Responding to an oldie yere, but to me the Versa, especially in 5spd MT or 4spd automatic is the perfect econo-car. You see nothing in the forums about it because there's little/nothing to go wrong with them. They are what they are. A cheap car with so few bells and whistles, there's nothing to complain about. On top of that, they're very reasonable to insure.
FWIW, I just purchased a 2015 Versa S for my kids. It's got the 4spd auto. Great little car that I'll be doing all the maintenance on myself that I can.