According to Automotive News (paywalled), the $17,190 base-model Nissan Versa S — the last U.S.-market production car with a five-speed manual — is ending production. A Nissan spokesperson told Auto News that the company is “trimming the fat” to focus on models with the strongest business performance — and the manual Versa S didn’t make the cut. The Drive reports: Looks like Nissan is trying to create as much savings as possible to handle the 25% tariff on cars imported from Mexico. […] When you go to Nissan’s site and check out the Versa, the first thing you see under its name is “Get the Nissan you want free from new tariffs.” So if Nissan is going to eat the additional tariff cost for customers, it can’t be manufacturing cars that won’t sell well. And manuals reportedly only accounted for 5% of Versa sales in 2024.
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