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Are you willing to argue with your friendly neighborhood Nissan dealer over the right to get yourself a Leaf? You might have to. Anyone who has gone through the Leaf reservation process this past week noticed a few screens that weren’t exactly germane to determine which model – SL or SV trim – one was ordering. How far do you drive a day?, for example. Answers to these questions were not used to weed out potential buyers just yet, that might be a job for Nissan dealers.
Carlos Tavares, Nissan’s chairman of the Americas, told Automotive News:
We may tell the customer, ‘Look, you’d be better off buying an Altima or a Sentra because your driving patterns are not ideal for this car. … We want to be transparent. It is fundamental for us to tell the customer what the car can deliver.
That’s a good strategy to take, given the fair bit of confusion that still – yes, still – exists about plug-in vehicles. If someone comes into the dealership with unrealistic expectations about what the Leaf can do, it’s better to lose a sale or three to prevent a lot of customer anger.
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[Source: Automotive News – sub. req.]