Comments on: First Drive: 2010 Nissan Altima 3.5SR [Review]

By: nissan35g

nissan35g — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:14:17 +0000

Gm leader in equality? The car brand that almost went bankrupt? Gm is terrible. Seriosusly have the most ugliest cars a car brand can make. A lacrosse? Have you seem them. What are you am 80 year old man, who is getting paid by Gm to right all this BS. Dude get foreal Gm isn’t anything.

By: Marc70

Marc70 — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:27:46 +0000

I just bought a 2010 Altima and I love it. It’s built in the USA by a brand I can trust, I put 193,000 miles on my ’96 Altima before someone smashed into me and have 130,000 on my 2001 that I kept. Honda and Toyota models are boring. The Ford Fusion almost got me on the lot, but my instinct said to go with a car I know will work for me. As for the restyle, I think the new front and hood made a huge difference – for the better!

By: RotaxKart

RotaxKart — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:10:03 +0000

NMOFG is the reason we have wars. He makes me embarrassed to be an American.

By: Need more oil for GM

Need more oil for GM — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:39:11 +0000

Nobody should buy it because it’s not American. It is unpatriotic to buy foriegn piles of sh1t. Or do you like sending all your money to foriegn countries?

Support GM. Without your local unions, America will die.

Be American. Buy American. buy GM. An American Revolution

By: dAVE mAN

dAVE mAN — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:20:20 +0000

Don’t get me wrong though, I’m not some gushing Nissan fan-boy. The car is not perfect:

1. NEVER – and I really mean it – even consider getting the 2.5
2. A FWD car with 250+ ft lbs and no LSD option is a cardinal sin
3. The adaptive throttle response of the drive by wire system is quite annoying

Those issues aside, it’s still a great over all value.

By: dAVE mAN

dAVE mAN — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:08:33 +0000

I love my 2006 SE. Great all around car for the price. I didn’t get a 2007+ for many reasons, I wasn’t to keen on the new look at first, and was weary of a brand new platform. Also I wanted the 5AT that was last offered in the 2006 model. The CVT slows the car down, and I would not get a MT equipped car for a daily driver. The V6 Altima is an underrated car in terms of performance… It’s a roomy and reliable family sedan that can run mid to low 14s stock. Not bad in my book.

By: asb81689

asb81689 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:50:53 +0000

I test drove a 2008 3.5 Altima a while ago, and that thing put out more then my prom date.

By: orangecones

orangecones — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:13:54 +0000

@ NMOFGM,

As a former Altima owner (99, traded in 2008) and a current Rogue owner (2008, replaced my 99 Altima)…I can tell you that well, you’re a troll, but you also don’t know what you are talking about. Even 9 years into its life, my Altima’s interior was tighter than a virgin’s ******. My Rogue does have a rather “spartan” interior (then again I do have a base model), but regardless there is fantastic attention to detail, all the panels are very tightly screwed together, sure tehre is some hard black plastic, but there is plenty more soft black plastic / rubbery black surface / black matching fabric covering where it counts (aka…where you’re likely to touch). The entire dash (for the exception of the hood covering the gauges) is squishy-soft, as are the doors north of the handle. The handle itself is wrapped in fabric, the arm rest is wrapped in fabric…etc. I can’t speak for the new Equinox b/c I haven’t tried it yet, but I sat in the old one on a dealer lot and had absolutely no desire to test drive it. The interior was so horrible that I couldn’t wait to get out. I did end up driving a Malibu LTZ V6, and LT I4…. man, can you say massive huge gaps in plastic trim? I’ve never seen holes that large in a car’s fittings before (for the exception of a Neon maybe). Also what the crap with the plastic back to the front seats….that just eats into back-seat comfort by a HUGE margin. I will admit there are things I liked about that car…..but the lack of attention to detail, as well as a ride quality that can’t even touch my Nissan… I walked away telling the dealer… “sure is better than the old one, but still not good enough to play with the big boys”.

By: tomd555

tomd555 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:31:45 +0000

I own a 2007 Altima 3.5SE and the ride quality is horrible. The overall feel of the car is very unrefined. The sport suspension feels extremely harsh and unforgiving on anything but smooth-as-glass road surfaces. There is a ton of road noise in the car, and the 3.5L with the CVT is too aggressive to “downshift” to ultra low RPMs which cause a high level of vibration in the car. The 3.5L is NOT a smooth engine.. the 3.0L VQ30 was very smooth but ever since Nissan bored it out to 3.5L the engine became very rough. They really need to redesign the engine.. the 3.5L is old, harsh, and outdated. Also, the exhaust note and sound of the engine inside the cabin is loud and (again) very unrefined. I drove a Chevy Malibu and was very impressed with how the car was so quiet and felt very solid. Also, the 6 speed auto in the Malibu feels so much better than the wacky CVT in the Altima. CVT would be great for a school bus or delivery van but has no place in a sporty car. Just my 2 cents from having driven both cars..

