Used Nissan Versa in Kingston: The Transmission Question, the Winter Question and the Paperwork
One engine and two transmissions cover every Nissan Versa in the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings for 2020 to 2025: a 1.6 L four-cylinder, paired with either a continuously variable transmission (AV) or a five-speed manual (M5).
Jim Thompson Chrysler, at 805 Gardiners Road in Kingston, sells new Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles and used vehicles of other makes. Our service department can inspect a used vehicle before purchase and tell you what it finds.
The transmission is your choice to make on a test drive, and the condition of a particular used Nissan Versa is that car's own record since it was new.
Our used Nissan Versa results page shows what is currently available.
Key Takeaways
A 1.6 L four-cylinder sits in every 2020 to 2025 Nissan Versa the federal ratings list. The Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings, read October 16, 2026, list 12 Nissan Versa entries for 2020 to 2025, two for each model year, one with a continuously variable transmission (AV) and one with a five-speed manual (M5).
The test drive, more than the federal fuel figures, should decide which transmission you want in a used Nissan Versa, in the view of Jim Thompson Chrysler in Kingston. A 2024 Nissan Versa with the 1.6 L four-cylinder and continuously variable transmission (AV) carries a combined fuel consumption rating of 6.7 L/100 km, and the 2024 five-speed manual (M5) Versa 7.7 L/100 km, in the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings, read October 16, 2026, which Natural Resources Canada publishes from manufacturers' laboratory testing.
The model year alone won't tell you which transmission a used Nissan Versa has. Both a continuously variable (AV) and a five-speed manual (M5) Nissan Versa appear in the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings for each year from 2020 to 2025, so confirm the transmission on the car itself and on the test drive.
Winter tires and the underside are two Kingston winter questions on a used Nissan Versa. The Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings give the 2020 to 2025 Nissan Versa a model name with neither AWD nor 4X4 in it, and salt season is what makes a look underneath worth the time.
A used Nissan Versa search can widen to a new 2025 Dodge Hornet when all-wheel drive from new is the goal. The Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings, read October 16, 2026, give a 2025 Dodge Hornet the model name "Hornet AWD", and Natural Resources Canada's 2026 Fuel Consumption Guide defines AWD as all-wheel drive.
Which Kingston Drives Suit a Used Nissan Versa?
Ordinary drives around Kingston are the ones this guide pictures for a used Nissan Versa, provided the particular car checks out before you buy.
Your Tuesday might end at a curling club in the west end and a quiet drive home across the city in time for the late news.
Your Sunday might be a slow drive west by the lake to Bath, a walk along the water and home before dark.
Whichever drives fill your week, they come back to one decision: which used Nissan Versa to buy.
Manual or Continuously Variable: What Do the Federal Ratings List for a Used Nissan Versa?
Two transmissions are listed for the Nissan Versa in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 alike: a continuously variable transmission (AV) and a five-speed manual (M5), each with a 1.6 L four-cylinder, according to the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings, read October 16, 2026. A used Nissan Versa's model year alone does not tell you its transmission.
Twelve Nissan Versa entries appear in the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings for the 2020 to 2025 model years, read October 16, 2026, one per row in this table with its combined L/100 km rating:
Model year | Federal model name | Engine | Transmission code | Federal class | Combined (L/100 km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | AV | Compact | 6.7 |
2020 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | M5 | Compact | 7.7 |
2021 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | AV | Compact | 6.7 |
2021 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | M5 | Compact | 7.7 |
2022 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | AV | Compact | 6.7 |
2022 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | M5 | Compact | 7.7 |
2023 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | AV | Compact | 6.7 |
2023 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | M5 | Compact | 7.7 |
2024 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | AV | Compact | 6.7 |
2024 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | M5 | Compact | 7.7 |
2025 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | AV | Compact | 6.8 |
2025 | Versa | 1.6 L, four-cylinder | M5 | Compact | 7.7 |
AV, in the transmission legend of Natural Resources Canada's 2026 Fuel Consumption Guide, means continuously variable; in M5, the M means manual and the 5 its number of gears or speeds.
Each Nissan Versa rating in the federal ratings comes from manufacturers' "standard, controlled laboratory testing and analytical procedures," as Natural Resources Canada's 2026 Fuel Consumption Guide puts it, and Natural Resources Canada publishes the data that Environment and Climate Change Canada collects from the manufacturers.
Shoppers who count in miles per gallon can read the federal combined ratings of 6.7 and 6.8 L/100 km for the continuously variable Nissan Versa entries as about 42 miles per imperial gallon each, and 7.7 L/100 km for the five-speed manual entries as about 37, our conversion from Natural Resources Canada's imperial-gallon formula.
