Nissan Is Killing The Cheapest Car In The USA – Report

Nissan has ended production of the lowest priced vehicle sold in the U.S., Automotive News reports.

The Mexican-made 2025 Nissan Versa currently has a starting price of $18,330, which makes it the only vehicle that costs less than $20,000.

It’s also the last car equipped with a five-speed manual transmission. The base price for a Versa with a automatic transmission is $20,130.

Nissan delivered just 19,130 of the subcompact sedans through the first quarter of 2025, while the compact Sentra that is also built in Mexico racked up 54,536 sales.

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Automotive News haas reported that Nissan is looking to move Sentra production to the U.S. due to the Trump administration’s new tariffs on imported vehicles. Sentra pricing starts at $22,730 today and includes a standard automatic transmission. Nissan has not yet made any tariff-related adjustments to its MSRPs.

Nissan has confirmed that production of the five-speed Versa S has ended, but has not commented on the Sentra manufacturing report.

The lowest-priced U.S.-Built vehicle for 2025 is the Toyota Corolla, which is made in Mississippi and starts at $24,640, while the Kentucky-built Ford Escape is the lowest-priced model built domestically by a U.S. brand and starts at $30,645.