A great family car (Nissan Primera (1996-99))

Member Name: wad123

Product:	Nissan Primera (1996-99)
Date:	04/11/00 (378 review reads)
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Advantages: good quality

Disadvantages: drop in price?

Nissan

I can remember my Dad’s K Reg Nissan Primera it was a 16LX hatchback. It was a really nice family car but also was good to take to work.
It was very economical being a 1.6 litre engine and you could do plenty of miles to the gallon. It was spacious inside and was suitable for kids in the back. It had a big boot for the shopping.

Insurance was cheap and running it was affordable. It wasn’t a good looker, when we bought ours it hadn’t done that many miles so it was excellent condition. I think it was a Japanese car and therefore the parts were fairly cheap in comparison to other cars.

We bought it for £4,000 which was a good price about five years or go. However, this year when it came to selling it we sold it for a mere £1500 what a bargain. It had done 96,000 miles but still was in good conditions, the odd minor scratch, but no rust. So my advice is sell after a year otherwise you lose out. Nissans generally don’t hold their value, so if you by one expect a drop (according to the dealer).

I think the Nissan Primera are excellent family cars and good for work. A good dashboard inside and the reliability you expect from Nissan cars.
Worth buying the new models which have come out, you certainly get you’re tuppence worth I know we did.

I can’t remember it going wrong that often either as long as you have it serviced regularly it should be ok.

My marks for the Nissan Primera:

LOOKS 6/10

AFFORDIBITLY 8/10

INSURANCE 9/10

OVERALL 8/10

People most suited to the Nissan Primera would be in 30-50 category, apologies to younger people who have one.

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