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It's an early Versa which IMO were built with more care and quality. I have an 07 SL and it's great. Still looks good, not much rust, lots of space, and 332 000KM on my MR18. With regards to quality, i bought a used LR door (because old one had a ding and it was cheaper to just get a door and bolt it on), and noticed that the 2012 door skin has no padding on the upper part of the door skin, whereas mine all do and are soft. IMO there were many corners cut on the later model ones of first gen. You may notice the motor takes a while to warm up, takes a long time to get heat. Check all applicable TSB's. There is a couple for interior trim (like passenger side airbag cover/trim popping up), and the front strut bearings is a known problem, it will sound just like a spring winding up when turning, fuel pressure regulator is a common one. The lower windshield corner trim is an annoying thing, the covers use double sided tape, which inevitably (due to heat cycling) loses hold. So the edges will pop up. I have a thread on here wondering why the cowl and that corner finisher weren't molded as a single piece.
