Comments on: Nissan will offer U.S. clean-diesel Maxima in manual only http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/06/16/nissan-will-offer-us-clean-diesel-maxima-in-manual-only/ Breaking Auto News, Car Reviews, Live Auto Show Coverage Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:31:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: justmatt http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/06/16/nissan-will-offer-us-clean-diesel-maxima-in-manual-only/comment-page-1/#comment-614373 justmatt Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:41:57 +0000 http://www.egmcartech.com/?p=21980#comment-614373 I like manuals, but Nissan needs to worry about those headlights turning off customers and not automatic transmissions. I like manuals, but Nissan needs to worry about those headlights turning off customers and not automatic transmissions.

]]> By: lonesome_coder http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/06/16/nissan-will-offer-us-clean-diesel-maxima-in-manual-only/comment-page-1/#comment-614374 lonesome_coder Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:21:32 +0000 http://www.egmcartech.com/?p=21980#comment-614374 From the article:<br><br>Why only manual? Well the new M9R diesel that Nissan announced last week gets its extra power from a turbocharger. According to Yo Usuba, senior vice president in charge of powertrains, Nissan feels that the lag between stepping on the accelerator and feeling the turbo kick-in for on a diesel may turn away buyers.<br><br><br><br>They also thought the same thing about the xtronic CVT, so they only slapped it on the new (at the time) Murano.<br><br>Sometimes you guess wrong... From the article:

Why only manual? Well the new M9R diesel that Nissan announced last week gets its extra power from a turbocharger. According to Yo Usuba, senior vice president in charge of powertrains, Nissan feels that the lag between stepping on the accelerator and feeling the turbo kick-in for on a diesel may turn away buyers.

They also thought the same thing about the xtronic CVT, so they only slapped it on the new (at the time) Murano.

Sometimes you guess wrong…

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