Just busting on ya' Mike! I'm pretty sure the Crosstrek - even at the end of it's model run, and down a cog in the M/T - will be more than competitive with this Nissan. I'd love to see Nissan hit one out of the park here, but I'm going to predict that:
a) the N/A 2.0L will be severely underpowered - probably weighs at least as much as the Crosstrek, but output won't be any higher, and
b) the M/T will only be available as a loss-leader ad special.
Jeep's new Compass, OTOH, I think has more potential. IF the quality/reliability is actually decent, for once...
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