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Yes, you will actually want to drive the 2014 Nissan Altima 3.5 SL on roads like this. |
Attention new car shoppers....especially mid-size family sedan shoppers.
Do you know how good you have it?
Do you have any idea?
Five years ago this was one of the most bland and boring segments in the industry. Camry, Accord, Malibu, Fusion, Altima, Mazda 6...some were better than others, but none were inspiring, none were aspirational.
But now, every one of those cars has been re-designed and choosing has become very hard.
In January, we drove the
2.5-liter four-cylinder version of the 2013 Altima...and it landed immediately on TireKicker's Best Cars (see the list in the right-hand column). In June, the
2013 Honda Accord Touring landed one notch ahead of it. Not really a fair fight, given that the Accord had the V6 (enthusiasts should note that the
2014 Mazda 6, with almost 100 horsepower less and a four-cylinder engine, landed squarely at #5...several slots ahead of both the Altima and Accord).