Nissan Cube
I saw a write up about the Nissan Cube written by Ezra Dyer of the New York Times News Service, and then I checked out the website. I had so much fun looking at the website of the Nissan Cube. For those of you not sure what this car is, you need to check out the website. This car has been available in Japan since 1998, but the 2009 is the first model to be sold in the U.S. What makes this car different is that fact that the Nissan Cube is unique. It doesn’t have a great deal of speed. Actually the top model has a 1.8-liter 122 horsepower 4-cylinder engine. It’s not the top of the line, but it’ll do and the other accessories make the Cube stand out I think.
The pictures show that it has an asymmetrical rear window, shag-carpet on the dash as a fun extra, bungee cords on the doors to hold stuff, and you can get 8-inch seat belt extender if need be. Th2 2009 Cube is called the mobile device. Nissan hopes that the Cube will gain “the social cachet of an Apple product.” There is accent lighting throughout the interior. Nissan sees this car as a “design statement first and car second.” The price ranges from $13,990 to upwards of $19,370. The fuel economy is good as well with the automatic getting 28 miles per gallon in the city and 30 mpg on the highway, and the manual getting 24 mpg in the city and 29 mpg on the highway. According to Dyer, in the category of boxy Asian runabouts (which includes the Scion xB, Honda Element, and Kia Soul), the Nissan Cube takes the cake for most outrageous. I like some of the unique accessories available. You need a different kind of consumer to buy this car, but there are definitely some out there, that want “funkiness” and not just speed. I hope to see the Nissan Cube in my neighborhood soon.