The one factor they seem to completely forget about is the true cost to own a car over a period of time (typically evaluated over 5 years). While they're busy stroking each other over the Tesla model S, they fail to mention that, for just the purchase price of the Tesla, a person could own and operate three nicely equipped Versa Notes for five years.
When it comes to the true cost of ownership (using US data from Kelly Blue Book for states near Ontario), the Versa sedan beats out the class-leading Chevrolet Spark over 5 years, 15,000 miles driven per year, at $26,076 versus the Spark's $26,897. This cost of ownership puts the true cost of owning the Versa Sedan at around the MSRP of Consumer's Reports less expensive top picks, where the ONLY factors they consider are test performance, reliability, and safety.
For a growing family on a tight budget, the Versa sedan delivers on everything that's important, and does it better than its rivals. The growing kids get all the legroom and headroom they need all the way to Disneyworld, which they can afford to do because they bought the Versa sedan. That's why it's a popular car; people are much more money-smart than Consumer Reports gives them credit for.
In our culture obsessed with absurd excess, the Nissan Micra is my counterculture car of choice.
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra SV manual: 6.4 L/100 km ... 44.3 mpg (Imp) ... 15.7 km/L ... 36.9 mpg (US) ...