CHIS350

...is a total piece of crap. I was given one of these atrocities as a rental in place of my precious Magnum. Now, I have driven plenty of midsizes before (all the domestics included) and the baby Altima is by far the worst! Engine was horrible, interior sucked, stupid shifter kept on slipping past D to 3 or 2 when I would try to throw it into gear. Good to see Nissan is slowing in sales, this car sucks.

LexFather

Yeah, it sells very well b/c well, it looks like a Lexus. It also does have good power or great power in its class in I-4 or V-6 form. It is also a very big car, spacious to me.

Outside of looks and power and space, its built like like some pro-wings from Payless Shoe Store. Its amazing people will just buy the "look" and overlook the part they actually SIT in. I agree the interior, even the revamped one is just poor, I would say on par or worse than entry level $10,000-$12,000 cars.

It does sell well for NIssan though, cracking the top 20 in sales every month and their best seller so they figured something out.

CHIS350

Seriously dude, I enjoyed the Chevy Malibu and Dodge Stratus more. I'm sure the Ford Fusion is better due to its Mazda6 lineage.

LexFather

Cool, b/c I am not comparing it to "Lexus" standards. IMO, the old Camry and Accord blow it away overall. I will say the Altima is the looker of the 3.

Clearly mags agree, the Altima has never even been in the top 3 in any comparo and has never came close to winning one.

ATSOU

The Nissan dealership I worked at, they mark up $2,000 on the Altimas.....WTF

mmarshall

All of them? I could understand it to some extent on the SE-R....its interior is upgraded over other Altimas and has some nice 350Z touches. Still, even the SE-R is not worth $2000 over list.
Many dealerships, unless the car in question is in huge demand and very short supply, will toss that second sticker in the trash if you complain and refuse to pay it.

mmarshall

This is a review? Come on...you can give us a little more than just a couple of sentences, can't you?

CHIS350

OK Fine I guess its more of a rant, but this car is garbage.

fireballs gs400

I have sold several, and they SUCK! The interior is junk, the new 4 cyl is a oil consuming heap. They recalled every 4 cyl altima '06 model due to using too much oil. You need to change or check the oil every 700 miles. The interior is designed to be a trade in every 3 years. the carpet near the door handle is ohh soo sweet. Just a junky feeling.

I will give credit the 07 maxima new cvt transmission seems nice and consistant.

Yoko

Dang, didn't realize that the Altima was so bad. When i got to ride it didn't seem so bad for a 22k car.

KrazyLexus

LOL the shifter is a issue with yourself not use to how to shift a car like that. I use to do that when I first had a shifter like that.

But the Altima really isn't all that bad. We had one till recently traded it in for a Camry. After 3 years the interior held up just fine, better than any Domestic vehicle we have owned.

typeshblue

not every altima is on a recall, is only the ones that are made from jan to may 06, about 80,000. so get the facts right before you type anything and for the shifter you just got to get use to it. everyone have their opinion oh well

shyguy16

Wow, I can't tell if you're exagerrating, being sarcastic, or if you just want to bash on the Altima.

I've recently sat in a co-worker's new Altima and it wasn't anywhere near as bad as you make it sound.
I didn't get to drive it, but it seemed like a perfectly competent car in its class.

ATSOU

Not all of them.
But only the base model isn't mark up......everything else u gotta pay $2k over MSRP

mmarshall

I've tried to be as objective about this car as I can......both its good and bad points. The interiors on the Altimas ( and the Maxima as well ) were junk up to about a year or so ago when I, at least, started noticing some inprovements, especially on the new Altima SE-R. Are they any better-built or more reliable now? Only time and miles will tell.
Nissan and Infiniti have indeed had some severe quality problems lately...but more with the trucks and SUV's than with regular cars........the Armada, QX56, and Titan have been the main problems.


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