Over the past month, while reading online reviews of the current crop of all-new or greatly updated Asian sub-compacts, I found myself chuckling at disdainful blogger comments. I drove the new Nissan Versa in and around Seattle, and I’m familiar with the new Yaris and its astounding array of airbags, and so forth. I grew [...]
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2012 Nissan Versa,
2012 Toyota Yaris,
Continuously variable transmission,
CVT,
Mini Cooper,
Scion
True to its Tokyo breeding, Nissan cube is ideally sized and packaged for congested streets in urban America. Mechanical details and even the styling of “box cars” like the cube, Kia Soul, and Scion xB are secondary to how well they fit into crowded urban and beachside neighborhoods, and how simple they are, how minimalist [...]
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anime,
Chevy Astro van,
city cars,
Continuously variable transmission,
CVT,
electroluminescent gauges,
Ford Fiesta,
Hiroshima,
Honda Fit Sport,
IIHS Top Safety Pick,
Japan,
Kei-Jidosha,
Kia Soul,
Nissan cube krom,
Renault Megane,
Scion xB,
Tokyo