Whats In A Name? If it were up to me, I wouldn’t name a car Juke. It sounds too much like joke, and who wants to drive a Joke. But the decision makers at Nissan didn’t ask my advise, so Juke it is, for better, or for worse. The Juke is based on the plain-Jane [...]
A New Kind of Crossover “Crossovers” are all the rage in the auto business these days. These are cars that incorporate features of two different types of vehicles—the most popular type being those that have an SUV body on a car (rather than a truck) platform. However, this year Nissan has taken the crossover concept [...]
Nissan Updates Altima For 2010 You don’t hear much about the Nissan Altima, certainly not as much as you hear about the Honda Accord or the Toyota Camry, but the Altima is a big player in the competitive midsize sedan segment. Nissan will sell over 200,000 Altimas in the U.S. this calendar year. And to [...]
NISSAN REDESIGNS SPORT SEDAN The Maxima sedan has been a mainstay in Nissan’s lineup for nearly three decades. Well over two million copies of this flagship model have been sold. Last year, Nissan delivered over 50,000 Maximas in the U.S. in what everybody agrees was a down market. Part of the reason for this success [...]
A DECENT CAR THAT’S LOST IN THE PACK The Sentra is one Nissan car that hovers in the shadows. You don’t hear much about it. It competes in a market dominated by the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic, and populated by other good choices, like the Mazda3 and the Hyundai Elantra. One of the [...]
A Poor Man’s Infiniti G37? It used to be that you always had a choice when you bought a midsize car. You could select the traditional four-door sedan, or you could opt for the sportier coupe. That’s no longer the case. Now only two moderately priced midsize cars are offered both ways—the Honda Accord and [...]
The New Z Roadster Scores Following up on last year’s introduction of the redesigned 370Z Coupe, Nissan has brought forth its drop-top sibling, the 370Z Roadster for 2010. All the improvements that were incorporated in the Coupe are also found in the Roadster. Like the Coupe, the 2010 Roadster has more design detail in it [...]
Stripped Versa Is A Good Value When I learned that the new base model of the Versa was coming my way, I had trouble suppressing a groan—I was not enthused. But when the car arrived, I was pleased to see that it looked a lot like the higher priced Versa sedans. It had full-size wheel [...]
The latest generation Altima, which is now in its third year, is a solid competitor because it matches up favorably with the Accord and Camry in size and equipment, and offers some distinctive features of its own.
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