 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I'm Gold Pony on the new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the new 2021 Nissan Versa courtesy of Hanover Nissan and Hanover PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so if you value your money, let me tell you guys, this one starts at a price of under $15,000. And I'll get to the pricing in a second here, but that also includes, of course, the new car warranty being three year, 36,000 mile bumper to bumper, five year, 60,000 mile of powertrains. It's one of those deals almost, do you want a used vehicle with no warranty or do you want a new vehicle with a warranty starting at under $15,000? But anyways, in this video, I will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking to steering wheel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all of that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so there will be three different trim levels for the new 2021 Versa. First one being the S starting at $14,980. SV for $17,790. And lastly, the one we have today, being the SR starting at $18,390. But regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant on the Versa is going to be the same. Powering this little beast is a 1.6 liter naturally aspirated inline-force cylinder, putting out 122 horsepower at 6,300 RPM, 114 pound-feet of torque coming in at 4,000 RPM, power sent to the front wheels through your choice of either a five-speed manual, which does come standard on the S. That is going to be that trim level below $15,000 or a CVT, which you can get on the S trim level, but it comes standard on the other two trim levels. But all in all, zero to 60 comes in at approximately 9.7 seconds, which we're going to test out in a little bit, but on paper, that of course ain't all that quick, but MPG numbers coming in at 27 in the city, 35 on the highway, taking regular, unleaded fuel. But so then before we do that acceleration test, I did want to mention something to you guys. There is actually a sport mode on the Versa, and that button is actually hidden just underneath the shift knob there. It's going to be a horizontal line, so you can't even see it from the driving position. It is that hidden, but it is there. So that's why I have to mention it because it is hidden. But anyways, that of course is going to adjust things like the throttle response and the shift point. So having now got that out of the way, what do you say? Let's go ahead and hit that button, and it did immediately downshift for me. So it is going to hold the RPMs at a much higher level, giving me more power on demand. And now that is done. Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put this thing into the test and let's see how quickly we can get up to speed. All right, I think this is going to be a straightaway. Here we go. Well, you can hear it, but yeah, it's definitely not the quickest thing in the world. And honestly, if you did want a little bit quicker, the Centra's price range isn't that far off. You could always try that. That's the car I just got done driving. And that is noticeably quicker, of course, than the Versa here. But yeah, it's not the quickest thing in the world. I'll just put it that way. But to go along with that acceleration, as always, braking is equally important. So upfront, you will find 10 inch ventilated front discs in the back, eight inch solid rear drum brakes, which by the way do come standard for every single trim level. But that does give this one a 60 to zero stopping distance of 124 feet, which is plenty respectable still. That's pretty average, I would say, for sedans of all sizes really. So it's not that bad. As far as braking feel goes, it's not that bad. Not as nice as the Centra I recently got done driving, but it's certainly not bad at all. So no issues with the braking. Touching on suspension and handling up front, you're going to get an independent strut type front suspension in the back. Torsen beam rear axle, front and rear stabilizer bars as well. As far as ride quality goes, as I am hitting probably the most bumpy road in Hanover right now, it's not bad. I will say you can definitely feel more of the road than I did in my test drive of the Centra. I literally just got done driving. So I will say that as far as steering feel goes, it's pretty much as expected, not the heaviest steering feel in the world, but I would say it's definitely more on the loosey-goosey side. We'll just put it that way. So wouldn't mind it a heavier steering feel in the Versa, but as far as cabin noise goes, it's okay. It's not that bad. I've definitely heard worse. I will say if you were to go with like a Kia Rio or a Hyundai Accent, you got more cabin noise in those as opposed to here in the Versa. So I do commend Nissan for that. You're not going to, of course, get the most serene cabin in subcompact cars like this one, but having said that, it's not bad. I will say that, but anyways, touching them on visibility, I can see perfectly fine out the back. Absolutely no issues there whatsoever thanks to the shape of this one, but that about rounds out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2021 Nissan Versa. All right, so here she is, you guys, finished in electric blue, in case anybody was curious of the exterior color name we had on this one here. So let me go ahead and start up front. Chrome V motion front grille is going to come at the S and SV trim levels. However, that will get switched up to a dark chrome V motion front grille, which is currently what you guys are looking at, of course, for the SR trim level, in case anybody was curious. But then to the sides, halogen projector headlights coming with the S and SV