Nissan Tiida 2011 now an affordable Mexican import
The rightfully-popular Nissan Tiida, which first debuted here as a Japanese-built 2006 model and facelifted in 2009, is now already available as a 2011 model, with a slightly simpler new look, a standard 1.8-litre engine and a lower price. If you’re suspicious, you have a right to be, because it now looks exactly like the Mexican-built American-spec Nissan Versa. And we seem to recall some Nissan bosses here mentioning last year that they’ll import more cars from the United States to reduce costs.
The 2011 Nissan Tiida is available in 5-door hatchback and 4-door sedan body styles, as before. New styling features, as seen on the Versa for the last couple of years, include a different front grille, bumpers and taillights.
For 2011, Nissan is equipping all Tiida models as standard with a 127 hp 1.8-litre 4-cylinder engine. Two transmissions are offered, namely a 6-speed manual and a basic 4-speed automatic.
Most other features carry over for 2011. The Tiida still has an independent MacPherson-strut front and torsion-beam rear suspension, with standard features such as electric power steering and power-assist front disc/rear drum brakes.
The new gauges have been revised with white illumination, while interior illumination has been changed to a reddish-orange. Only a driver’s airbag is standard, with a passenger airbag, side-curtain airbags, ABS, Brake Assist and Electronic Brake Force Distribution all on the options list. The fully-airbagged model has top safety ratings in the U.S. IIHS crash tests.
Nissan Middle East will offer two equipment levels, available on both the hatchback and the sedan, namely the ‘S’ and the ‘SL.’
A 1.8S Tiida sedan offers as standard items such as power steering with tilt adjustment, central door locking, keyless entry, a trip computer with fuel economy read-out and single CD/radio with MP3 auxiliary input.
Moving up the range to a 1.8SL sedan garners cruise control, front fog lamps, power door mirrors and windows, leather wrapped steering wheel and a wood grain interior finish amongst other items. Several optional extra packs can be specified at extra cost such as 16-inch alloy wheels in place of the standard 15-inch steel wheels as well as ABS, EBD, Brake-Assist and side curtain airbags.
A top-spec 1.8SL Tiida hatchback comes standard with cruise control, front fog lamps, power door mirrors and windows, leather-wrapped steering wheel and a wood grain interior finish, 16-inch alloy wheels and a sliding rear seat bench to maximise either rear legroom or increase rear luggage storage space.
Nissan says that the price of the 2011 1.8-litre model will be the same as the 2010 1.6-litre model. UAE prices top out at an affordable Dhs 61,000, whereas previously, the top model was touching almost Dhs 70,000 with less safety features.
For UAE prices and GCC specs, keep track of updates in the Nissan Tiida buyer guide.
Comments
chris
putting the price and safety features aside. will the mexican/usa build be at par with the japan built models?
cheaper with more features, hmm they must have saved the costs somewhere, where i wonder?
Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury
…on the Mexican labour. The real funny bit is that it loses the 2009 facelift and goes back to 2006.
Mosi
The nxt recall wil tel u were the’ve saved money….:D
ROJ
I dunno but its annoying to the fact i had to pay extra on the previous Japanese spec one and the fact the car got de-facelifted to its previous shape..
S2
Well atleast TOYOTA had become NO 1 AUTOMAKER in the world. They had only to manufacture vehicle from the vehicle lines & send it to the poor customers . Well now they are setting the benchmark for making the most number of vehicle recalls…!
Be005
Well reducing the prices will surely increases the sale for Tiida among the company owned vehicles thats for sure….Iguess this price deduction will surely give tough run for corolla…..
BJD
Not too sure about mexican build quality. But I prefer the japanese model because of the better looks. This Mexican Tiida’s design is of the pre-facelift Tiida and it looks quiet bland, if not dated, when put next to the outgoing Tiida design.
Dr. Peter Relle
My Tiida, bought in 2007, is still under guarantee. Due to a “screeming” voice when starting, a V-belt was changed. However, I was informed that this change can be made in guarantee once only. Is this correct? Could you please tell me what should be done after the guarantee will expire? This is a fault of the car and not mine.
Similarly, the rubber insulation of one door is not holding its place and the Nissan dealer’s service station (where I bought the car)hasn’t got the small plastic button that would be needed.
May I have your advice please?
Regards,
peter.relle@t-online.hu
ROJ
Some cars are built in hell and still manage to run reliably… Its a nissan so their quality standard should be maintained to a minimum..
khaled
please advice me i want to buy nissan tiida 2011 i m from egypt and i know that tiida now manufactured in mexican so is that good i m afraid that not manufactured in japan
Naseem
Hello,
i have recently bought Nisaan Tiida2011 (mexicon), i have just driven it 19000 KMs but its running fine , it has poor pick up and poor pulling power on slope it crawls and there are 4 people in the car it cries to move ahead, what can i do to improve the performance ? could anybody please suggest me something ?
arun
is mexican orgin tida and the gcc tida are same
Marouf Hussain
In 2011, all the GCC-spec Tiida were from Mexico.