2015 Nissan Versa Note SR

2015 Nissan Versa Note SR

2015 Nissan Versa Note SR - We've reached the determination that a considerable measure of auto purchasers are letting spreadsheets direct their buy choices for them. We see no other clarification for what Nissan calls a "record" number of purchasers this mid year covering up to purchase the Versa. Its low MSRP implies it swims in the economical end of the car quality pool, nearby Mitsubishi's Mirage and Honda's Fit.

The Note is the five-entryway hatchback form of the Versa car. Nissan's little incubate appeared a year ago with a different focal point over the Mitsubishi: an outside that really seems as though it was outlined. Genuinely, it looks nice looking, one of the more polished B-portion brings forth out there. For 2015, Nissan includes two trim levels at the higher end of the reach, the SR and SL, for a sum of five. Persisting are the base S, the one and only offered with a stick and at under $15,000, the S Plus that gets you the lazy Xtronic consistently variable transmission and dynamic grille screens, and the SV, which includes power windows and locks in addition to a ton of spruce up things, for example, a cowhide clad controlling wheel and inner part plastics of a higher evaluation than those found in toys from Dollar General.

2015 Nissan Versa Note SR Sportier Duds

The new-for-2015 SR, tried here, gets sportier looks however no equipment to really make it sportier to drive. The SL? It appears to be an activity in stacking enough peculiarities onto a $15,000 auto to legitimize a five-figure sticker that starts with a numeral 2. So the SR tried here strives to stress the auto's outline quality while the SL discards the "in any event it didn't cost much" pardon for its dreary street conduct.

We're on record as not being awed with the Versa's CVT when we tried a 2012 vehicle, and the section level Versa Note S with a column your five-rate, both of which evoked an unique "meh."

So you'd not expect much not quite the same as this auto, significantly in the wake of discovering that the 2015 Versa SR has new front and back sashes and grille, obscured headlights, body-color ledges, a back spoiler, and side mirrors consolidating turn signs. The same 109-hp, 107-lb-ft, 1.6-liter four drudgeries away against the same stubborn CVT to create sounds hard and fast of extent to the real quickening occurring. That'd be zero to the 60 mph in 9.9 seconds and the quarter_mile in 17.6, at which time you'll be doing just 80 mph. Our track-analyzer wryly condensed the Nissan as, "So abate and trudging."

Inside the Versa Note SR, you'll discover some suedelike trim and what Nissan says is a guiding wheel propelled by the 370z, yet its not associated with anything that would overall motivate the notice. The 16-inch wheels that help spruce up the SR's outside wear Bridgestone Ecopia Ep422 195/55 elastic tuned for low moving safety more than hold. The SR circumnavigated the skidpad at an alright 0.80 g, yet it took a frustrating 188 feet to prevent from 70 mph.

No Vices in the Prices

So the Versa's indecencies are obvious in a test drive. Yet shouldn't something be said about those spreadsheets? All things considered, here, as well, the SR doesn't exactly include. The lively looks and CVT together blow up the SR model's base MSRP to $18,340. This one had floor mats ($180) and a Convenience bundle ($660) with Nissanconnect versatile applications, Siriusxm radio, without hands content informing (through voice distinguishment), a rearview screen, and the sharp Divide-N-Hide customizable freight floor. The last will provide for you a huge, level freight region with the back seats collapsed and a space underneath to shroud your assets, or it could be designed to permit a deeper floor for tall things. The alternatives knock how the money adds up to $19,180. In the event that you require all the telecom toys and you don't trouble test-driving all the more fascinating contenders, for example, the Honda Fit or the Mazda 2, that may at present sound sensible.

The spreadsheet people most likely take the EPA mileage figures genuinely, however. For this situation, they're stacking the cells with the EPA's 31-mpg city/40-mpg interstate numbers. We've figured out how to be particularly suspicious of EPA gauges on autos with Cvts, however, since this transmission sort appears to welcome makers to tune to the test, as they incidentally do with mixtures. For this situation, we found the middle value of just 29 mpg amid our time with the auto, likely an outcome of attempting to get the Versa Note SR to quicken far from a stop at a pace faster than the EPA requests (thus, essentially a zombie walk).

As we've said in other Versa tests, then, you can improve. On the off chance that life requests another auto guarantee, the Mazda 2, Honda Fit, and even the taller Kia Soul all bear a look. Also $20,000 will get you into a really decent ensured utilized auto, besides, including numerous that can best 29 mpg with a manual transmission.

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