Nissan.Nissan North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. will expand its U.S. lineup next year with a small hatchback and sedan named Versa Versa Versatile System Architecture (Genrad) . The automaker is spending US$ 800 million to upgrade its plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, to build the cars for North America. The Versa uses the plat-form from the Nissan Tiida The Nissan Tiida is a subcompact car but it was designed with large interior space manufactured by Japanese automaker Nissan, replacing both the long-running Pulsar and the Sunny models as of September 30, 2004. sold in Japan. Nissan will use the Tiida name on cars sold in Mexico. The Versa, which is smaller than the Sentra, is expected to have a base price of about US$ 12,000. A typically equipped model will have a sticker price sticker price n. The list price for an automobile or other motor vehicle. of around $13,500. That low price is possible because the Versa shares much of its components with Nissan's global B-car platform, said Jed Connelly, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Nissan North America. The hatchback will go on sale in early summer 2006 as a 2007 model, Nissan said. Sales of the sedan will begin in late 2006. The addition of the Versa will give Nissan a vehicle to compete in the growing B-car segment in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . |
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