trims, automatic feature, of course, coming with that as well, meaning when it starts to get dark at night, those headlights will turn on automatically for you there. LED daytime running lights also coming standard with that. But then if you jump up to the SR that we have today, you're actually going to get LED headlights, which is pretty darn cool. It's going to give you extra illumination at night, of course, with LED signature lighting to go along with that. And just below it all fog lights, you guys can see at the bottom portion of that front bumper then as well, which is pretty darn cool. It's an awesome look, I got to say. But anyways, that about rounds out the front. Let's go ahead and make our way to the side of the Versa here. And so now since we are around to this side of this one, black windows surrounds do come standard. Power adjustable side mirrors do come standard for all trim levels. If you go with the S or SR trims, you're going to get gloss black finish to those side mirrors. That of course is what you guys are looking at right now. Body color trim finish, however, is going to come with the SV trim level then. Also, heated side mirrors with LED integrated turd signals, if you were to go with the SV or SR. Black door handles with the S, otherwise you're going to get body color door handles with the SV and SR, of course. Then take a look down at the wheel configuration, 15 inch steel wheels with covers for the S trim level, 16 inch aluminum alloys for the SV and 17 inch aluminum alloys then for the SR. And that of course is what you guys are looking at right now. One more thing I wanted to mention, you guys can see there is a floating roof line finished in gloss black towards the back of this one then as well. But now speaking of, let's go ahead and make our way to the back of this one. And so but now since we are around to the back body colored shark fin antenna all the way to the top, just below that rear spoiler is going to come with the SR trim level. Of course you're going to get some trim level badging back there as well. Just below it all body color rear diffuser for our SR trim. It looks so dang good underneath there, but we'll say single exhaust outlet tucked away for all trim levels across the board. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. As always here is that exhaust clip. It's been out since we are around back of the verse. So when it comes to opening the rear trunk there are a couple of different ways to go ahead and do that. There is a button on the key fob that is one way, but there is also then a button on the trunk itself that of course is the other way. But once opened up cargo capacity is actually going to differ, believe it or not amongst the trim levels. S trim is going to give you 14.7 cubic feet. And then if we were to go with the SV or SR it's going to bump that up to 15 cubic feet even. So not a huge difference, but a slight difference. So I did want to mention that, but that was not enough space. Of course there is a 60 40 split, meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it. And of course found in that cargo area as well you do have some cargo lighting back there. And if you lift up the cargo floor you will find a spare tire as opposed to the fix of flat in case anybody was curious of that. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the rear leg room. So you can imagine with this being a subcompact this is going to be not the best rear leg room. It comes in at 31 inches even for reference. I'm an even six feet tall. This is actually me sitting behind my own driving position. So although it's not the best rear leg room I do like that there's some give on the back portion of the front seats. So if you have a slightly taller guy like myself you can push your knees into the back of those front seats as opposed to the plastic backs that will not allow you to do that of course. So I did like that. Anyways, no rear center armrest with cup holders but to my surprise dual USB charging ports. I love that. So if you have two kids back there both of them can charge up their tablets. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the front seats. Manually adjustable cloth seating coming with all trim levels across the board. Premium cloth coming with the SV sport cloth then coming with the SR with some orange accents of course. That's what you guys are looking at. And as I want to mention there are optional heated front seats for the SR. We actually do have that option there today. So that is pretty darn cool. I'm enjoying these heated seats on this 47 degree day in spring here in PA. But anyway, seating was pretty comfortable not as comfortable as the Sentra but pretty comfortable, I will say that. But then taking a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped only for the SR trim level in case you were curious. Then making our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. All of your buttons are located on one side of the key. Nissan logo at the top of course in case anybody was curious what that circular button is. That is going to be your remote start which only comes standard on the SR that we have today. So that's going to allow you to warm this thing up before actually getting inside on super cold days in Pennsylvania kind of like today. Anyways, push button start also only coming for the SR trim level. So all I'm going to do is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button located just in front of the shifter there. And so when it comes to the gauges this is quite a unique gauge cluster. You do have your speedometer and analog form all the way to your right but then the full left portion of the gauges it's all