Wise pairs with Nissan Motors for new Smart car design

A new Smart car is being made in conjunction with Nissan for the United States. Intelligent brought the micro cars the company specializes in to the U.S. when gas was at an all time high. Sales have been struggling following the high point. The new design will address frequent customer grievances. The business had setbacks in that it did not offer models with seating for more than two. Wise decided to team with Nissan to produce a five door hatchback. Cars that are easy on the wallet at the lot and the pump are becoming all the rage, and this one is hitting in 2011. Resource for this article – Nissan to build new Wise car for U.S. markets by Car Deal Expert.

Nissan and SmartCar

Years ago there was a subcompact vehicle that originated from SmartCar. USA Today accounts the Smart ForTwo became popular when gas prices were about $4 a gallon. 24,000 of the brand sold in its first year in the U.S. This is quite good. With terrible economic conditions, sales slowed a bunch. This was bad news. That made it hard for vehicles to sell. Now they are harder than ever to get sold. In order to appeal to more customers, the business will partner with Nissan Motors to produce a five-door hatchback. A subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group is the business that makes SmartUSA. The United States of America has a specific place to manufacture cars. They come from Daimler.

Customer gets to be right

Sales were lagging for a while. This was mostly because of the truth that more seating was wanted by consumers. The subcompact will use a Nissan platform. It will be the V platform to be specific. It could be the basis for three different vehicles made in North American plants, according to Automotive News. The Versa is the smallest car that Nissan makes correct now. The new platform will be smaller than that and will be what the Versa switches to. The Smart car design coming out could be the smallest Nissan Motors vehicle. It could be smaller than the Versa.

Intelligent choice for making

Part of the appeal of the Smart ForTwo is the vehicle is very economical. The purchase price is quite cheap along with the price of filling it up. People like subcompacts and compacts more now. They are selling better. The Ford Motors Fiesta and many other models are becoming best sellers. It makes sense for more corporations to break into that industry.

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