Will Nissan survive?

[F4R/T]

A Large Trash Dumpster aka LTD! I haven’t seen one for awhile Wile!

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

My Nissan will survive, that’s all that matters

Every car company has seemed to merge into one mega company building the same vehicles with the same 3rd party parts that all get recalled sooner or later. And everything is waaaaaay overpriced, screw new cars, death to all manufacturers until they realize the core values

 

[polywideblock]

"Nissan Patrol" wasn't bad, I had one like this 1970 model

 

[Photon440]

My Nissan will survive, that’s all that matters

Every car company has seemed to merge into one mega company building the same vehicles with the same 3rd party parts that all get recalled sooner or later. And everything is waaaaaay overpriced, screw new cars, death to all manufacturers until they realize the core values

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Building the same vehicles? Nah...that wouldn't happen, would it?
Scion FR-S:

Toyota 86:

Subaru BRZ:

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

Building the same vehicles? Nah...that wouldn't happen, would it?
Scion FR-S:
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Toyota 86:
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Subaru BRZ:
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Definitely not, that’s definitely 3 completely different cars

 

[WileE]

Back in the day, 60's & 70's, in the northeast area, the winner of the annual FRV Award ( Fastest Rotting Vehicle ) would be a Datsun. Followed closely by Ford. That's just personal experience. Your results may vary.

 

[WileE]

A Large Trash Dumpster aka LTD! I haven’t seen one for awhile Wile!

Here's another great style from Ford

( Maverick )and I'm not kidding when we used to "climb on the front porch" as we used to say back then, on these grossly ugly cars.

 

[F4R/T]

I think the Maverick rusted worse than the Aspen and Volare and nobody made a fuss about it... and now it’s a truck!

 

[Budnicks]

Back in the day, 60's & 70's, in the northeast area, the winner of the annual FRV Award ( Fastest Rotting Vehicle ) would be a Datsun. Followed closely by Ford. That's just personal experience. Your results may vary.

Surprised it wasn't an
MG/Triumph or a Jaguar, (British Motors & Leyland Motors mergers)
they all come from the factory/assembly plant, rusting
lack of undercoating protection, or galvanizing dips, for some strange reason
(older ones, Pre 1977 anyway did)
Undercoating especially out east & Midwest
it was a huge up-sale at the local dealers, on the coast here too
to do it, at an extra cost of course, to the end customer
Sent to the service dept., usually some lacky in the
detail department washing cars (still under service dept. but cheap labor)
did it between alarm installs, "paint protection coatings" or a buff job...

Still rusted, but not as quickly

 

[Slap Stick]

Building the same vehicles? Nah...that wouldn't happen, would it?
Scion FR-S:
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Toyota 86:
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Subaru BRZ:
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Do ya mean like Cordoba/Coronet/Fury? New Yorker/Fury/Polara? And many other makes.
I read a couple days ago Honda and Nissan are in negotiations.

 

[Phantomx]

The hell with them, and honestly, any and all automakers. The system, as it has been for many, many years, is to peddle their products through the worst form of life on the planet... dealerships. When you have to go to scumbags to buy something, you're already behind the eightball. Then, price the product way beyond the reach of most people. Load up all the vehicles with useless gadgets that many people don't want; used to be if you wanted a luxury item, you bought a luxury car. Somebody tell me where can one go to buy a simple, reliable, no-frills vehicle, whether it be a car or truck, for a reasonable price... at a place where they don't try to rip you pants off as soon as you walk through the door.

Oddly enough, I think you’d need to look at Nissan. I’ve noticed in the past decade that you can still get cars and especially trucks from Nissan without all of the extraneous crap on them like all of the other makers. I had a Nissan frontier rental (small pickup) last summer, I liked it. It reminded me of the low frills trucks of the 70s and 80s.
Travis..

 

[DeltaV]

British Leyland!

Sleeping on the job - the 1970s British Leyland disease

 

[Billccm]

Do ya mean like Cordoba/Coronet/Fury? New Yorker/Fury/Polara? And many other makes.
I read a couple days ago Honda and Nissan are in negotiations.

I believe Nissan will drag Honda down.

 

[Budnicks]

I believe Nissan will drag Honda down.

Maybe Honda will put their people in charge, fire the heads of Nissan
would be a great 1st step...

 

[Photon440]

I believe Nissan will drag Honda down.

I wouldn't think so. Honda seems to do things well. They're Japan's #2 auto maker, the world's #1 motorcycle manufacturer, they make everything from garden equipment to business jets, generators, aircraft engines and robotics. With around $95 Billion in annual revenues for Honda, if Nissan did poorly, they'd likely still survive. But more likely, Honda would find ways to turn Nissan around and improve the line and make it profitable again.

 

[ct71rr]

From what I’ve seen on the interweb, the new Nissan Frontier is killing Toyota Tacoma sales. Especially with the changeover to the turbo 4 in a lot of the Toyota platforms which seem to be having a lot of problems. I’ve also read that the Toyota CEO has stated publicly that he’s in favor of eliminating the dealership model and moving to purchasing directly from manufacturer.

 

[Cranky]

You can a cheap reliable car outside of the US. The problem here is the insurance companies basically regulate what is required to build a car. Everything from 15 mph bumpers, third brake lights and back up cameras are the result of insurance companies.

My insurance company doesn't seem to mind my 30 year old trucks. The thing is with the new cars, there are mandates on what's required for safety etc etc etc....and without getting political, you should be able to find out what those mandates are. Old cars are pretty much exempt from all that mess but who drives a 30 year old vehicle these days? I do and have 3 of them. In succession, 95, 96 and 97. Just need to put my 66 Belvedere back together and do the title work on my 64 Dart and since my area is getting rid of the state inspection crap, I'm golden

 

[jimbosride]

Did you know that all Yugo models came with a rear window deicer standard. That to keep your hands warm when being pushed.

 

[not so famous bob]

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