"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
01/07/2014 at 12:23 • Filed to: None
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"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
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For the year end edition there was only a few surprises. First was the sales for the Mustang and Camaro were down a decent amount on the year. Second the Altima out sold the Fusion by 45,000 units. How? Why would you buy the Altima over the Fusion? I just dont know why. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
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01/07/2014 at 12:24 |
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I was about to say how I'm not really fond of the Fusion's design, but then I noticed the Altima.
Tom McParland
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01/07/2014 at 12:28 |
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Non Jalops would buy the Altima over the Fusion because the Nissan has had a pretty solid history of good reliability, whereas the Fusion has had 3 recalls for engine fires (1.6 ecoboost) and numerous knocks against it for frustrating infotainment system. It also has a surprisingly small trunk for its class. Those little things make a difference in the minds of the masses who buy mid-sizers.
EL_ULY
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01/07/2014 at 12:34 |
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sad face Volvo, come on XC90!!!!!!!!!
Audi For Life
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01/07/2014 at 12:41 |
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I usually look at the By The Numbers posts for one reason or another. I think there are still people that are put off by the Aston Martin-like maw of the new Fusion, the Altima has a safe (read: rather bland) design, and probably feel like Nissan (and other Japanese makes) still have better reliability/reputation.
That's my uneducated guess.
Textured Soy Protein
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01/07/2014 at 12:55 |
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Nissan also sells a ton of Altimas to rental fleets. I believe Ford has been trying to get away from relying as much on fleet sales.