New Nissan Pulsar for Europe

colm_mcm

Blue-rinsers and Enterprice rent-a-car customers rejoice!
From the nice people that brought you the Sunny, the less relevant Almera, and the downright laughable Tiida - comes the Pulsar

Yes, Pulsar, what they've been calling them in Japan all along!
Powered by 1.2 and 1.6 litre turbo'd petrol units as seen in various Nissans and with the inevitable 1.5 dCi joining the party.

Visually its easy to see the visual nod towards the Qashqai, its a bit like an SUV without the ride height (which I'm pretty sure most of the SUV appeal is..)
Youll have the usual lofty claims of safety, NVH, interior space etc etc - a bit like they did with the dreadful Tiida.

Nissan have absent from this market for a good while, with the smaller Note and quirky Juke plugging the gap in this price range. I'm not convinced that the
Pulsar will get drivers out of their Golfs or Focuss.
Which makes it more of the same really. ..

MuppetCheck

Looks like a new cashcow and first generation Auris got together in a dark part of a multi story car park and this was the result.

colm_mcm

Its like being in 2007 again.

Voodoomelon

colm_mcm wrote: »

Its like being in 2007 again.

Sure i'll just build it into me mortgage, will be grand.

RandomAccess

Looks a lot better than some of the dross they have been plugging for the last two decades.

You'd never think they were the same company that made the Skylines, GTR, 200SX etc, stupid bastards.

Gael23

I like it and I think it will fill a massive gap in the market for Nissan.
Once they get the price right I think it will be a good seller

colm_mcm

I'm not as sure. I think a lot of their hardcore customers gave defected to Kia, Hyundai etc.
I don't think any of the players in this segment will be worried tbh.

Senecio

The pulsar name brings back many memories as a young lad growing up in Australia. Most notably the E15 Pulsar ET Turbo.

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=0933

Those were the days.

PS.. I quite like the look of it.

Frankie Lee

I liked the look of it at first glance but looking at other angles it looks a little bland already.

Interior doesn't look great at a distance here.


Still it is a welcome addition to the market.

Focus_sligo

I like it in the top photo, and 1.6 turbo petrol you say? May have a bit of go too

FGR

I like the interior. Hopefully it's built to be a quiet, solid car.

colm_mcm

Focus_sligo wrote: »

I like it in the top photo, and 1.6 turbo petrol you say? May have a bit of go too

You can get it with 187 or 200bhp in the juke so, yeah!

BMJD

GTi-R or GTFO

bazz26

Looks like something designed specifically for developing markets. Cannot see Europe taking to it to be honest.

Dia1988

colm_mcm wrote: »

Blue-rinsers and Enterprice rent-a-car customers rejoice!
From the nice people that brought you the Sunny, the less relevant Almera, and the downright laughable Tiida - comes the Pulsar

Yes, Pulsar, what they've been calling them in Japan all along!
Powered by 1.2 and 1.6 litre turbo'd petrol units as seen in various Nissans and with the inevitable 1.5 dCi joining the party.

Visually its easy to see the visual nod towards the Qashqai, its a bit like an SUV without the ride height (which I'm pretty sure most of the SUV appeal is..)
Youll have the usual lofty claims of safety, NVH, interior space etc etc - a bit like they did with the dreadful Tiida.

Nissan have absent from this market for a good while, with the smaller Note and quirky Juke plugging the gap in this price range. I'm not convinced that the
Pulsar will get drivers out of their Golfs or Focuss.
Which makes it more of the same really. ..

This is OLD News!........3 years old in fact!

This car was already discussed in 2011 on here, boards.ie
Here is the link

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=71788533

colm_mcm

You know its news because its not the same car and its on sale in Europe?

Dia1988

colm_mcm wrote: »

You know its news because its not the same car and its on sale in Europe?

The quoted 2011 Tiida is almost identical to the quoted 2014 Pulsar apart from subtle changes to the front/rear to bring it inline with the 2014 Nissan profile.

The side angle and the interior/dashboard are identical in both quoted cars.

You must agree you notice the identities?

colm_mcm

Oh yeah, its half arsed looking, but apparently its using the CMF 'platform' that was only announced less than a year ago. The new squashqai and next years megane (will) use this.

RyanMGF

That is a horrible looking car.

FGR wrote: »

I like the interior. Hopefully it's built to be a quiet, solid car.

That's a high spec model, you can bet 99% of Irish ones will be sold with windy windows, steel wheels and everything bar a heater as an optional extra.

Dia1988

RyanMGF wrote: »

That is a horrible looking car.



That's a high spec model, you can bet 99% of Irish ones will be sold with windy windows, steel wheels and everything bar a heater as an optional extra.

and people will buy it too because they'll say it's Japanese.........even though it's really half a Renault Megane!

colm_mcm

Dia1988 wrote: »

and people will buy it too because they'll say it's Japanese.........even though it's really half a Renault Megane!

....built in Spain

noelf

Will it be the replacement for the Leaf as well ???

colm_mcm

noelf wrote: »

Will it be the replacement for the Leaf as well ???

Seriously doubt. If you want an electric Pulsar, this is the nearest you'll get

Jesus.

Does it come as a Saloon too?

If not they can forget the Irish market

Toyotafanboi

i have that exact toothbrush

i think it looks good. certainly better than the tiida and n15 almera. i think if it's priced well it'l do quite well. nice engine choices, inoffensive looks, nissan "reliability" perception, and a welcome break from a golf, focus or auris. this has potential imo.

Dia1988

Jesus. wrote: »

Does it come as a Saloon too?

If not they can forget the Irish market

It'll be something like this,
They have them already in Australia, here is a link to some reviews
http://www.productreview.com.au/p/nissan-pulsar-sedan-2000-2005/2.html

Jesus.

Hmm. Looks better than the Tida, that's for sure. Not as nice as the Almeras.

For compact sedans, I think the current Astra looks the best.

vectra

This wouldnt be too bad

VeVeX

That's pretty cool. I like the bonnet vent homage to the GTiR.

ianobrien

If its as reliable as the Nissans of old it wouldn't be a half bad second hand buy. That being said it seems recent efforts have been more miss than hit on the reliability front.

I do like that the press photos are of a blue car. Is that to match the blue rinse?

Caliden

vectra wrote: »

This wouldnt be too bad

If only they were available in that spec!

Would be a hell of a lot cheaper than a golf gti that's for sure.