Comments on: Nissan Cutting Quest, QX56 For Commercial Models

By: bfg9k

bfg9k — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:56:42 +0000

The Nissan Forum concept minivan would be a great replacement for the Quest, sans the microwave in the dash.

I always liked the effort Nissan made to add some style with the Quest, too bad it came off so weird looking.

By: prndlol

prndlol — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:29:58 +0000

The QX56 was a rare example of a junky piss-poor fat-ass pig truck built by a Japanese automaker, and i welcome its demise.

By: jthorner

jthorner — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:57:31 +0000

This sounds like a reasonable move, taking resources out of shrinking markets were Nissan is a weak player. Time will tell if the move to increase light commercial vehicles Nissan sales will pan out. They are not a factor in the US market right now.

By: 210delray

210delray — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:03:43 +0000

So I assume the Armada lives (twin of QX56)?

By: Gardiner Westbound

Gardiner Westbound — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:43:05 +0000

Announcing the Quest and QX56 may be orphaned won’t help sales.

By: menno

menno — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:53:10 +0000

I read a few months ago that the Quest minivan production would be shifted to Japanese factories, where other Nissan minivans are now produced. Nissan is not a big player in the minivan stakes, however, they might be foolish to completely drop the market as Ford and GM did.

Now, if they didn’t already have suitable minivans coming down an assembly line in Japan, it might be a different story. But, they do.

They even offer 3.5 litre V6 minivans in Japan, albeit on a smaller scale (due to the size of the roads, parking, fuel prices, etc).

The Mississippi plant has not been renown for quality – while the Japanese plants are better, as well.

By: SupaMan

SupaMan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:34:50 +0000

Drat…I thought this meant an HD Titan would be coming.