Nissan Philippines has expanded the availability of NissanConnect Services (NCS), its brand of in-car connectivity and telematics, to more variants of the Almera starting this August.
As a refresher, NissanConnect Services allows users to view the status and control certain aspects of a Nissan vehicle using a smartphone (watch how it works). Among its key features include:
- Automatic Collision Notification
- SOS Emergency Call Button
- My Car Finder
- Remote Engine Start/Stop
- Remote Lock/Unlock
- Remote Horn and Lights
- Driving and Journey History
- Vehicle Health Report
- Maintenance Alert and Reminder
- Speed Alert
- Zone Alert
- Curfew Alert
- Theft Alert
This means a slight price adjustment across the Almera range effective today:
- Almera 1.0 EL Turbo MT – P 845,000 (from P 839,000)
- Almera 1.0 VE Turbo CVT w/ NCS – P 1,085,000 (from P 1,059,000)
- Almera 1.0 VL Turbo CVT w/ NCS – P 1,155,000 (from P 1,149,000)
Although the VE Turbo now gets NissanConnect Services, only the VL Turbo continues to have the extended 5-year warranty.
Also, this month marks the return of the Almera N-Sport variant, now known as the Almera VL 1.0 Sport. Priced at P 1,195,000 (a P 40,000 premium over the VL), this one takes over as the Almera’s top-of-the-line variant.
Also, this month marks the return of the Almera N-Sport variant, now known as the Almera VL 1.0 Sport. Priced at P 1,195,000 (a P 40,000 premium over the VL), this one takes over as the Almera’s top-of-the-line variant.
The Almera VL 1.0 Sport is an appearance package gifting the sub-compact sedan a wrap-around body kit with a front air dam, side skirt, and rear air dam. It also adds a rear spoiler to the mix too. Inside, the interior swaps out the blue dashboard highlight to black, while also adding red stitching that extend to the seats. Sport pedals complete the changes.
The Almera is although old in terms of technology, it is still better off to collect them especially given the recent headlines that Mitsubishi has been already committed to join Nissan's partnership with Honda, as the Almera is not even offered as a hatchback too but if that Honda-Nissan-Mitsubishi partnership were already existing then the Almera may change too... (Since the Almera is also lagging behind the Honda City in markets where they are competing with each other like Thailand and as well as Philippines.)
ReplyDeletePrice of the Nissan Almera VE and VL are meant to directly compete with the Honda City V and RS which is ridiculous
ReplyDeleteNissan Almera should be one of the volume sellers of Nissan in the Philippines but sadly its prices and specs aren't competitive enough