Consumers Digest called it "...spacious and well appointed," when they selected the 2009 Versa as a winner of their Automotive Best Buy Award in the Small Car category. Finding this small car exceptional in a lot of ways, Consumers Digest noted Versa’s abundant interior space and quality, plus a powerful yet efficient engine getting up to 33 mpg on the highway. [1]

In the annual Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVA), owners rate their new 2008 model year cars and trucks by how closely they come to their ideal, as measured by 15 key vehicle attributes. The cars or trucks that owners would change the least are the most ideal. Along with the overall Economy Car segment award, Versa owners found their vehicle to have Ideal Passenger Room, Ideal Visibility, Ideal Ride, Ideal Handling, Ideal Wheels/Tires and Ideal Ease of Getting in and Out. [2]

Versa received the highest possible ratings in the front-, side-, and rear-impact evaluations performed by the IIHS. [3]

The Versa Hatchback gives you a class-leading 122 horsepower and 94.7 cubic feet of interior passenger space (94.3 cubic feet in Sedan). [4]

In addition to ranking in the top half of the 10 cars with lowest ownership costs, ForbesAutos.com noted Versa’s flexibility and roominess. [5]