Wall Street Journal just slammed the Versa Note in a recent review:
Nissan Versa Note Isn't Worth the Cost at Any Price - WSJ.com
Nissan Versa Note Isn't Worth the Cost at Any Price - WSJ.com
while i agree with most of your statement i actually find that the CVT in the Note is very responsive to throttle input, and as for WSJ commenting on something they know nothing about i feel that Torque was justified in their response to WSJ. what i mainly took away from the WSJ review was that he was mainly bitching about the plastic interior which if he were actually researching the Note's competitors would realize that aside from a few choice examples, are all pretty much plastic interior and i have to laugh even more when i see comparisons to the interior of the Honda Fit when i know for a fact from one of my buddies that owns one that the interior is also mostly hard plastics.a response to the wjs piece from torque news Nissan Versa Note gets slammed by the WSJ, we counter | Torque News.
In my personal opinion the Note needs a top model. Something with a little more oomph, rear disc brakes, and a 5/6speed manual or at least something other then a CVT. Also something with the better quality interior then what's in there now. Similar to the overseas interior. I know it will drive the cost up but the cost is already up once you add the wing, around view, and the rest of the gizmo's that quite frankly don't really have a place in a car like this.
that is just what Dan Neil thinks :thumbsup: