Forthcoming Models: New Nissan Tiida

pixy SG

The Tiida is engineered for global sales and could be ready for the United States in about a year. It was promoted as an alternative to the Cube in part because of its larger engine. A 1.5-liter inline four-cylinder engine will power the Japan model, on sale this month. A larger, 1.8-liter inline-four engine is expected to be optional.

The Tiida's interior length, measured from the accelerator to the rear-seat hip point, is as long as that in the Infiniti Q45 sedan.

But some at Nissan worry about whether the Tiida would sell well in the United States, where hatchbacks often have foundered. They favor the more conservatively styled Tiida Latio (pronounced TEE-dah LAH-chee-oh).

The Tiida Latio will offer the same spacious interior and engine choices as its hatchback sibling. It goes on sale in Japan in late October.

Its detractors compare the car's bland styling to the weak-selling Toyota Echo. They argue that a good-looking hatchback such as the Tiida is a safer bet.
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Tiida Latio is probably called Sunny locally, and Tiida may be called Pulsar.

Sadly, Tiida Latio joins the fleet of other ill-proportioned cars, like the Honda City, Suzuki Liana Sedan, Toyota Echo Sedan.

Without doubt, the hatch version is the one to go for, although in the end you will still see more sedans here.

pixy SG

This story was posted a while ago. Maybe the Tiida
Latio is what they were referring to.

By KATHY JACKSON | Automotive News
Nissan's Mexico-built Platina could be sold in the
United States.

LOS ANGELES - Nissan might delay the launch of its
redesigned 2006 Sentra because test groups don't like
the way it looks.

Meanwhile, company insiders say Nissan plans to export
to the United States a car smaller than the Sentra.

The new Sentra has not fared well with focus groups in
this country, according to company and supplier
sources.

"It just doesn't go far enough in terms of appeal,"
says a Nissan source who did not want to be
identified. "They're talking about going back to the
drawing board."

The new version is scheduled to go on sale next
summer. The small economy car is Nissan's No. 2 seller
in the United States and is the main product for young
buyers.

"We have it down as delayed," says Michael Robinet,
vice president of global forecast services for CSM
Worldwide in Northville, Mich., which tracks
automakers' future product plans.

The new Sentra will share a platform with the Renault
Megane II, a compact sedan that has been received well
in Europe. But sources say focus groups here think the
new Sentra's styling is bland.

The Nissan source said the company also is scrambling
to get a vehicle smaller than Sentra to the United
States by 2007.

Nissan has discussed selling the successor to the
small, boxy Japan-market Cube in this country. But the
source says other possibilities are being considered
because the Cube may be too small and underpowered for
U.S. drivers. The current Cube is rated at only 98 hp
and is 154 inches long.

One alternative is the Tiida, which goes on sale in
Japan in fall. The Tiida is 165.6 inches long and will
be powered by 1.5 liter and 1.8-liter inline
four-cylinder engines.

Nissan also is considering exporting the Mexican-built
Platina compact to the United States. The 110-hp,
164.2-inch long Platina was launched in April 2002. It
is built in Aquascalientes, Mexico, for sale in that
country.

The 126-hp Sentra, the smallest Nissan sedan sold in
the United States, is 177.5 inches long.

"Nissan is absent from the minicar segment and needs
to be there," Robinet says. "I'm sure in the next
couple of years you'll see them there on a broader scale."

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it looks like a friggin megane…

Theatre Of Dreams SG

indeed! that's what i thought at 1st sight. hmmm nissan's taken over by renault is that right? perhaps this explains why...

[email protected] SG

they probably share the same platform like the Ford focus/Maz3/S40

Nissan's cars are getting uglier by the minute, wif the exception of the z350...

pixy SG

Renault owns 33% of Nissan Shares, juz like Ford owns 33% of Mazda.

The Tiida shares the same platform of the New Megane II alright, but all the stylish body designs comes from Renault, but not from Nissan.

This coming Motorshow in Nov, we'll probably get to see it in real life... and we'll then see it on our roads, especially the sedans...