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    That is definitely the problem with the Micra, its too cheap, it would smash the Versa sales. I dont forsee it coming to the U.S. anytime soon. I would take the Micra any day over the Versa even if they were priced much closer.

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    I'm do not think the K13 will come to the US. However, I think there is a chance that the K14 (next Micra) will. There are more and more competitors here, and they'll eat more and more of Nissan's sales if they don't offer a car in this segment.



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