Nissan Sentra

Nissan, in addition to creating stability and a sense of identity, an important design goal for the new Sentra flashy "look at me" style to avoid. Based in California, the first small car from Nissan design international according to the results of our first encounter with the Director of the beam hirshberg it can be said that Jerry nailed. The new Sentra, almost skipping as Fielding mellish, a group stands out. Like years like a few months rather than a view of the small car gets.

In spite of deja vu, the new Sentra is really new - new shell, new automatic transmission and new standard engine. Chassis dimensions are unchanged - for example, wheelbase-inch level 99.8 - but the platform (HS), a member of a family that supports the new global Nissan other in other markets. Platform sharing is not new, but one of this structural bukalema Nissan created for the first time. Although the wheelbase is the same, the new Sentra is 6.5 inches in length, and 1.0 inch longer and an inch (0.7) it's a part of the width of better. According to Nissan's product planning chief of Department hirata hirokatsu, a third traverse of the base, in addition to the torsional rigidity of 30% provides a 30 percent improvement over the previous car, and the third engine reduces vibration of the engine bay. Hirata also, the more powerful the side of the roof, B pillars and outer body of the thresholds - as well as the presence of Side airbags for front - occupant protection in crash tests would lead to a better rating. This no one really want to test that didn't yield. More positive benefits of the new structure, with dimensions increased interior volume, particularly in the rear seat area that extended approximately two cubic feet is an important development. This may not sound like a lot, but the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, DaimlerChrysler Neons, and others on a more competitive footing by snapping the Sentra beyond the EPA's compact enough to move the boundary. In the area of competitive parity, at least in our minds more important, the new 1.8-liter DOHC 16-valve Quad thanks to the standard power is much more advanced than the Sentra. The previous 1.6-liter DOHC 16-valve four, like the 1.8, which is significantly narrower (80.0-by-88.0-millimeter bore and stroke) design. Unlike the smaller precursor of the new engine with variable valve timing, a timing chain (less resilient in the face of the strap), a coil-on-plug ignition, and more importantly, to have more punch a bunch: BG 108 115 126 horsepower and 129 pound feet with wimpy HP and 115 pound-feet. Equally important, the engine's torque peak value is 2400 rpm, by contrast, is 1.6 to 4000. Big heavy Sentra - GXE manual models, although it is more than 150 pounds - Nissan, expects to fly the new engine in seconds from 0 to 60 miles an hour. The midrange GXE (C / D, February 1996) 's based on the last test, this is the eighth Sprint of the second best will mean. Inspired with the name of your specific model, inspired by the Sentra CA, Nissan takes pride in engineering circles there is a variation of the engine. This model, low-sulphur fuels is limited to California where the rule is, although the letters actually like the first air the California air resources board Super ultra low emission vehicle engine (SULEV) standards, which will be referred to as "fresh air" indicate that it is for. . Have no evaporative emissions, and this is doing only marginally sacrificing productive - only 4 HP and 7 pounds feet. How the Sentra is expected to generate about 70 percent of sales gxe, although a little more aggressive and we prefer something that is more sporty suspension Setup with the extra power. What drive, a 2.0 liter DOHC 16-valve provided by Quad. A longer intake manifold, Nissan's Intelligent variable-capacity muffler, and other minor changes, the previous 140 HP and 132 HP and 136 pound feet of a storm to the outputs of 145 pound feet coming together.

SE, luckily, the net five-speed manual transmission and an optional Performance Package (16-inch wheels and P195 / 55R-16 tires and also includes viscous limited slip differential) allies with SE as you would expect, the most reactive of the family member. And SE, gxe from about 80 pounds heavier, despite being significantly faster, and feels it has an important place for weight. The same thing, on the contrary, all things can be said for the stopping power of a disc brake system. The new Sentra like the feeling of driving, there are other elements that are not quite discreet. For example, an impression which is more pronounced in the SE gxe setup even harder, and it feels like a little excessive springiness sonumlemis on rough surfaces. Performed on two-lane highways around Las Vegas a short preview of our drive we emerge with a strong desire who wants to feel more steering. Engine speed-sensitive Electric increased the speed of trailers, but in the center of the rotation is making the effort due to the numbness reached the triple digits and the accuracy it gets a little harder to feel a little nervous especially as this car is going to cause. Sentra the feeling of a non-dynamic element of the car, remove them from the field to shipping basic a "target vehicle" with one of the design goals by creating a step filled with too many hard plastics and textures, which seem to an internal region. On the other hand, this innovation has been measured compared to the previous Sentra, the same as about the money, more power, more space, more substance, less noise, less vibration, long list of a healing centre.