digital, which I kind of like wish it would have been all digital but anyway still this isn't that bad. Outside temperature you could check out up there how many miles you have left into hit empty to control what is on that digital portion by the way. There are steering wheel mounting controls found on the left side of the steering wheel in case anybody was curious about that. You can choose to display a digital speedometer up there if you wanted to there's some safety information you can actually choose to display a tachometer up there in digital form which I personally would leave it on. I think that looks pretty darn cool. A right in the middle of that is how many miles you have left until you hit empty which I also love. So that is what I am actually going to leave it on. I like that. But anyway, so now go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality. Automatic climate control is going to be optional for the SR trim level only yet another option that we do have here today. But essentially what that means is you just set the temperature that you want it to be at and it's automatically going to find that temperature for you but otherwise it's going to be your traditional climate control system. It's pretty easy to use but overall I don't mind the interior quality that we have here today. I like the orange stitching it's different. I like different just above the passenger side glove box you have this soft feel with this orange contrast stitching which I absolutely love that I will say that. You do have some hard material found on the doors but other than that for the price point that's really all I can knock it for. Just in front of the shifter you have a decent amount of storage. They're a 12 volt power outlet USB charging port and an auxiliary port. Just behind the shifter you have your dual cup holders and within the center arm rest by the way there's a little button on the top of it to open it up but anyways within the center arm rest probably one of the smaller amounts of storage you can find but I do like the little coin holders just in front of that little bit of storage although everything's going digital these days anyways. Anyways I did want to mention it's pretty cool that there are coin holders there but now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen. Seven inch colored touch screen display does come standard across the board. Bluetooth and audio streaming coming with that. Android Auto Apple CarPlay for the SV and SR trim levels only. So I did want to mention that. Radio information of course you could check out up there as well and by the way when it comes to the sound systems for the S and SV trims you're going to get four speakers for the SR then you're going to get six speakers. So having said that that is the sound system that we have today. So what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one. I gotta be honest the bass was kind of pretty darn good for a six speaker sound system. That was not that bad. I kind of liked it, I gotta admit but anyways there are of course better sound systems out there but that one wasn't that but last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put this one in reverse you will of course find a rear view camera coming standard across the board taking up the entire screen letting you know who or what is behind you which is always is going to lead us into safety and so front side side current airbags do come standard driver and passenger near bags as well. You don't always get that. In the back you're going to have latch AKA lower anchors and tethers for your children for the rear car seats for your child door locks tire pressure monitoring system but actually Nissan does a pretty darn good job at putting a bunch of advanced safety features coming standard on this one. Even for the bottom term level you get forward collision warning automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection lane departure warning high beam assist I love that feature reverse automatic braking then as well and if you were to go with the SV or SR that is going to add to that blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert and a driver attention monitoring system then as well and so overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Versa great starting price point how many cars these days you guys see starting at under $15,000 none maybe the Mitsubishi Mirage I don't know but still that is an incredible price point these days great standard safety high beam assist rarely comes standard on most vehicles out there so I love that it's standard here on the Versa pretty good exterior styling and got a mince definitely not too bad looking for the segment as far as the room for improvement goes this is potentially the slowest vehicle I've driven all year so definitely not the quickest thing and again if you want it quicker the Sentra isn't that much more expensive and it is pretty substantially quicker so I will say that and also would have liked to have seen Android Auto Apple CarPlay on the base trim level as well so definitely helps out with navigation purposes at least if you have a smartphone having that displayed on that infotainment screen but all in all in the end I would say my top three for this segment would have to be the Hyundai Accent Kia Rio and the Nissan Sentra this one is going to be quieter the other ones are going to have better warranty so kind of just drive them all it's ultimately going to come down to personal preference but that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there if you wanted to see what's coming next on the channel before it actually gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold