The 2024 Nissan Note Looks Like a Y2K Concept Car Reborn

The Hyundai Accent, Kia Rio, and Mitsubishi Mirage were all taken behind the barn this year, leaving the U.S. with just one new car for under $20,000: the Nissan Versa. This subcompact sedan used to have a hatchback sister model too, the Versa Note, which left us back in 2019. It's a shame it's gone, because the new 2024 Nissan Note is a breath of strangely fresh air that feels like it blew in from the floor of an early-aughts auto show.

Coming in January 2024 is a facelift to the 2020-onward Nissan Note, which hit the market looking more like the Leaf than the car in front of you. Instead of advancing into obtuse futuristic shapes than many cars are, the Note seems to rehash styling trends of the 2000s with its straked grille that's equal parts 2024 Hyundai Tucson and 2002 Chrysler 300M.