Camry SE vs. Altima SE-R vs. Malibu SS vs. Galant Ralliart

"You've traded your Audi TT for one wife, two kids, and three carpool buddies. And now you need four doors and four seats. Your heart screams, "550i or E550 Sport, baby!" Your budget, in a tone resembling your mother-in-law's, reminds you about "practical family transportation." It'll be okay. Several carmakers have realized average family dudes and dudettes with normal incomes may want a spoonful of driving fun and a sprinkle of pizzazz with their daily commuter cereal and have come up with sportified versions of their mainstream midsize four-doors. You won't mistake any of them for that rockin' BMW, Benz, or Audi, but they prove that you don't have to settle for a vanilla sled resembling the ones you rent on business trips.



We've assembled a quartet of them here, all sportier than average V-6-powered front-drivers that live in the $25,000-$30,000 price range. As with SRT or AMG, Mitsubishi's Ralliart sub-brand is intended to symbolize a zestier version of a mainstream product. The Galant sedan gets the Ralliart treatment this time out, new as a 2007 model. It's most easily identified by the projector-style, four-bulb ellipsoid headlamp clusters, mesh grille, side air dams, and 18-inch rolling stock. Power comes from the same 3.8-liter V-6 engine that's employed in the Eclipse GT; variable valve timing helps it crank out 258 horsepower (standard V-6 models run with 230)."
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mstangpny07 - 11/14/2006 4:54:45 PM

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What year is this from? 2005?

kart1 - 11/15/2006 12:45:51 AM

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What are trying to be funny??? All the cars are 2007s.

mstangpny07 - 11/15/2006 10:04:19 PM

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no they are not!!!! The altima is an '06 model

chewy - 11/14/2006 10:08:46 PM

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The car with the "cam in block" engine didn't do very well.

shiftless - 11/16/2006 9:58:14 AM

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Nissan by far has a better look ,faster than all of them being a 2006 models with no bolt ons and to recieve 2nd place that only make motor trend a one track mind.Showing favors to Honda's and Toyota's.