2014 Nissan Versa Note Hatchback

What's New for 2014:

• Replaces Versa Hatchback
• S, S Plus, SV trim levels
• 40 mpg on the highway
• Available NissanConnect infotainment system
• Available AroundView monitor system
• Available Nissan Intelligent Key system

Introduction
The new 2014 Nissan Versa Note is an entry-level 5-door hatchback based on the automaker's globally sold Note model. It replaces the previous Versa Hatchback model in the lineup, and competes against models such as the Chevrolet Spark, Chevrolet Sonic, Ford Fiesta, Honda Fit, Hyundai Accent, Kia Rio, Mazda 2, Mitsubishi Mirage, and Toyota Yaris.

Models and Features
Nissan offers the Versa Note in S, S Plus, and SV trim levels. Standard equipment includes cloth seats, air conditioning, power exterior mirrors, electroluminescent gauges, trip computer, tilt steering wheel, 4-speaker stereo with a CD player and an auxiliary audio input jack, 60/40 split-folding rear seat, and low-rolling resistance tires mounted to 15-inch steel wheels with plastic wheel covers. A 5-speed manual transmission is the only choice for the Versa Note S.

A continuously variable transmission (CVT) is standard for the Versa Note S Plus, which is also equipped with cruise control and active grille shutters to improve fuel economy.

The Versa Note SV comes standard with Bluetooth connectivity, power windows, power door locks with remote keyless entry, height-adjustable driver's seat, front center armrest, leather-wrapped steering wheel, and improved interior materials.

Options and Packages
The Versa Note S and Versa Note S Plus can be optioned with 15-inch aluminum wheels, rear roof spoiler, chrome exterior trim, splash guards, and a rear bumper protector. Interior upgrades include floor and cargo mats, cargo cover, auto-dimming rearview mirror with a compass, universal garage door opener, ambient cabin lighting, and illuminated doorsill kick plates.

Wheat Stone cloth is available for the Versa Note SV, and, in addition to many of the options listed above, the SV trim level is offered with a choice between a Convenience package and an SL package.

The Convenience package adds a rear-seat center armrest with cupholders, Divide-N-Hide adjustable cargo floor, and an upgraded audio system with a 4.3-inch display, reversing camera, USB port, satellite radio, and MP3/WMA playback capability. The SL package includes these features plus Nissan Intelligent Key passive entry with push-button ignition, heated front seats, variable intermittent wipers, fog lights, and 16-inch aluminum wheels.

The SL Tech package can be added to the Convenience package or the SL package. It includes an AroundView monitoring system and a NissanConnect infotainment system with a 5.8-inch touch-screen display, navigation, real-time traffic and weather, voice-recognition capability, hands-free text messaging assistant, Pandora Internet radio, Bluetooth streaming audio, heated exterior mirrors, and an Easy Fill Tire Alert system.

Under the Hood
A 109-horsepower, 1.6-liter 4-cylinder engine is standard for all trim levels of the 2014 Versa Note, paired with a 5-speed manual gearbox in the base S trim level or a CVT in the S Plus and SV trims. This 2,412-pound car is front-wheel drive.

Fuel Economy
The 2014 Versa Note S is rated to get 27 mpg in the city, 36 mpg on the highway, and 30 mpg in combined driving. Choose the S Plus or the SV, which have the CVT, and fuel-economy ratings improve to 31 mpg in the city, 40 mpg on the highway, and 35 mpg in combined driving.

Safety Ratings and Technology
As this overview is written, neither the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) nor the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has performed crash tests on the 2014 Versa Note.

Safety-related options include a reversing camera, AroundView monitoring system, hands-free text messaging system, and an Easy Fill Tire Alert system that makes it easier to maintain proper tire pressures. All are offered exclusively on the Versa Note SV.

The New Redesigned 2014 Rogue

2014 Nissan Rogue

Driver assistance and 360 degrees of cameras

Most of Nissan’s driver assistance technology, other than forward collision warning, is handled by a single rear-facing camera. The camera provides blind spot detection, lane departure warning, and the rear view while backing. Forward collision warning meanwhile is handled by a radar sensor in the front grille. The Around View monitor system and moving object detection uses the rear camera plus three others: one in front and one in each side view mirrors.

The backup camera comes standard on all Rogue trim lines. Also standard are a single 10W USB jack (enough power to charge tablets as well as phones), Bluetooth, the new NissanConnect smartphone integration (more below), a 5-inch center stack display, and a vertical 5-inch color multi-information display (MID) in the instrument cluster.

NissanConnect links smartphone apps to your car

Nissan is the latest automaker with a smartphone-to-car apps link, NissanConnect. It’s standard on all Rogue models and since there’s at least a 5-inch color LCD in every one, it’s rather useful (not to mention that NissanConnect works with both iOS and Android). Nissan already has the usual suspects among apps: Pandora, Google search, Facebook and texting, with more coming within a couple months.


Want Facebook and texting, in the car? Nissan makes it less risky and less useful. If a text comes in, it’s read aloud. To reply, you pick from canned responses. Only when the car is moving at 5 mph or less does the text show up on the center stack LCD. Same thing for Facebook. The news feed can be read aloud; you don’t visually scroll through hundreds of messages and click to see ones you like.
Moving object detection was neat. If there’s a child or pet moving around near the car, often too short to be seen, the movement is picked up by the four AroundView cameras and the driver gets an audible alert and a highlighted overlay on the center stack display. There is no such alert when backing; you have to rely exclusively on the rear camera view in the center display.
The 5-inch multi-information display is quite useful. The MID is big, it’s bright, and if you dedicate the center stack display to, say, music, this instrument panel display can be your navigation display or phonebook.

The second row is pretty comfortable. Nissan’s quick-fold (EZ Flex) middle seats make it easier to access the rear cargo area or the kids-only third row of seats. A set of Divide ’n’ Hide partitions in the cargo area lets you raise or lower the cargo floor, have a storage area under the main floor for wet/dirty items, or partition items so they don’t fall over when driving.

Nissan rates the Rogue at 28 mpg for both front-drive and all-wheel-drive models, as high as 33 mpg on the highway. That’s a big jump from the previous Rogue and, narrowly, the best in its class.
Want to know more?  Go to http://www.nissanusa.com/ Or you could always come into our Showroom and see it for yourself.

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