[jordbird]

Sounds like a solid little sport compact. I think its good competition for the si.

Is is just me or is this thing an ugly little beast?


http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/30/first-drive-sentra-se-r-spec-v/

 

[Absolute333]

It is pretty ugly but it gets the job done. At least it isn't an SRT4. I think this is direct competition to the SI and would probably be a drivers race but I would see the SE-R on top more often.

 

[franck]

[quote author=jordbird link=topic=73376.msg1301815#msg1301815 date=1175283892]

Is is just me or is this thing an ugly little beast?

[/quote]

ugly is the word

 

[budgy]

not like the old spec-v's were nice to look at anyway.

but I wonder how much more the Altima coupe is

 

[Apocalypse]

don't like it

 

[budgy]

pretty huge bang for buck on paper....too bad nissan couldnt make it an attractive looking automobile

 

[Unoriginalusername]

Nissan likes to tout the fact that the nearest competitor in the segment with a paddle-shift transmission is the GTI, at a $4k premium. However, comparing VW/Audi's delectable DSG to a CVT with artificial ratios is a like saying that Rosie O'Donnell is as hot as Pamela Anderson, just because they share the same cup size.

LMAO

 

[TrevDaddy]

All they need to do is lower that bitch and spice up the wheels and body and everybody will be impressed by it. 8)

 

[COSMOS]

It's ugly indeed, but i'd take it over a neon anyday. I think it has potential! If you lower it, tint and some 18's it'd look sharp.

 

[DeDster]

The main reason I prefered the STI over the EVO was because the EVO looked taller and longer and that just screams "I can't take a corner without active yaw control!" to me, and it was true. It's no different with this one. Forget all the modifcations, it doesn't even look like a sports car to begin with. No amount of modification will change the fact that it looks like a boat that will tilt and scream with agony at the slightest curve.

 

[brecker]

[quote author=DeDster link=topic=73376.msg1385290#msg1385290 date=1178283595]
The main reason I prefered the STI over the EVO was because the EVO looked taller and longer and that just screams "I can't take a corner without active yaw control!" to me, and it was true. It's no different with this one. Forget all the modifcations, it doesn't even look like a sports car to begin with. No amount of modification will change the fact that it looks like a boat that will tilt and scream with agony at the slightest curve.
[/quote]

Amen. It's like a Pontiac Montana SE-R Spec V. WTF is the point :lol:

 

[Apocalypse]

i agree....it needs to be a few inches shorter and a few inches wider

 

[kspec]

it needs a new body.
copying the nissan altima, then smashing it into a 20,000 dollar body size, then calling it an SE-R
will get you no where.

they will see their sales are not going to be good. then hopefully they will redesign it.
they couldve copied.... anything else.

 

[DeDster]

It's like a Pontiac Montana SE-R Spec V.

LOL! good one!

Then again I drive a Mazda5 and think it's sportier than a Matrix XRS. :doh:

 

[Apocalypse]

but the mazda5 is not pretending to be something it's not....the 5 beats the crap out of an xb or whatever else it may be competeing with

 

[DeDster]

Yah it's hard to find a comparable competitor to the Mazda5. Aside from the Kia Rondo and Matrix XR I don't think there's anything else.

 

[Christopher88]

It certainly isn't a great looking car, but it isn't ugly. It's definitely better looking than any previous Sentra's, IMHO.

 

[kspec]

this definately looks better than the 07's

the older SE-R's even made it in NFS underground and looked good in the previews.

 

[Apocalypse]

[quote author=Christopher88 link=topic=73376.msg1385518#msg1385518 date=1178288863]
It's definitely better looking than any previous Sentra's, IMHO.
[/quote]

my guess is that you'll be one of the very few who think that

 

[betelgeuse]

I'm pretty sure it's faster than the SI. It really doesn't take much. Having to whine that torqueless motor up all the time to get any kind of performance is a disadvantage. As for looks, the SI wants to look too much like Prius. I'd take the Sentra over it.