Whether you’re shopping for versatile SUVs, rugged trucks, or smartly designed cars, Nissan is a name you should know. After all, the brand sells all those kinds of vehicles and more, with many popular choices available in the pre-owned marketplace. And another name you should know for used Nissans is CarMotive, where our friendly team can offer you honest, no-hassle deals on the models that best fits your needs — financial and otherwise.
The current crop of brand-new Nissan products offers an exceptional range of advanced technologies, lavish luxuries, and daring designs. But so do many of our pre-owned Nissan cars and trucks. The bonus here is that you can enjoy all those features as you save big money if you set your sights on a used model. It’s just a natural result of depreciation, which can reduce a new vehicle’s value by 20% to 30% in just one year. If someone drives a car for only five years, it can lose roughly 60% percent of its value due to depreciation. Of course, the other side of the story is that you can save a similar amount by shopping for a used Nissan. You’ll probably pay less for insurance, too, since that’s usually based on vehicle value.
CarMotive can also help you get a used-car history report that includes important information like whether a vehicle has been in an accident or if it’s been serviced on a regular basis. Details like those can provide an extra level of confidence when shopping for a pre-owned vehicle.
New Nissan models certainly have their share of industry-leading technologies, but so do the brand’s pre-owned cars, trucks, and SUVs. In fact, some used Nissans have tech benefits that you still can’t find on brand-new models from other companies. This lets you save money without sacrificing must-have safety features and advanced infotainment systems that modern drivers hate to do without. (Note: Exact equipment varies by model.)
CarMotive can provide smart financing solutions for a wide range of used Nissan vehicles, making it especially easy for Santa Maria shoppers to find out they like without breaking their budgets. Be sure to check our showroom often, though, since we’re constantly updating our stock as we get more great Nissans into our store. We’re also ready to talk trade-ins to help make a deal. The starting point? Notable Nissan models like these:
Tracing its history back to 1911, Nissan has been attached to many names in the past. It was originally born from the Kwaishinsha Motor Company, and didn’t take its current moniker until 1933, when an early corporate owner, the Nihon Sangyo Co., was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange using the first few letters of both Nihon and Sangyo. And don’t forget that Nissan operated as Datsun for a number of decades as well.
Indeed, here in the U.S., the automaker launched its first cars at the 1959 L.A. Auto Show under the Datsun brand, this time getting the “DAT” from the first letters of the last names of three of the company’s early leaders. Today, Nissan has become a global automaker with a major manufacturing presence in the United States and customers from around the world.
