Considering the Kizashi

PlatinumGTS · Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:38 am

I'm not a fan of auto transmissions period. Most all of my cars have been sticks. I wanted AWD though so I had no options.

My parents have a Caliber R/T AWD so they have the same cvt. I never liked that combination in their car, maybe it was really the engine. The Kizashi is not bad with the cvt but I dislike how quickly it drops to a low rpm. The Sentra I rented didn't do that and felt much smoother to me. The car was comfortable but is crap compared to the Kizashi.

If you could get the AWD with a stick that's what I would have in a minute.

hocaspocas · Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:13 am

I had a 2009 Altima which was traded in for my wife's minivan. The Altima was roomy and comfortable drive, one of my best cars. Now I drive the kizashi every day to work and believe me the difference between Altima and Kizashi is huge after you have driven both for quite sometime. During a raining day you will notice the great sound insulation on the kizashi. Not sure about the 2011 Altima options hopefully they are comparable to the Kizashi. Also if you compare pricing you will not get an Altima for the same price as a Kizashi with the same bells and wistles. I paid $14,980 for a base model S. Manual transmittion. The dealer gave me for free a lifetime warranty for the powertrain through a third party called fidelity warranties and insurances. I careless about this warranty, not sure i will still driving this care beyond 7/100,000 but anything for free makes the deal better than any Nissan can offer on an Altima

rocket_man · Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:50 pm

@hocas, can you post your signed contract showing you went out the door at 14,800?
where do you live to get a deal like that?

Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:09 pm

That is impressive...

jute2003 · Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:49 pm

Ray Suzuki in Northeast Illinois has sales in the fall on S model kizashis. The price is normally like 14995. Thats not including tax title etc etc etc but I doubt his price was including that either.

rocket_man · Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:27 pm

i saw several SX4 Sports that were 18k sticker, just curious where these 15000
dollar Kazashi "deals" are. nobody seems able to post any contract showing such purchase. In my area it was a trick to even get a manual trans, it was take that one cause we dont have another kinda deal.

rocket_man · Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:30 pm

just checked out Ray Suzuki in illinois website and all I saw were 23k+ deals, 1 loaded Kizashi was 28k+.

were are these 15000 dollar Kizashi's you saw ???

jute2003 · Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:10 pm

http://www.raysuzuki.com/specials/ads/

They don't list the S models on their inventory lists for whatever reason. Currently the sale is for 15995. Last fall they had them for sale at 14995. I know this to be true because I went and looked at Grand Vitara's and Equators at that time which were also listed at 14995. They are the most very basic of base models but they are there.

rocket_man · Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:13 pm

http://www.raysuzuki.com/vehicle/specs/ ... 12C6100015

Iam showing Ray has 5 Kizashi's, and there isnt one under 19,500 , so i dont know what you are looking at ?

jute2003 · Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:34 pm

Does my link not work? go to the New inventory drop down menu and click on Current Ad. The vehicles I'm talking about aren't listed on their inventory page.