Clarion's MiND finds a home in LA-area Nissan Cubes
By Darren Murph 
posted July 26th 2009 8:48PM
posted July 26th 2009 8:48PM
With the whole "direct to consumer" approach failing epically, Clarion has evidently resorted to pushing remaining inventory of its largely unwanted MiND mobile internet device onto Nissan dealers in Los Angeles. In all fairness, we do suspect that these are moving more briskly than, say, Celio's REDFLY, but we can count the amount of MIDs we've seen in public on two or three hands. At any rate, Nissan has signed on to offer the multifaceted Atom-powered device as an optional accessory in its Cube, but at least initially, it'll only be made available at select dealers in the LA area. For those opting to outfit their new whip with one of these, Nissan will include a dedicated docking kit harmonized to the vehicle's instrument panel, and the user interface will also be tweaked for in-car usage. Look -- this is absolutely better than those lackluster, overpriced NAV units shoved into most dashboards, but at $799 plus installation, it's not like you're getting the steal of the century here.[Via Pocketables]
The Cube is the ugliest piece of shit to roll out of Nissan since the 2009 Maxima.
Sorry, but I disagree. I think the Maxima is a very good-looking car, and it's basically a G35, anyway.
Z ftw!
are you insane how is the 09 maxima ugly??its wider then i would like a full size car to be but aside from that its pretty good
#1 the Maxima's interior is so cheap it reminds me of a Chrysler interior.
#2 The exterior design is radical to the point of being silly.
#3 a FRONT WHEEL DRIVE sports car? LOL x 1000
torque steers like a bitch.
Not just Nissan, but in general. That car is FUGLY.
lol, you sound like one of the maxima.org people :D. The 2009s were pretty hated on there too.
But yeah, the cube is hideous.
I do feel that it's important to note that someone on my street has the cube, I considered standing in the road as he was pulling up and letting him know that his car was the worst looking vehicle I'd ever seen.
A Maxima is considered a sports car now?
Anyway, this car is definitely uglier than the Cube:
http://images.google.com/images?q=fiat+multipla
hohohoho
thats ugly
http://u.nu/53gn
I haven't checked but theft insurance is probably really cheap, as I doubt ANYONE would want to steal a CUBE.
Just bought a cube actually. Wife loves the look... I'm not sold. Still, I don't spend much time looking at the car from the outside, and the inside is exactly what I want in a car: great gas mileage, comfortably sits 5 adults, and when its just the wife and I, it has a ton of storage in the back with the seats folded down.
So, yeah, not the greatest looking machine, but what out there is? Seems to me you only have the choice of really unique looking cars (like the cube) or the same looking car (like every other snub nosed passenger vehicle).
Just bought a cube myself for the same reasons, great gas mileage (33mpg in my 6-speed), tons of interior space (I swear there's almost a foot above my head and I'm 5'10"), and even more cargo space in the rear.
Car drives great for the tiny 1.8L engine. Having the manual helps alot as I'm still lane cutting as usual.
And I'm sure everyone here is looking so fantastic in their sexy Ferrari's right? Have fun driving your boring Taurus.
Spot the milk truck:
http://www.auto123.com/ArtImages/102980/nissan-cube-i02.jpg