City and highway figures in the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings put every 2020 to 2024 continuously variable Nissan Versa at 7.4 L/100 km city and 5.9 L/100 km highway, and the 2025 continuously variable Versa at 7.5 L/100 km city and 5.9 L/100 km highway. Every five-speed manual Nissan Versa from 2020 to 2025 rates 8.6 L/100 km city and 6.7 L/100 km highway in the Government of Canada's ratings.
Match a model year from the federal list to our used Nissan Versa results page, which shows what is currently available.
Where Does the Versa Stand With Nissan Canada?
Nissan Canada's Versa page, read October 16, 2026, answers its own question about whether the Nissan Versa is being discontinued with "Yes, the Nissan Versa is getting discontinued as of 2025."
Winter in Kingston: What Comes First on a Used Nissan Versa?
Tires and the underside come first on a used Nissan Versa once a Kingston winter is on the way. AWD and 4X4, the labels Natural Resources Canada's 2026 guide gives all-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, appear in none of the Nissan Versa model names in the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings for 2020 to 2025.
Winter in Kingston brings salt on Princess Street and Bath Road, side streets that wait for the snowplow, and stretches of the 401 west toward Napanee in blowing snow.
Plan on four winter tires for a used Versa, and raise the question of a winter set with the seller early.
If winter tires come with a used Versa, look for four of the same make and size, with tread left above the wear bars.
On the test drive, run the heat, the windshield defrost and the wipers, because a January morning in Kingston asks for all three.
A receipt for the used Versa's most recent battery, if the seller kept one, is worth asking to see before winter.
A rural road north of Kingston that sees the snowplow late is the case for reading this guide's section on all-wheel drive from new too.
Where Should You Look First on a Used Nissan Versa?
Look underneath a used Nissan Versa first, at the exhaust, the brake lines and the lower body, then at its transmission and its paperwork, all before any pre-purchase inspection.
Salt Damage, From the Tailpipe Forward
Begin at the back of the used Nissan Versa and work forward along the underside, exhaust included, looking for rust that bubbles, crumbles or has been freshly patched.
Trace each brake line on the Nissan Versa with a flashlight, starting behind a wheel, as far along the underside as you can see it.
Look at the ground where the used Nissan Versa has been parked for fresh drips, and under the hood for oily stains around the engine.
Which Transmission Does This Versa Have?
The car itself, not its model year, tells you whether a used Nissan Versa has the continuously variable transmission or the five-speed manual, since the federal ratings list both for every model year from 2020 to 2025.
Drive the Nissan Versa on the 401 and in stop-and-go traffic downtown, so you know how its transmission feels on the roads you use.
If you have never driven a manual, take a five-speed manual Nissan Versa somewhere quiet first, such as a near-empty parking lot on a Sunday morning.
The VIN, the Ownership and Nissan Canada
The VIN is the thread between a used Nissan Versa and its papers: the number on the car and the number on the ownership should be identical, and so should any number the seller's service receipts print.
Oil-change and repair receipts, where the seller has them, tell you how the used Nissan Versa was looked after.
Nissan Canada, not the seller, can confirm from the car's VIN whether a used Nissan Versa has any factory warranty left.
Transport Canada publishes recalls in its Motor Vehicle Safety Recalls Database, and the recall question for one used Nissan Versa goes to Nissan Canada with that car's VIN.
Buying From a Private Seller
In the Used Vehicle Information Package for a used Nissan Versa sold privately, turn to the lien information first, and ask the seller about anything listed there.
The Inspection Request
Our service department can inspect a used vehicle before purchase and tell you what it finds.
With one used Nissan Versa chosen, send our service department an inspection request online.
A Used Nissan Versa Shopper Who Wants All-Wheel Drive From New: What Then?
All-wheel drive in a new vehicle points a used Nissan Versa shopper toward a new 2025 Dodge Hornet, listed in the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings as "Hornet AWD".
Natural Resources Canada's 2026 Fuel Consumption Guide defines AWD, in a federal model name, as all-wheel drive, a vehicle designed to operate with all wheels powered.
Our new Dodge Hornet results page shows what is currently available.
What Should Make You Hesitate on a Used Versa?
Any plan to buy a used Nissan Versa without a pre-purchase inspection should make you hesitate. Wanting another Nissan, a performance car or all-wheel drive changes where to read next.
Another Nissan: our used Nissan Kicks guide and our Nissan Rogue guide.
A performance car: our used Elantra N guide, written around a car Hyundai Canada calls a performance sedan for 2026.
All-wheel drive: the section of this guide on a new Dodge Hornet.
Will You Keep, Trade or Sell What You Have, and Apply for Financing, O.A.C.?
