What's wrong with NISSAN?

[wulf]

supposedly the jap big three are honda, toyota and nissan, but locally it seems that nissan is backsliding, probably even behind hyundai and kia in terms of sales. of course there's their somewhat aged lineup now, but it seems to have been the trend already for the past couple of years already. i've personally owned two (exalta & safari) and i can say it ranks up there w/ the other brands in terms of quality and value for money. so what's the deal here?

[Altis6453]

Perception most likely. Although I do agree Nissan's come a long way from their box type Sentras of the 90's.

[mazingerZ]

Maybe its because dalawa ang authorized parties for Nissan dito sa pinas. . . Kaya kulang sa focus. .

[scharnhorst]

I guess for us Filipinos, first impressions really do last.

Good thing Hyundai and Kia managed to pull away from stigma of their early cars, but most of the people I know prefer to wait and see what happens to the korean cars after 5 years.

[empy]

they need a "halo" car. one that will revive the flagging interest in the marquee.


something like.....well....um....this one :idea:

[wulf]

but if kia was able to pull away from their pride snafu, why not nissan from the california/box type sentra?

i guess having two entities really do hurt them, even if you combine the figures from those two it wouldn't be enough to barge into the top three...

[tidus1203]

The problem is Nissan hasn't really made a car that Pinoys really like.... Kung baga for every car segment they compete in the competition normally has a more appealing car for pinoy tastes. (Sentra vs Civic vs Corolla, X-trail vs CRV vs RAV4, Teana vs Camry vs Accord) Their horror resale value also haunts its image so bad.... I mean who wants to use a Sentra for 5 years and see its value drop to P200++K while a comparable Civic can even call for P400K++

[wulf]

[QUOTE=empy;1023782]they need a "halo" car. one that will revive the flagging interest in the marquee.


something like.....well....um....this one :idea:

[/QUOTE


we wish! they can't even bring in the new US sentra

[wulf]

they need a "halo" car. one that will revive the flagging interest in the marquee.


something like.....well....um....this one :idea:

The problem is Nissan hasn't really made a car that Pinoys really like.... Kung baga for every car segment they compete in the competition normally has a more appealing car for pinoy tastes. (Sentra vs Civic vs Corolla, X-trail vs CRV vs RAV4, Teana vs Camry vs Accord) Their horror resale value also haunts its image so bad.... I mean who wants to use a Sentra for 5 years and see its value drop to P200++K while a comparable Civic can even call for P400K++

you're right about this. the only reason i sold my exalta was because of the rapid drop in resale... question is, is this the cause for the malaise or is it an effect? hehe

[shadow]

I think it's bec they don;t really study the market probably....ang mga pinapasok nilang models dito is ang papangit...and laging last pa magpasok ubos na ang maga buyers, like itong xtrail, meron ng new model and yet hinde parin nila ipasok dito...