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The forthcoming Nissan 200SX replacement is the first major casualty of Carlos Ghosn's dramatic cutbacks, a company source has confirmed.

Nissan has been developing plans for a new, compact, rear-wheel-drive sportscar for some years. The Silvia project has been most visible as the Foria (Tokyo 2005) and Urge (Detroit 2006) concepts, but work has been continuing behind the scenes.

Monday's announcement of severe financial difficulties at the company, including a £612m third-quarter...Read the full article

That's a shame. It looks pretty good in a "smart roadster" kind of way.

Shame - the Urge was a great looking car. Ghosn controls both Nissan and Renault - both are getting pretty dramatic cutbacks.

So that will be the end of the floated Alpine revival as well?