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Old 08-23-2010, 03:25 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
The Leaf's wheelbase is ~4" longer than the Versa, and the battery pack sits in the floor pan, so they have completely different underpinnings. The Leaf is also ~3" wider overall.
The Nissan rep when I had my drive in the prototype told me that the Versa-based prototype had been stretched, so it's entirely possible the Leaf is based on a stretched Versa platform.
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