When you buy a used Nissan Versa, you can keep the car you drive now, offer it in trade or ask about selling it to us.
Financing is available on the vehicles we sell, O.A.C., and any approval depends on the review of your application. Apply for financing online, from home, before you visit, O.A.C.
Value My Trade is built to price your trade online.
Bring your trade in for an appraisal; the vehicle is inspected on our lot. We work to get the maximum value for your trade.
A conversation about selling your car to us runs through We Buy Cars.
Trading in a vehicle with a loan on it adds the lender's payout and lien release to the paperwork.
If you owe more on your current vehicle than it is worth, that difference may be added to the amount financed, which increases the amount you borrow and can increase the total cost of borrowing.
Is Jim Thompson Chrysler Only About Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram?
No: Jim Thompson Chrysler, at 805 Gardiners Road in Kingston, sells new Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles and used vehicles of other makes.
Whether you settle on a used Nissan Versa or another used car, our live inventory shows what is currently available.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did the Nissan Versa Come With a Manual Transmission?
Yes: the five-speed manual (M5) is one of two Nissan Versa transmissions in the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings, read October 16, 2026, for each model year from 2020 to 2025, beside the continuously variable transmission (AV). On a particular used Nissan Versa, confirm which transmission it has on the car itself.
How Does the 2025 Nissan Versa Rate in the City and on the Highway?
A 2025 Nissan Versa with the continuously variable transmission (AV) is rated 7.5 L/100 km city, 5.9 L/100 km highway and 6.8 L/100 km combined in the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings. The 2025 five-speed manual (M5) Nissan Versa rates 8.6 city, 6.7 highway and 7.7 combined, all in L/100 km, in the Government of Canada's ratings.
Was Any 2020 to 2025 Nissan Versa Rated as All-Wheel Drive?
No: the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings, read October 16, 2026, name every 2020 to 2025 Nissan Versa entry simply "Versa", with no AWD or 4X4, the labels Natural Resources Canada's guide uses for all-wheel drive and four-wheel drive. For a used Nissan Versa in Kingston, winter tires are the winter plan to make.
Did the Nissan Versa's Fuel Ratings Change Between 2020 and 2025?
Once, by a tenth: the Government of Canada's Fuel Consumption Ratings give each 2020 to 2024 Nissan Versa with the continuously variable transmission (AV) 6.7 L/100 km combined and the 2025 AV Versa 6.8 L/100 km. Every five-speed manual (M5) Nissan Versa entry from 2020 to 2025 rates 7.7 L/100 km combined in the Government of Canada's ratings.
Where in Kingston Can a Used Nissan Versa Get a Pre-Purchase Inspection?
Jim Thompson Chrysler in Kingston is one place to ask: our service department can inspect a used vehicle before purchase and tell you what it finds. Notes from your own look at the used Nissan Versa's underside and transmission are useful to have on hand for that inspection.
Find Your Used Nissan Versa in Kingston
Four things belong in place ahead of any deal on a used Nissan Versa: the transmission you want, an underside that has come through salt season, papers that agree with its VIN, and a pre-purchase inspection.
Our used Nissan Versa results page shows what is currently available.
Apply for financing online, from home, before you visit, O.A.C.
Visit us at 805 Gardiners Road, Kingston, ON K7M 7E6
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About the Author:
Kerry Irven is the Vice President of New and Used Automotive Operations for Heighton Automotive Group, a family-owned and operated automotive group serving communities across Eastern Ontario. Kerry began his automotive career in new-car sales, building his experience on the showroom floor and working his way through multi-store dealership operations.
With over 25 years in the automotive industry, Kerry has helped grow automotive businesses from one location with 40 to 50 vehicles in stock to more than 500 vehicles across 10 rooftops. His hands-on background in both new and used-vehicle operations gives him a practical understanding of what customers look for when shopping for their next vehicle.
Throughout his career, Kerry has always been actively involved in staff coaching and in understanding customer wants and needs, helping ensure the businesses he works with continue to adapt to what customers are truly looking for.
One of the most exciting chapters of his career has been the shift into modern automotive marketing, embracing new technology, transparent pricing, customer-first inventory strategies, and new ways to create a better vehicle-shopping experience.
Kerry has completed extensive automotive training, including certification through the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council, involvement with the Used Car Dealers Association of Ontario, Canadian automotive dealer training, and multiple customer service courses.
Born and raised on a farm, Kerry has always valued family, hard work, and a practical, down-to-earth approach. Joining Heighton Automotive Group and working alongside Thomas Heighton and family, along with managing partners Kyle Lothian and Martin Gougeon, has allowed him to bring those same values into the car business. It has also allowed Kerry to continue following a simple philosophy: treat every customer exactly the way he would want to be treated.
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