I live close to Harvard University, and even though Toyotas and Hondas are prevalent, I have seen very few Nissans parking at parking spaces (either parallel parking or parking lots) within a 5 minute walk from my apartment. In fact, I took a short walk several hours ago and only 3 out of 100 cars are Nissan (actually, one of them is a Dominos car and another is a Nissan Leaf), even though Nissan is the third largest Japanese automaker. In fact, I have seen more Subarus, Mazdas, BMWs, Mercedes Benzes, Audis, Volvos, and VW than Nissans despite the fact Nissan sells more cars than 7 of these brands, especially Volvo. Why is Nissan so rare over here, despite Toyota and Honda are both extremely common in Cambridge?

Fun fact: I have a cousin who is in her late 30s and she currently drives a 2018 Nissan Altima 2.5 S (she totalled her 2006 Toyota Corolla LE during an accident and replaced the Corolla with a used 2018 Nissan Altima 2.5 S in late 2018). Her husband and her both share the 2015 Nissan Murano SL AWD they bought new in 2015 (from what I heard, using cash). From what I heard, my cousin is a manager of a company and her husband (who is also Vietnamese) is a CEO of a biotech firm. Her husband's family has been quite loyal to Nissan in the recent years with her parents in law (husband's parents) owning a 2010 Nissan Altima 2.5 S they bought new that is still in good condition (they still use that car as their daily driver and they took good care of it) and her brother in law (husband's oldest brother) trading in his 2004 Honda Civic Si for what I assume is a seventh generation A35 Maxima of which he bought around 2 years ago for $7,000. Now all of them are quite affluent, and they are also Nissan Drivers. They however, are totally unaware Nissan has some issues with its CVT transmission as well as its build quality and would just assume that since Nissan is Japanese, it is reliable. Also, Nissan engages in subprime loans as well, meaning people with poor credit could get it.