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November Sales Snapshot: Subcompacts
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Paul Niedermeyer
(IC: employee)
Published: December 8th, 2009
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Are you surprised that the Versa is the segment leader? It does offer a roomy versatile package for the buck. And it reflects the reality of 2009: maximum utility for minimum price. The Fit’s a bit pricey, and is coming off a stellar 2008. The Accent and Rio’s sales combined would make the true subcompact leader, not surprisingly. Their success can be seen in the Yaris’ less-than stellar numbers. Aveo is a perpetual laggard. Mini got hit hard recently, but not as bad as Smart, which is really smarting. Chart follows:
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Published December 8th, 2009 2:59 PM
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According to the Ford site, the Fiesta comes with rear drum brakes. 2010 is less than a month away, right? I don't think it's 1990 anymore. I can spend a little bit more money ($2999) and get a Golf TDI that has a lot more standard features, a 6 speed transmission, better fuel economy and rear discs. And here I was somewhat interested in the Fiesta. If they're skimping on brake components, I don't want to know what other corners have been cut.
I've been telling folks about the Versa being the best in class for about three years now.
We had a 2008 Fit. If you're mostly in town it's excellent. But as family hauler or highway runner, the Versa is a better offering.
You could have bought a Nissan Versa S during the early C4C phase for about $7500 + tax, tag and title. That was definitely the new car deal of the decade.
A base Versa for $5500 during that time? Naaahhh... Not unless you're from the North Country.
"Too bulbous (that describes my head), and a lot of the “cute” factor went away (cute is something I lack and lacked. Even as a tyke I was ugly. Sniff). Does that make me "fit"? "Trim" doesn't apply. My morale just plummeted. Sniff