{"id":537551,"date":"2010-04-21T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/21\/2010-nissan-versa-review\/"},"modified":"2010-04-21T12:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T16:58:00","slug":"review-2010-nissan-versa-lives-life-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/537551","title":{"rendered":"Review: 2010 Nissan Versa lives life large"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/economy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Budget<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hatchbacks\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hatchback<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/nissan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Nissan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/01nissanversahatchreview2010opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>2010 Nissan Versa SL &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nSmall, affordable cars are like mushrooms. They quietly go about their business in the soggy bottom of the market, tolerated more than celebrated. Occasionally, the fungi mutates into a truffle, and so it is with this less-respected branch of autodom. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/versa\">Nissan Versa<\/a> is no market newcomer. Introduced in 2007, it&#8217;s trudged along unloved in the U.S. while faring better in markets outside the States as the Tiida. As with cuisine, some regional flavors are an acquired taste. The Versa hatchback has a decidedly &#8220;big in Europe&#8221; thing going on, with its distinctive shape and tall-hatch proportions. Taking into consideration Nissan&#8217;s close relationship with Renault, the styling even seems Gallically influenced. We nabbed a pair of Versas, an S with six-speed manual and an SL with CVT, to see if Nissan&#8217;s efforts are fetid or delicious. Make the jump to find out.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review\/\">Review: 2010 Nissan Versa Hatchback<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review\/#2904473\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/01nissanversahatchreview2010_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review\/#2904474\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/02nissanversahatchreview2010_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review\/#2904476\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/03nissanversahatchreview2010_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review\/#2904477\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/04nissanversahatchreview2010_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-nissan-versa-hatchback-review\/#2904478\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/05nissanversahatchreview2010_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<em><strong><small>Photos by Steven J. Ewing<\/small><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><small> \/ <\/small><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><small>Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/21\/2010-nissan-versa-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Review: 2010 Nissan Versa lives life large<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/21\/2010-nissan-versa-review\/\">Review: 2010 Nissan Versa lives life large<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:58:00 EST.  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