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Nissan Tiida Practical Compact Car Product Review

The Nissan Tiida is a car with a complex identity. Nissan unveiled the first-generation Tiida in 2004, and due to the alliance between Nissan Motor and Renault of France, this car shares Nissan's "B platform" with the second-generation Renault Mégane and the third-generation March, and is an extended version of the wheelbase of the two. Tiida is called Tiida in Taiwan, Japan and other places, Tiida in China, Hong Kong and other places, and the three-box four-door sedan is called Tiida; The U.S. and Canadian markets are called Versa; Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places are named Latio; In addition, in some South American countries, the brand of Dodge cars is called Trazo.
 
The second-generation Tiida currently available in the Chinese market is actually unique to China and Taiwan. In April 2011, Nissan Motor unveiled the second-generation facelifted Tiida at the 14th Shanghai Motor Show, and announced that it would be manufactured by Dongfeng Nissan Motor and launched in the Chinese market for the first time. In the U.S., the second-generation Versa was first unveiled at the 2011 New York Auto Show, and instead of the Tiida, it was based on the 10th-generation Nissan Sunny (called "Sunshine" by Dongfeng Nissan), which was unveiled in China in December 2010.
 
The Tiida is a truly decent family car, and it's perfect for families who aren't particularly looking for handling, but want a family of four to travel comfortably. Compared with various engine parameters and performance test results, Tiida's advantages are intrinsic: its consistent advantages are quiet, spacious, fuel-efficient, and reliable quality. These advantages seem to be very ordinary, but what is really amazing is that it has achieved the level of the top five or even the top three in the same class in all four aspects. Not only is it quieter and more spacious than most cars in its class, but it's also a more fuel-efficient car than most cars in its class, and it's always good quality and reliability.
 
Tiida is considered an "old" model in today's market, and it has not been replaced for a long time, and only underwent a facelift in 2016. But in fact, this facelift is more powerful than many car replacements, Nissan not only redesigned the overall appearance, but also replaced the new generation of CVT transmission, readjusted the chassis, and added ECO mode and automatic start-stop. On the basis of continuing to maintain "practicality", Nissan has taken another big step forward in the direction of "easy to drive".
 
Nissan in China always likes to equip the Tiida with some "leapfrogging" equipment, the second generation of Tiida was launched at the beginning of the launch of a version equipped with a 1.6T turbocharged engine, the power of the compact car at the time is one of the best, but its overall design is destined to be not a more sport-oriented sedan. In the 2016 facelifted Tiida, high-tech equipment such as lane merging assist, lane departure warning, and active braking system all appeared on the mid-to-high-end facelifted Tiida. We believe that instead of adding power and handling, it would be better to add these practical auxiliary features to this car. And the price offered by Nissan is full of sincerity, and the new top-of-the-line Tiida may be the cheapest car you can buy with these technological features.
 
Tiida has an excellent reputation in terms of quality, which makes its used cars have a very good residual value rate. Overall, Tiida, which has a mileage of more than 150,000 kilometers, is hardly as perfect as new for Honda and Toyota, but it doesn't give you the feeling of an "old car" in every other aspect such as interior and air conditioning, and this car is not only reliable in quality, but also quite durable. Coupled with the fact that it is so fuel-efficient, it can be said that Tiida is one of the compact cars with the lowest cost to use a car.
 
In terms of safety, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rated the first-generation Versa five-door hatchback and four-door sedan crash tests from 2007 to 2012 as "good" overall, with only the head and neck injuries being "acceptable" and all other parts being "good."
 
Tiida also has two side models in China, Dongfeng Nissan and the Japanese mother factory established another joint venture independent brand "Venucia", the first model is a sedan four-door sedan type of Tiida remodeled "D50", the second model is a hatchback five-door hatchback model Tiida remodeled "R50". These two cars are the same as the Tiida, but the value for money is more prominent.