Android Auto, Apple CarPlay Among 2019 Nissan Versa Offerings
If you passed Go and collected rent off Boardwalk in the same round, you’d have the cash to pay Nissan’s price hike on the 2019 Versa sedan. (In Monopoly money, anyway — which, barring a set like this, isn’t real.) The automaker’s entry-level sedan was the cheapest new car in America for the 2018 model year, and its $250 price bump for 2019 means it will likely retain that title for a year to come. With Apple CarPlay and Android Auto now available for 2019, it brings competitive multimedia systems to the fore.
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The price bump brings the 2019 Versa sedan to $13,255 including an $895 destination charge — a price that gets you a stick-shift Versa S with a curious mix of current technology and budget-car trappings. These include a 7-inch touchscreen with Bluetooth phone and audio streaming, a USB port and a backup camera — the latter now required — but crank windows, manual door locks and no center adjustment. The Versa S Plus and Versa SV, which both get a continuously variable automatic transmission, start at $15,395 and $16,885, respectively. Those prices are up $50 apiece versus the 2018.5 Versa sedan, a midyear update that added the touchscreen but neither smartphone integration.
As with the 2018.5, the 2019 Versa S Plus adds cruise control, but you have to get the SV for conveniences like power windows and door locks, remote keyless entry, a center armrest and height-adjustable driver’s seat. Atop the SV, the Versa sedan’s sole factory option — an SV Special Edition Package — adds Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, 15-inch aluminum-alloy wheels, foglights, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and keyless access with push-button start. It’s another $800 versus $500 for the package last year, but it adds the smartphone integrations and keyless access, both previously unavailable. As such, the Versa sedan tops out with factory options at $17,685.
The 2019 Versa sedan is on sale now. Nissan has yet to release details for 2019 on the related Nissan Versa Note hatchback; the 2018.5 Versa Note starts at $16,495.
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