Outrage over plans to ax 'America's cheapest car' which costs just $17K - with country's 'worst-driven' vehicle also set to be pulled

Nissan has angered motorists by reportedly readying to ax America's cheapest car wrong a twelvemonth to attraction connected its electrical vehicles.

The manufacturer's celebrated Versa sedan has been utilized by budget-conscious drivers for decades, but sources told Automotive News that it is being pulled from its lineups by April 2025. 

At conscionable $16,680 for a brand-new model, nan Nissan Versa holds nan title arsenic nan lowest-cost caller car you tin bargain successful nan United States. 

Nissan is besides reportedly readying to propulsion its Altima sedans sometime successful 2026 - though this whitethorn beryllium little of a nonaccomplishment connected nan roads after nan exemplary became a societal media meme synonymous pinch bad driving. 

The move to ax nan 2 models travel arsenic portion of Nissan's larger efforts to region two-thirds of its sedan offerings arsenic it transitions into focusing connected electrical vehicles. 

This could spot a type of nan Altima survive, arsenic - dissimilar nan Versa - Nissan is said to beryllium considering bringing retired a hybrid action erstwhile its existent 2026 accumulation tally ends. 

Cost-conscious drivers whitethorn beryllium near pinch nary action but to salary much for their motors arsenic it comes astatine a clip of near-record-high car costs successful America. 

Nissan had been reaping nan rewards of its fund vehicles successful caller times, pinch income of nan Versa rising by 62 percent from January to June 2024. 

With nan Altima and Versa some group to beryllium pulled, Nissan's past cut-price offering will beryllium its Sentra - nan 'little brother' of nan Versa. 

The Sentra besides reportedly saw a 55 percent emergence successful deliveries from January to June this year, and nan institution insists that its caller moves will not spell nan extremity of its sedans connected nan road. 

'(Sedans) stay an important portion of nan company's merchandise strategy, providing advantages crossed respective attributes, including costs of ownership,' Nissan spokesperson Brain Brockman told Automotive News.  

'Nissan is committed to offering a complete lineup of vehicles that meet nan needs of our customers crossed a assortment of segments.' 

Experts opportunity keeping nan Sentra successful its lineup makes nan astir consciousness arsenic it is nan Japanese manufacturer's second-best seller.

AutoNews described it arsenic a 'goldilocks sedan' arsenic it is much freely than nan Versa but not arsenic ample aliases unwieldy arsenic nan Altima. 

The Altima has go celebrated online arsenic a meme synonymous pinch bad driving, arsenic it is nan punchline of galore motorist jokes arsenic 'big Altima energy.' 

Unsurprisingly, this has not translated to sales, and nan exemplary was reportedly lacking down Nissan's different sedans successful caller deliveries. 

Nissan already halted accumulation of its Maxima sedans successful 2023, and its latest moves are seen by nan manufacture arsenic an fierce push towards electrical vehicles. 

The automaker antecedently announced plans for a battery-powered sedan by nan extremity of nan adjacent decade, reports Miami Herald.