TTAC Takes the Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V For a Spin

Anyone who’s ever watched a canard-laden, sooty-arsed Spec V Skyline blast through a corner like a turbocharged gecko knows that the NISMO (Nissan Motorsports) boys are capable of crafting some serious speed. Yes, well, making a street fighter out of Nissan’s weight-challenged Sentra compact is sure to require some extra strength bippity-boppity-boo. Speedy silk purse, lethargic sow’s ear, that kind of thing. In short, I approached the Sentra SE-R Spec V with a healthy dose of scepticism, cynicism and I’ll-believe-it-when-I-thrash-it-ism.

Styling. My eyes! Why did I kill my father and marry my mother? Okay, you know I didn’t, and the SE-R isn’t quite that bad. But despite the porcine lipstick application, this is a car only Kermit could love. The new seventeen-inch rims barely fill out the wheel wells and the aero-kit fails to drop the lines low enough to disguise the micro-van roofline. And that’s on top of a car with oversized headlights, Caddy-esque edges and Chryslerberusian hood strakes. Ew.


Read Article

EL34 - 6/18/2007 12:00:39 PM

0 Boost

Is that the worlds most smallest school bus, or what?

PPower - 6/18/2007 12:08:03 PM

-1 Boost

Sentra makes a smart choice over some competitors with availability of bluetooth, intelligent key, and leather, but none of these are available on the SE-R. Personally, I'd take a Sentra SL for the features over the lackluster performance increase of the SE-R. A Civic Si sedan w/ voice activated nav is a great combo. Honda/Acura makes the best voice activation on the market.

S4cabriofoxone - 6/18/2007 7:30:24 PM

0 Boost

I hate the new Sentra. It looks like somebody threw the Altima in a trash compactor.

EnnNorak - 6/19/2007 10:31:11 AM

+1 Boost

It would be a great little urban car if it were available with an automatic transmission and I'm not taliking about the dreaded CVT either.