end of the road for the primera

is it being replaced?

I think the early P10 Primera is a genuinely attractive car and deserves a lot more credit. Looks very cool if you change the wheels, a lot of potential I reckon.

oo i likes that jim. always had a bit of a secret crush on the old e-zx,s and gt,s

There's no replacement. Renault have dictated that NIssan are useless at producing normal cars (witness the Almera) and are going to concentrate on 4x4 evolutionary dead end niche stuff now instead. That was according to the Nissan rep at the place I used to work anyway Maybe they'll put Stefan Swartz or whatever his face is under a Navarra and drive it backwards and forwards for a bit.

cashcard?

Yet they do well in the USA with a geuinely interesting range of cars, and there's stacks of models in Japan. I've a feeling the problem is lame-brain European management.

HA !!! My cousin had one of them !! honked like an absolute f*cker!!!

Totally wasted my other mates 16v golf gti mk2 golf in a straight line.

Love em.

I was quite proud of "evolutionary dead end" I'm going to try and use it more to describe nich wibblepoo I don't deem worthy of my attention

To bring back the point about Nissan not making ordinary cars anymore, now with the whole compact crossover urban proof "lifestyle" hatches thing.

My dad is in an awkward situation with regards to cars nowadays. He was always a big fan of family-sized 5 door hatchbacks, i.e. Sierra, Rover 200 (Concerto based one), similar. Big enough that he could shove a load of timber in the back with the seats folded down, but small enough that he could get a fairly low spec one with a petrol engine around the 1.6L mark for economy.

When the time came for him to pick out a new company car, he was amazed to find that this sort of car barely exists anymore. The cars that popped up to replace that segment didn't suit his needs at all, mostly just compact cars with a higher roofline! But he didn't want something with a regular boot (not as easy to shove a load of DIY stuff in), neither did he want an estate or any gimmicky rubbish. In the end he did have to get a regular saloon (406), then later moved onto an estate (407), but he's annoyed at the whole situation. With the Primera disappearing, we are losing another one of these regular "bread and butter" cars in favour of cars that offer a "lifestyle" experience by being an awkward shape and packed with pointless gimmicketry.

I imagine in the future, cars will be so specific to you that they will be tailored by the customer in exacting detail to suit their "lifestyle". Mine will have one seat, a Fray Bentos pie holder and a musical horn that plays Italo Disco hits.