OK, I'll admit it...I have no idea where Nissan is going with their product lineup...Here we have the elimination of the Quest in its current form. '09 will be the last model year for the above looking minivan. Always a polarizing vehicle, its biggest drawback was the center mounted console which has been rejected by the American consumer a number of times now. But its gone now.....just not for long. According to Nissan the Quest will come back as a Japan built vehicle (Quest had been made in Canton, MS) in '11 or '12. My guess is that until Nissan sees some tangible, profitable results from their Leaf and other higher volume models that they are afraid of putting the majority of their eggs in one basket (Altima) and want to try to keep a full line of offerings available. Whether we ever see the "next gen Quest" is a crapshoot. If the Leaf, upcoming Qazana and other models take off I don't think there is any need for the expense of designing a brand new version of something that fit the market 30 years ago and you'll never hear of it again...but, hey, that's just my opinion...
No comments:
Post a Comment