[murano123]

Cool new Nissan minivan in Japan with CVT. Don't know if this will be in the US soon. Looks beter than Quest.

http://www.autoindex.org/news.plt?no=990#

 

[Eric L.]

Seeing how the Lafesta is about 2 feet shorter than a Quest, I doubt Nissan will bring it over, since minivans are not seen as cool vehicles. Nissan will import the Cube, a Scion xB competitor, in 2006 ot 2007 I believe. It will have a 3 row seat configuration, and be the first 6-7 pass "mini MPV" Nissan will sell in the US.

 

[MightyMo]

A 2.0L motor? Weird...probably drives like a slug.

 

[GripperDon]

The Infar-red monitors sound intriguing.

 

[Eric L.]

A 2.0L motor? Weird...probably drives like a slug.

Outside of North America, I would imagine a 2.0L engine is the "powerful" engine.

 

[murano123]

If you go to the Japanese Nissan website, there is even a 2.4L Murano.

 

[Eric L.]

If gas was $5-7 gallon, I would consider the 2.5L engine in the Murano as well. (The Japanese website shows a 2.5L 175hp Murano as the base model in Japan, and the 3.5SE is the uplevel model).

 

[GripperDon]

A fuel efficent slug.

 

[murano123]

I kinda like the interior of this minivan though. It looks like a "convertible" minivan.