Americans are unclear about what Nissan has to offer, so ads will shift

Nissan as a MFR should've taken Toyota route: Separate Infiniti from Nissan.

Isn't that what they did?

I don't understand your comment, do you mean they shouldn't have separated them?

Separate into 2 (almost) independent companies, with revised product positioning rather than simply rebadging Nissan as Infiniti. For christ's sake, the latter's has been suffering from weird Japanese styling(such as M & QX), and not so premium outfitting due to part of Nissan family.

@din

I think you should visit both Nissan & Inifinit's sites to see just how the two styles diverge. Especially look at the Armada & new QX. They are now totally different. I would say the two brands are clearly different.

But I'm sure Nissan's small cars have been confused with offerings from Honda, Hyundai, & Kia.

As far as the Nissan trucks and the Exterra, I like them, Although nothing stands out, the Frontier is out done by the H-3T Alpha by a long shot, the Titan is out done by the regular F-150 and the Raptor blows it away, and the Exterra is again out done by the H-3 and the Jeep Rubicon or all the other models, Japan just doesn't get it any more, the FJ and the Nissan Patrol used to be a force to be reckoned with, not anymore, as far as the cars, I'd take a Hyundai or a Ford with the direct injection motor, although I like Nissan more than Toyota, there cars are getting better, just not as good as the rest.

You actually wrote that a Hummer H3 is better than something...what is wrong with you

33-35 inch tires stock, two selectable locking diffs and more suspension flex than all of the competition, although the Rubicon is a little better other than the small tires that they come with. I am talking off road here, not how well it drives down the road in comfort.

I love the Nissan 370Z, of course the GT-R, and the Infinity G37 coupe to name a few.

"Americans are unclear about what Nissan has to offer" - Fugly is what they have to offer. That's their problem.

@ Patronus: I reboosted you for that. I agree 100%. Americans know exactly what they have on offer and have by and large rejected the Nissan reality, and rightly substituted it for their own.

Nissan makes far better cars than Toyota I cant see why they are not number one instead.

Uaw_lax. It's because of the product introduced to the USA. They need something special.

i wish the maxima got rid of that seamless shifting gimmick garbage...its advertised as a sports sedan but drives like crap..