The Sylphy's better half

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The new Nissan Pulsar seems to make a better visual statement for young drivers than its saloon sibling

Published: 25 Feb 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Life

Nissan has finally buried the Tiida nameplate for good in Thailand. After renaming its new-generation saloon the Sylphy, the Japanese car-maker did the same by calling the hatchback variant the Pulsar.

However, Nissan is keen to point out that the Sylphy and Pulsar are now true C-segment contenders, unlike their Tiida predecessors (the four-door was called the Tiida Latio) that couldn't really identify their standpoint in the Thai car market. Hence, the change of appellation.

While Sylphy is a completely new name for Thais, Pulsar isn't. More than 20 years back, the Pulsar was represented here in the form of a hatchback _ which gives Nissan a good reason to call its newest hatchback the Pulsar.

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tau
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Discussion 2 : 26 Feb 2013 at 07.522
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How about the nismo treatment.....that will be somthing
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Discussion 1 : 25 Feb 2013 at 09.451
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Sylphy....??? sounds like something you don't want to tell the wife you've got!
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