By Jonny Lieberman
April 25, 2008 -
After spending a few days in Nissan's Cube, I was reminded of Orange County's Mar Vista housing tract. Built in the 1940s by designer Gregory Ain, the development deployed basic shapes (squares and rectangles) to give the suburban spread a high degree of architectural sophistication. Of course, people considered these "flat roof" houses a commie plot (so to speak); builders only erected 52 of the planned 100 homes. The Nissan Cube sells for $11k in Japan. In the same way as Mar Vista, the Cube offers a whole lot of chic for a little bit of green.
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April 25th, 2008 at 10:44 am
. Of course, people considered these “flat roof” houses a commie plot
My dad is 78, he always associates a flat roof with communist… I’m going to have to ask him why his says that now since you said it.
I picked up a ‘99 Sentra (1.6) a couple months ago with a manual. Never less than 35mpgs, above average performance with the manual. NOT like my sister’s ‘94 SE-R she had for 10 years, but 80% as fun. My Sentra has a curb weight of 2315lbs… I think the 1.6 with 115 hp would be a good engine in this thing and still return over 30mpg.
The four-wheel-drive system sounds neat. I wonder how the alternator/battery keep up after 30 minutes of continued use in a snow storm or something?
April 25th, 2008 at 10:50 am
As an owner of a 2006 1/2 XB I to was disappointed with the size and heft increase of the new model XB- which should have been called the TC wagon. Here in Silicon Valley gas is $3.85 for regular. The Smart car is now on sale here- drove one, car is cool , drive train is crap. The Cube will be a tremendous hit if it has the 120HP motor and a 5 speed auto transmission and 6 speed manual. This was all the original XB owners wanted - a little more horsepower- 15-20 HP not a 3200 pound porker. Anyone who has driven an XB will tell you how much fun they are to drive- and how much fun it is to go to Costco and load a 46 flatscreen TV into the back + it’s nice to get 30 mpg
April 25th, 2008 at 11:18 am
The asymmetric rear end is totally cool. Not sure they have to reverse it for US market, but maybe, so the door would open towards the curb. Not sure it really matters.
A bench seat, huh? Can you seat 3 across? Is this the modern day Corvair Greenbriar or Falcon Econoline vans? There is nothing new in this world, just old ideas made better!
-GBG
www.autoclay.blogspot.com
April 25th, 2008 at 11:22 am
sounds like a terrific car, although I prefer the styling of the original xB. Among other thigns, I don’t like the asymmetry, but big deal, it’s not that important. And I love the AWD on demand feature.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Now, the question is: when they move the steering wheel to the other side, are they also going to flip around the asymmetrical rear window, so that visibility is correct for left-hand-drive drivers?
April 25th, 2008 at 11:28 am
I suddenly have the urge to take my fridge for a spin. If this hit the market soon, I’m sure my sister would buy it, as would many others. For that kind of money nothing else is even close to as stlyish or practical.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:34 am
I just hope the new Cube looks similar in size to the current model. I have my doubts, though.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:42 am
RayH,
“Flat roof” was actually code for “Jews.” Here in Los Angeles in the 20s and 30s while you could legally say “No negroes, no Mexicans” you couldn’t say “No Jews.”
So, what you specified was “No flat roofs” if you were selling a piece of land. A good friend of mine owns a house and the original bill of sale specified “No negroes, no flat roofs.”
April 25th, 2008 at 11:49 am
What would this thing be like when navigating a road filled with Tundras and F-250s? Scary? No Problem?
Does the really thick C-pillar cause a bad blind spot or not?
April 25th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I have to say that Nissan has the chance to hit it out of the ball park with this one. Two things hurt the 1st gen Scion xB; the lack of power (corrected w/ the Versa 1.8) and the poor side impact ratings. I think that if they can engineer a side impact airbag in there and give the car the Versa 1.8, this thing will sell like gangbusters (and possibly make me eat my words about not going into another Nissan vehicle soon).