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The wording on Nissan's website seems to suggest that the 5-spd will not be available with the V6. Is this correct? I've not seen any photos showing a manual and I'm getting concerned. An auto would be a big turn-off for me...
Re: Nissan dealers--my father has a Nissan, which has been very reliable and a fun car, but the dealers were pretty bad. Personally I'll really have to get my nerve up to brave the Nissan dealer experience and deal with the low-rent looking interior I expect, if I'm going to buy the Altima. But then I'm coming from a luxury and near-luxury perspective, as I'm used to Acuras. Problem with the Acuras is that they lack excitement--that's why I'm looking at other brands.
Looking forward to the reviews on the Altimi (that's the plural)
I called a dealer in the Los angeles area and they said October is the release time for the new Altima. Has anyone heard otherwise?
What do y'all think?
They are going to have to pour a LOT of money into advertising so that people will know tha the NEW Altima is a 100% completely different car. I hope there ad agency is up to it.
as for resale hurt.. geez, every car with a next year change takes a hit..
Reread what I said:
"Infiniti is only 12 years old and currently only has one model that has lived through the entire life of the brand (G20 was discontinued in mid-90s)"
I had put the G20 in brackets specificly because I thought someone would bring that up. The G20 was discontinued for 4 years in the mid-90s. So the Q45 still remains the only Infiniti model that has been consistently offered since the brand's introduction.
Toyota and Honda are about to get voted off.
Altima admirers, owners and dealers welcome.
I owned a 1994 Altima for 4 years. I know from personal experience what a great car it is for the money. But the new new Altima is bigger, more luxurious, more powerful... it's simply much better in every way than it's previous version, and is built specifically to go head-to-head with the Camry and the Accord, while the previous version was not. If this list of changes isn't extensive enough to warrent a name change then I don't know what is.
I understand the point about name recongnition but if the Altima name is perceived to be an inferior product to the Camry and Accord with which it is supposed to compete, then name recognition will do Nissan more harm than good, in my humble opinion.
With this all said, I think Nissan will sell the hell out of these cars nonetheless.
On the other hand, Acura dropped the Legend name and struggled. They are making the same mistake with the Integra.
I don't think so, I like Altima anyway. Nissan has made a good decision to stick with Altima for many reasons.
Now lets see if first year of production produces any service recalls.
-Andrew L
http://www.latimes.com/class/highway1/20010725/t000060528.html
Also good hint on the pricing. Sounds impressive.
They may actually pry the 95 Maxima with 180,000 miles on it out of my ownership as a trade on one of these:)I had planned on keeping it for at least another few years.
I just don't see how I can buy it now, with that wretched city MPG. We wail on SUV owners for numbers that aren't always that much worse, and the Highlander is better, actually. I've been whining to my husband all day...
I guess it's just a matter of hours 'til we see the real figures. Ack.
In sorrow,
ajacat
What are you talking about? No numbers have been released..
Since it is not available from the factory.
Here it is at Outpost http://shop3.outpost.com/product/93947/#
I sure hope the estimates are way low (I saw an even lower estimate in another preview I found online--don't remember the site--18 hwy??? must be a misprint--I'm guessing they meant 18 city just like the LA Times).
If anyone sees the real EPA nos. (I checked nissannews and they haven't updated it yet), please post. Probably sounds strange but half of my DH's and my heart is in a fast fun car and the other half is in a Prius, and a third half is in a station wagon--is there a demographic for bleeding-heart family racers?
ajacat