What's Wrong With This Picture: Nissan Outlook Sunny Edition
About a month ago we saw the first renderings of the 2012 Nissan Versa, and were more than a little taken aback at the model’s apparent move from geeky hatch to sleek sedan. Now the first images of the Chinese-market Nissan Sunny have hit autohome.com.cn [via Burlappcars.com], and they show a rounded little sedan that’s equal parts Altima and IS250. The Sunny nameplate is known as the Sentra in the US, but there’s some speculation that these images actually portray the next-gen Versa (based on their similarity to the earlier-leaked rendering). Alternatively, Nissan could be going for a similar look for both its compact and subcompact offerings. In any case, these pictures hint that Nissan is not taking improved offerings like Chevy’s Cruze and the forthcoming Ford Focus and Hyundai Accent sitting down. The compact and subcompact segments are heating up as designs improve, and Nissan is not about to be left behind.
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If the scale of the latest Altima is anything to go by (it's longer and taller than the Maxima), this new Versa will be the size of a barn. I'm not sure Nissan have quite got the 'size' right on many of their latest offerings.
mjz has got it right. What is wrong with this picture is that the new styling theme of the Versa looks an awful lot like the new styling theme of the Hyundai Accent...only Hyundai is developing this theme organically across its whole lineup.