LA 2015: New 2016 Nissan Sentra Finishes What Maxima Started

by Aaron Cole

Updated: December 30th, 2020 Published: November 18th, 2015

la 2015 new 2016 nissan sentra finishes what maxima started

(The Sentra still really needs an SE-R model.)

Nissan unleashed its heavily refreshed 2016 Nissan Sentra on Tuesday at the Los Angeles Auto Show completing the overhaul to the automaker’s line of sedans. The compact sedan, which still uses the same 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine as the last model, sports a few of the Maxima’s designs and even fewer of the new Altima’s curves (we’ll have our first drive for that soon).

The company’s V-shaped grille and boomerang headlights are present, but some of the more unique features will have to wait for the Sentra’s complete overhaul a few years from now.

Nissan announced that the Sentra will start at $16,780 and will go on sale in December. Full pricing would be detailed closer to the car’s launch so … next week?

The same huffy 130-horsepower four cylinder engine is still under the hood, so we’ll have to wait longer for improvements there. Assuming you get the car up to speed, the Sentra has added safety features such as Forward Emergency Braking, Intelligent Cruise Control, Blind Spot Monitoring and cross traffic alert.

The Sentra will be offered in base S, SV, SR and SL trims. A six-speed manual is available only on the S trim.

A new steering wheel and 5-inch high-resolution screen in the car’s instrument cluster highlight the changes to the Sentra.

2016 Nissan Sentra

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CincyDavid on Nov 19, 2015

It's an attractive little car, but it's a Nissan. My issue isn't so much with the product as the marketing and perception that people only buy Nissans because they can get a loan with bad credit, sort of an Asian Chrysler. That, and the obnoxious Clay Cooley Nissan TV spots...how he can think that a huckster with a heavy TX accent will not turn off midwesterners is a mystery to me.

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Sector 5 on Nov 21, 2015

The SL with leather & gizmos will be north of 24K. While still 130 below. Yeppa - pizza with all the topping. I can just see an SER lease ender wanting to trade their 5-year-old 180 for 130 with nice guages & color coded stitches.

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