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08-16-2008, 11:04 PM
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Oddball Nissan seen in So Cal.
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08-17-2008, 12:37 AM
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ha didnt know they werent available in the US, suppose your not missing out on much lol
theres heaps in Australia
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08-17-2008, 07:23 AM
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Obama hates Maximas
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You see alot of those in the Caribbean...
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08-17-2008, 07:48 AM
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GO TEAM GO
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I think they sell in Canada... Where is the tag from?
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08-17-2008, 08:02 AM
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Obama hates Maximas
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looks like it uses 4th gen maxima wheels....
fyi.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_X-Trail
replaced by the Rogue. Should have brought this to the US instead. For all the marketing Nissan has spent on the Rogue, I've seen exactly TWO on the roads EVER.... |
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08-17-2008, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by irish44j
For all the marketing Nissan has spent on the Rogue, I've seen exactly TWO on the roads EVER....
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Really? There's tons of them here in State College. Oddly enough a lot of them are SL's with HIDs and all the bells and whistles. By contrast, I've only seen one new Murano. I wonder if optioned-out Rogues are cutting in on sales of the Murano here.
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08-17-2008, 11:17 AM
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GO TEAM GO
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Available only in the Japanese market is the SR20VET that produces 206 kW (280 hp).
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08-17-2008, 12:19 PM
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There all over canada. The fully loaded model actually looks nice.
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08-17-2008, 12:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by irish44j
You see alot of those in the Caribbean...
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+1
And As for the Rogue, I see a few, just not enough to say they are a success. I see more Moranos and Altimas on the road than anything.
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08-17-2008, 03:32 PM
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The Rogue can't come close to the CR-V or Escape or Rav4.....a few reasons:
1. "Rogue" is a stupid name for a vehicle that doesn't look scary or tough. I mean, the word "rogue" usually infers something bad....rogue wave....rogue criminal, etc. "Rogue" sounds cool to guys, but the vehicle is way too wuss for a dude to drive. And chicks probably don't want to drive a "rogue vehicle"
2. The three above still look like SUVs to some extent. The Rogue just looks like a jacked up econobox hatch IMO. All mini-SUVs are wuss, but you have to try and not make it LOOK wuss....
3. My in-laws were looking for a medium/smallish SUV recently. They went to Ford, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, and a couple other brands to browse. I asked them if they went to Nissan and they were not aware that Nissan makes a small SUVs....
That goes back to marketing. The Rogue commercial that's been playing here for months is the one with it in the little "city game" thing with the tilting board and holes. The commercial is cool. So cool that I had to see it about 10 times to remember what vehicle it was for. Marketing shoudl showcase the vehicle, not focus the viewer on other stuff (like the great CGI city in that one)....
3. As usual, Nissan is late to the game.
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08-18-2008, 08:20 AM
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that one came from Baja California.
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08-18-2008, 09:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Froggmann
Also saw a GTR in the morning but couldn't get a pic of it.
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It's hard to get a pic of the GT-R as cameras just aren't quick enough to capture the light before they accelerate and throw off the rotational axis of the earth. Typically you will only see GT-R pictures when they have been parked.
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08-18-2008, 11:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MorpheusZero
It's hard to get a pic of the GT-R as cameras just aren't quick enough to capture the light before they accelerate and throw off the rotational axis of the earth. Typically you will only see GT-R pictures when they have been parked.
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Well it was parked... on the back of a truck. Yes it was still going too fast to get a photo of it.
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08-20-2008, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by MAX2DAMAX
that one came from Baja California.
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Negative... that one came from Sinaloa. A state in northwestern Mexico. The red thing on the plate is a tomato.. they grow a lot of those there (among other things  )
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08-20-2008, 08:26 PM
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That's funny, I saw an X-Trail on the road around DC the other day....
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08-21-2008, 09:27 AM
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09-08-2008, 12:09 AM
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I had a Rouge for a rental car in FL, was a S AWD model and it was a nice ride. CVT kinda pissed me off a bit but I didn't complain as it was much better than a Caliber- another car that has "tough" name to it with absolutely zero ballz.
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09-08-2008, 07:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackBIRDVQ
I had a Rouge for a rental car in FL, was a S AWD model and it was a nice ride. CVT kinda pissed me off a bit but I didn't complain as it was much better than a Caliber- another car that has "tough" name to it with absolutely zero ballz.
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Rouge = red
Rogue = pussy Nissan "crossover"
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09-09-2008, 03:43 PM
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09-10-2008, 12:09 AM
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Rented that Nissan when I was in the Bahamas 2 weeks ago. Very popular down there.
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09-10-2008, 02:16 PM
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yeah i have seen some of these in canada
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khantalha, in case you didn't see my other post - your signature is not appropriate for this forum and needs to be deleted. Please take care of it...
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09-10-2008, 05:10 PM
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09-10-2008, 09:33 PM
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thats a ute mate lol
what the hell is a Nissan Platina, looks ugly as hell
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09-12-2008, 07:12 PM
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09-29-2008, 12:32 AM
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Quote:
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Negative... that one came from Sinaloa. A state in northwestern Mexico. The red thing on the plate is a tomato.. they grow a lot of those there (among other things ) |
yeap those are Sinaloa plates, the ones on the platina are baja california plates. Last time I was at the Tijuana dealership they had different nissan models that I never seen, like the nissan aprio and the nissan tida.
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