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Originally Posted by SOUTHZZ
Bud,it is just business.
Get over it--understand.
Nissan hit a dud with the Cube awhile back.They aimed at the youth market.
There were no takers.
With the Juke. Design wise,a pretty ugly vehicle. They upped it with more HP&
and a NISMO version
Missed the mark again.
Now,the Kicks is aimed at the hot selling Kia Soul.
MPV with everyday run around town features for around 20K.
Not a bad move.
However,the Soul's customer base is north of 50 years old.
They care less about Bose headrests.
Price is great but--125hp? with only A/T.
The Soul IMO is still the overall winner in the MPV box category.
Good to see the Juke go.
Man---UGLY
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Well, Honda didn’t see the business case to continue the Element, which was even more utilitarian than Soul or Cube. Perhaps because Fit/Jazz carried enough of this market for them, but I don’t see this Nissan setting the world on fire.
I thought that the Juke was a neat experiment. Didn’t cotton to its looks, but thought that with a bit of a tweak here or there it might have been a winner. Look at Toyota and Honda with their new micro-ute’s (HRV and CHR). Nissan might have been ahead of the curve with Juke 2.0, but instead they choose to play “me too” wit just another same again. And they have the nerve to call it “one of a kind”. Stupid.