Category: Small Family 
Price Range: £10,295 to £14,195
Loads of rear legroom and luggage space, affordable and unpretentious.
Small range to choose from, engines can be noisy.
Like the Renault Modus, only roomier - a very useful family car.
The diesel does an excellent 55.4 mpg, the 1.6 petrol 42.8mpg (40.4mpg with the auto gearbox) and the 1.4 44.8mpg - good returns all round. Carbon dioxide emissions, and hence tax bandings and company car tax liability, are 135 g/km, 171 g/km, 159 g/km and 152 g/km respectively.
Nissan models don't usually hold their value quite as well as cars from more prestigious brands, but its 'niche' products - 4x4s, MPVs, sports cars - return much better residual values than the mainstream hatches. Useful, reliable family cars like this are popular second-hand buyers, so the Note should hold its value fairly well. Servicing and maintenance at Nissan dealers is well priced, and insurance premiums reasonable.
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wrote on 13 09 2008
wrote on 10 10 2007