All of these are winners. Such a competitive segment. To that end if given the choice between these 3, It'd be the Mazda6 in my garage

 

No way would I buy that Altima. Not my kind of style, and no on the CVT.

And I'd have to test drive the Accord and 6 before I could decide, that would be a close call for me. That Mazda interior looks pretty stark, but the exterior has a lot of potential. And I am sure I would like the way the Maxa drives.

That Honda is just a solid vehicle. Nothing spectacular, but it does a lot well.

 

what blows me away is the kind of features and creature comforts these belly button cars have. Insanely common but nicely appointed. I like the Altima but it is WAY too common for me . In fact all of them are. I like the styling on the Fusion the most but if it was my money I would go with the regular cookie cutter models like the Accord, Altima, and Camry

 

 

So you wouldn't mind the Honda's CVT?

 

nice video Motor - interesting the two reviewers don't agree.

 

The new Altima is one of those very few cars that actually looked better in pictures than in person. Something about the back-end doesn't line up right. I think it's the bottom of the taillights, which angle upward ever so slightly. They are skewed just enough to make the observer wonder if the factory assembled them in a sloppy manner. The new Sentra has tidier lines, dare I say.

Still, there are no losers here exept for maybe the Camry. What a dated and doudy dud compared to all it's modern an sleek brethren.

BTW, I believe the cars tested here were chosen due to newness. All are very recent additions or newly introduced. The Camry, Passat, and Fusion were last year's news.

 

I don't think there are any losers between those three cars. You can't go wrong with either of them.=)

 

So in the Camry vs Accord review they felt the Camry interior was of better materials and quality than the Accord. Might start a riot here

 

What gets me about these mid sizers... any of them, is that they are as well-equipped and in many ways just as sophisticated as some luxury cars of only a few years ago. The parity in the car market seems to be getting closer all the time.

 

Completely agree with this. I notice the awkward back-end of the new Altima every time I get behind one and can't help but obsess over the off angle of those tail lights. IMO, it turns a luxurious design into a cheap one. It also makes the car appear smaller than it is, but not in a good way. Hopefully they will fix the tail lights and straighten them out on the refresh in a couple years?

 

I really don't have a problem with the Altima's looks. IMO, the Accord is the best looker of this trio. Oddly enough, it's the 6 that is the biggest let-down in person. It seems like a design that was close to being special but the designers ran out of time getting to that point.

 

Thank you! Finally someone else who sees it too. It's like a crooked picture on the wall. Except with the car, you can't walk up to the lights and straigthen them out. I don't see what Nissan was trying to accomplish by having them a few degrees off.

 

No riots from me. But I will say, though, that, in comparing the latest-generation (2013) Accord and (2012) Camry interiors, I found the two about equal in overall quality of materials and execution. I really couldn't tell much difference now between the two. But, IMO, that was clearly not the case in the last-generation (2006-2011) Camry, where a number of interior trim pieces and hardware seemed done in thin, budget-grade plastic, and, in the manual-climate-control versions, large cheap ***** that wobbled and felt loose as you gripped and rotated them. The last Accord, to my senses, didn't have that problem.

 

http://blogs.motortrend.com/one-ford...lem-26343.html

It's about buying the badge!

The 6 is a REALLY good looking car. I always thought the outgoing 6 was better looking than the rest, but this one aesthetically blows them all away. I like how Mazda's designs usually do a good job of not imitating.

And the fact that they can keep a non CVT going with similar mileage is pretty cool too.