2016 Nissan Altima, Sentra Receiving Extensive Mid-Cycle Refreshes
The 2016 Nissan Maxima won’t be the only one to receive an extensive update to its style, as the automaker plans to do the same for the Altima and Sentra.
Nissan’s U.S. sales boss Fred Diaz says both sedans will be “incredibly refreshed” when they enter showrooms for the 2016 model year, Automotive News reports, including a full list of styling updates and technology enhancements.
The overhauls for the Altima and Sentra come despite major sales successes for the duo, with 183,268 Sentras leaving the lot in 2014 — the highest volume for the nameplate in 25 years — and the Altima selling more copies than the Honda Accord over the first five months of 2015 (142,613 versus 128,269).
Yet, mid-cycle revamps are becoming major affairs as automakers battle for more and more market share. Honda alone changed up the current Civic twice already, while Toyota went as far as to add more length and width to the 2015 Camry in addition to other upgrades.
As for what both of Nissan’s revamps may bring, Autoblog says the Sentra may pull from the Euro-market Pulsar’s playbook, while the Sentra could take cues from both the Murano and newly introduced 2016 Maxima.
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The Sentra needs more punch. It'd be nice to see SPEC V but I doubt it.
Update to Nissan probably means their whole line will have ridiculously ugly grills.
Honda used to call them mid-model changeovers. I always referred to them as "mid-model corrections," i.e., they correct all the things they screwed up with the original. Although the 1996 Accord looked worse than the 1994 original, go figure.
They need to fix the CVT unit in each to be like what Honda is doing with the Accord. That constant droning and engine revving drive me nuts. Speaking of engine Di would be nice along with lower NVH characteristics. Axe the thin urethane base wheel and plastic hub caps and make the S version the base trim level with alloy wheels std equipment. If Chevy, Hyundai, Kia and Ford can do this with the Malibu, Sonata, Optima and Fusion so can Nissan.