Production Halt?

[pixiedrea]

I just called the dealer where I ordered my cube from, just to check on things. Lo and behold, the salesperson just informed me that Nissan has put a production halt on the Versa and the cube. According to this guy it would be June before Nissan would begin to manufacture either Versas or cubes. Has anyone else heard anything about this? Where would I look up information on this to see if this guy is just blow smoke, of if it's real?

[jodeg1945]

Boy, I sure hope that's not the case! Wonder what the problem is??? What does this do to your order????

[pixiedrea]

I was told I can either wait until August, or I can compromise on what I'm looking for. A cube similar to what I want was delivered to a city about 200 miles away. My salesman has offered to send his driver down and drive it here for me. Then he can order the rest of the accessories for me. I can possibly take possession of the car 3uesday, then go back in a week to have the accessories installed. It'll have a black interior instead of grey, but other than that, it's what I wanted.

[bondiblue]

Hopefully that doesn't hinder my ability to buy one if I were to do that soon!

[pixiedrea]

From what the dealer explained, they aren't discontinuing either car, they just aren't going to manufacture them (or the Versa) for a few months. It's not going to affect any that have already been manufactured, just special orders or re-orders. My local dealer just got a re-stock shipment, so provided he doesn't sell more than about 7 a month they won't need to re-order again for a few months anyway. I still haven't had anyone from Nissan USA confirm this, and I didn't check with any other local dealers to confirm with them, either.

Don't know why, perhaps they aren't selling as quickly? Since Versa and cube are both affected, seems to me it would have something to do with availability of the parts.

[WHITECUBE]

Originally Posted by pixiedrea

It'll have a black interior instead of grey, but other than that, it's what I wanted.

Nothing wrong with a Black Interior. Has it's advantages. Looks good. Never shows dirt.

[pixiedrea]

I'm not super hot on the black interior, it shows lint like nobody's business. Or cat hair (my buddy has a couple of cats) or anything that's light colored and leaves fuzz. But I can deal.

[WHITECUBE]

Originally Posted by pixiedrea

I'm not super hot on the black interior, it shows lint like nobody's business. Or cat hair (my buddy has a couple of cats) or anything that's light colored and leaves fuzz. But I can deal.

Good luck with whatever you end up with. I had to stay flexible with our purchase. I wanted White or Red with Black. Ended up with Steel & Grey. No regrets.

[bondiblue]

Luckily, if the buyer has to be flexible, that usually means the dealer will be pretty flexible on the price and adding options. Even though our Versa wasn't exactly what my wife wanted, our Nissan dealer pretty much bent over backwards to make the figures so appealing we couldn't turn them down.

[crusader1xxx]

Too bad you are not here in Alberta Canada, there is a ton of them at the dealer I bought from, I had my choice of any color, or accessories.

I actually turned down a smoking deal on an S model at one dealer to buy the color/interior i wanted.