Nissan's are great cars. But unfortunately most of the people in SL have become a victims of Marketing. For them Toyota and Honda is the world. They are so stupid that they can't understand that actually most of the stuff like shocks, CV joints, engine parts, electronics etc are produced by couple of companies which caters to all of those automobile manufactures. So there's no much difference interims of reliability, break downs etc.
But there are some characteristic differences based on the segment the manufacturer targeting. For an example Honda mainly targets youth and little bit sportier segment. So these features reflect on their products.
Why I know these things is I'm an Automobile engineer who worked 5 years in Japan. 2 years in Toyota and 3 in Mitsubishi.
And of cause you can't experience 100% about what I'm saying because most of us buy recon cars. But truth is, in Japan the max lift time of a car is 5 years. Very really they use a car for 5 years bcoz most of them use a car around for 1 year, sell(mostly crushed) it and buy another one (vehicles are that cheap). So the manufacturers targets the life tome of cars around 5 years (Japs are really keen on cost cutting). So we in SL don't feel the real quality of a car. Even if we replace part's trust me there are some notable differences in domestic models and export models. Some of you may have notice that when you are purchasing some parts the dealer might asked that whether your vehicle is a recon one or a brand new one (Most of time this solved by part ID's).
That's why I said there is no big difference other than good marketing. This every thing is created by local dealers and our people.
So don't be fools.
Good Luck.