Styling
The Sentra's tall stance and short hood and trunklid make the car look a bit stubby in profile. It's not nearly as sleek as the Civic, which is still futuristic looking even though it's been around in its current form since the 2006 model year — an incredible feat. I like the Sentra's design more than the Corolla's, which is about as bland and nondescript a car as you'll find these days. For a side-by-side comparison of the Sentra, Civic and Corolla, click here.
Not everything's right with the Sentra's design. A couple of our editors, myself included, weren't fond of the car's clear-lens taillights. This design cue was a fad a few years ago, and it's time for Nissan to ditch the look.
The Sentra comes standard with steel wheels, but our 2.0 SL had 16-inch alloy wheels with an eight-spoke design. Alloy wheels always dress up a car's exterior, and 2.0 S and 2.0 SL models get chrome door and trunklid accents that serve the same purpose.
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Audio main operation
POWER/VOLUME control:
Place the ignition switch in the ACC or ON
position. Press the PWR button while the system
is off to call up the mode (radio, CD or AUX) that
was playing immediately befor ...
Exterior
The Maxima was redesigned for 2009, and I noticed quite a few design elements
that appear to have been pulled from the Infiniti line. From the outside, the
hood looks bowed toward the center and f ...
Frontier in the Market
The Frontier is the right-size truck for an urban environment, and with the
available V-6 engine it offers decent capability, too, with a large 6,500-pound
maximum towing capacity and a 1,541-poun ...