Does Nissan Have What It Takes To Take Down VW's Golf?

Autocar reports:

Nissan has begun a long-term project to produce a VW Golf rival, as part of its plans to enter new sectors of the car market and regain ground once occupied by the Nissan Almera.

Confirming that work on the small family car project was already underway, Nissan’s senior vice president Andy Palmer said the project was motivated by Nissan’s goal of becoming a player in 90 per cent of the world’s markets and increasing its current 3 per cent market share of global car sales. Nissan is currently competing in around 84 per cent of the world's markets...

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freeagent - 4/8/2010 2:47:10 PM

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lots of luck. the golf is so well resolved in terms of design, performance and variety that exceeding those standards will be a great challenge

theoptimisticpessimist - 4/8/2010 2:58:47 PM

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Not with the buck-toothed car in the picture.

carE10 - 4/8/2010 8:57:57 PM

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Why not? Nissan made a V6 car that can romp on a V10 Audi R8!

Agent63 - 4/8/2010 9:23:53 PM

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I don't think so. The GTI has a huge following when it comes to hot-hatches.