By: aggie531

aggie531 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:14:01 +0000

but anyways, the update is good except that the taillights look really dated now.

By: aggie531

aggie531 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:12:54 +0000

Good. Now GM can shut up about the malibu having “best in class fuel economy”. GM is so fúcking annoying about their 1 mpg highway over their competitors when the city mileage (where I mostly drive) is worse.

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:24:23 +0000

Johnny – you have made some very good points, and from the past 2 months looking at every single one of those models and not buying any of them, I agree with you 110%.

I think the new Sonata has some interesting lines though- maybe this will be the breakthrough this segment needs. The CC isn’t a bad buy either if you are okay spending V-6 money on a Turbo 4 with a little less headroom- plus with great leases and lots of standard equipment they aren’t that expensive – actually cheaper than the Passat.

By: Need more oil for GM

Need more oil for GM — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:06:39 +0000

Raine, the interiors on Nissans have always been terrible. Compare this POS to something like the Malibu or Lacrosse and you’ll see first hand the dismal quality plastics, hard edges, poor fit and shiny finishes on those jap cars. The GM interiors are flawless and should never creak, sqeek or rattle in the many hundreds of thousands of miles the car lasts for.

GM is a leader in quality, Nissan is a leader in repairs.

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Toyota is going out of business one customer at a time. Even their salesidiots know Toyotas are pieces of sh1t!
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By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:44:39 +0000

Again… someone tell me what is wrong with a black plastic interior? I don’t find myself reaching out and caressing the dashboard and door panels as I drive along.

By: Doomsdave

Doomsdave — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:43:11 +0000

At least Pontiac-era black plastic interiors live on in the Altima!

By: ejaculate_conception

ejaculate_conception — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:14:38 +0000

I got a chance to drive one of these cars, but thankfully it had the 6speed manual. Really great car, surprisingly fast. Yeah I know its got 270hp but it goes faster than you would expect from 270hp. Very good engine, I would never get the CVT transmission but overall the car is well balanced and very refined. After test driving the new Malibu, it was very clear which car is superior, the Nissan all the way, GM really needs to focus more on quality and attention to detail. The Malibu that I was test driving, the inside door handle broke, something got disconnected and I had to exit the car out the passenger side, but I still ended up getting the Mazda speed 6 because I love the interior.

By: jimmyblaze

jimmyblaze — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:04:02 +0000

Remember when you could easily tell model years by the styling changes it’s not so easy nowadays. I don’t understand why Nissan didn’t use this opportunity to change the tail lights. At least it would’ve looked like it is a newer model.

By: Need more oil for GM

Need more oil for GM — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:03:38 +0000

Must have a really boring life to get excited about a sh1tty Nissan product.

Unless excitment is defined by the number of service visits and unscheduled repairs?
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Toyota is going out of business one customer at a time. Even their salesidiots know Toyotas are pieces of sh1t!
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f72/sold-equinox-twist-85224/

By: Borat

Borat — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:52:01 +0000

Jake your comment reminded me of my junior year in college. I was dating a decent chick, but she had hot looking mother (MILF in modern vernacular). I wanted to nail both of them and ended up with nothing.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:38:54 +0000

This whole segment is really in the doldrums. The Malibu caused a bit of a stir a while back but that was probably more to do with the fact the previous one was such garbage. The Camry is so vanilla it should say Breyers instead of Toyota. The Mazda 6 turned to the cheeseburger diet. The Accord sedan seems to get uglier with each generation. Even in the nineties the current Sebring/Avenger would have lost any comparison test. The Fusion is probably the best of the lot although they might just want to lose a blade or two from that razor they call a grill.

It’s really too bad. When this Altima first came out it was quite stunning… a departure from the rest at least… now it’s just another nondescript player in a crowded class.

I really hope the 200C is coming. The middle of the road needs a kick in the styling ass.

By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:14:00 +0000

If only Nissan made them with a 6-speed manual instead of that piece of garbage CVT. If I am driving a “sports” sedan I want three pedals… not some computerized slush box that gives me the illusion of shifting gears.

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:39:44 +0000

I deal with more Altimas in our insurance policy than any other sedan. They are among the most popular leased cars for our healthcare and sales customer – why? They are cheap. I looked at a new one and I actually liked it’s interior. It’s not a bad car at all, the 2010 is so much better than the ’09′s looks up front whcih is kind of why I didn’t buy one. With the discounts so heavy on the ’09s, the ’10 was going to be dumb to buy, but after looking at the ’10 – I didn’t want an ’09 (I’m talking about the coupe btw). So I ended up with neither.

By: DenverGuy217

DenverGuy217 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:36:28 +0000

Nissan finally got that grille correct with their latest alterations. The car looks fresher and much better in person. Still wish they’d dump the overstyled rear lights and add something fresher.

Definitely a solid piece of machinery if you’re in the market for a mid-size. Great deals too.