Well we here in Nevada refer to it as "The Communist Republic of California" and this is a state where the Federal Government owns 80% of the land. Between the rules , taxes and congestion I do not know how anyone manages to say sane there. Seems like a high price to pay for nice scenery.
As for Nissan's design team , well with all due respect. I could have bought a Sentra SER but got a Mazda Protege ES instead. I'm not a fan of Nissan's current cars they look like oragami on wheels to me.Time for a change maybe be it surrondings or people
Nissan would likely save big bucks and Pappa Renault is probably thinking the same.

Tom