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2009 Nissan Versa |
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Price Range $9,990 to $16,330 |
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5 Seats |
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Interior
Getting into the Versa is like traveling back in time. There’s no key fob and only sparse instrumentation, which displayed information on a need-to-know basis. In truth, it gave me all of the information that I really…uh…needed to know, but nothing more. There’s no radio, no navigation system and certainly, no backup camera. Let’s just say it transported me back to my childhood.
The Charcoal-colored cloth interior is super-soft to the touch, but it hoards crumbs and random fuzzies as if each spec has some serious monetary value. My second-row residents, the creators of said specs, weren’t pleased with their seating, either. One afternoon as my youngest was trying to doze off on one of our longer trips, he kept waking with a start and whining, “Mommy, these seats are too slippery! I keep falling down!” It was true. He uses a backless booster seat, so his back rests on the car’s seatback. I watched him in the rearview mirror as he kept slipping down like a wet noodle.
I’m going to proclaim that there aren’t any cupholders in the second row. There are two cupholders where the center console would have been, and they were completely out of reach for my kids. I quickly scanned the second-row doors for bins since they often house a secondary beverage-holding device, but there aren’t any. I felt fear. Really.
To its credit, the Versa does have air conditioning and four prewired speakers for some day down the road when you choose to add your own audio system. The Versa is also very spacious; my boys had a ton of legroom in the backseat. Likewise, I never felt cramped in the front row. Compared to the Versa’s competition — the Chevy Aveo, Toyota Yaris and Hyundai Accent — it has the most passenger volume and trunk space.
IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT
Storage Compartments (Puny, Fair, Ample, Galore): Fair
Cargo/Trunk Space (Puny, Fair, Ample, Galore): Fair
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key interior: Features
● Bottleholders in front doors
● Plenty of legroom
● Air conditioning
● Prewired speakers
available interior: Colors
Black
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