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Originally Posted by xrystl
The Altima was a dead duck in Australia from the word go , a new player in a dying market was a pretty dumb move proved by the complete lack of sales (did the public actually buy them as I have only seen them as rentals) , Is there a real following for Nissan in Australia ? other than the GTR and Navara/Pathfinder nothing else seems to sell , even the Patrol is down to 10% of Landcruiser sales , perhaps Mazda or Hyundai would be a good fit for Kelly Racing if they could convince them to throw their hat into the ring , they managed to entice Nissan so probably worth a go.
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Im not disagreeing with you
But the altima is one of the best selling cars in the USA and a natural competitor to the Camry, which is still one of Australias best selling, non ute, vehicles.
It sold ok for the first year or so as well, 1800 sales, but as you said, dying market