2008 Altima coupe in real life

[03promaz]

Looks pretty good

 

[JPMotorSport]

I like this car. I like it alot.

It will definitely sell. Especially to the image-conscious youth.

 

[Rotary_Powered]

I think it looks great!

RWD is for southerners and the strickly performance minded. It is a death sentance to moving overall units especialy up here in snow country. Nissan would be screwed if they made that mistake. It would be far better to option an AWD model.

Larger wheels would be nice but I would never get them from the dealer anyways.

I disagree a bit, snow tires and tire chains work miracles for handling in the white stuff.

 

[mikeyb]

I disagree a bit, snow tires and tire chains work miracles for handling in the white stuff.

Snowtires and traction control works fine up here in the northeast. Chains are illegal for the reason they chew up the pavement. There is a bunch of RWD cars in my family and all of the ones that are year round cars get snows.

 

[Rotary_Powered]

Snowtires and traction control works fine up here in the northeast. Chains are illegal for the reason they chew up the pavement. There is a bunch of RWD cars in my family and all of the ones that are year round cars get snows.

Chains ARE legal in MA for about 5 months of the year.

 

[1sty]

I disagree a bit, snow tires and tire chains work miracles for handling in the white stuff.

Reality and preception are very different.
You can walk into any acura dealer in America and see that in action when they get people into a Tl over a 328 becuase of its "winter handling"
Front wheel drive is simply precieved as far better in the snow to the masses. So much so that a great many people will not even consider rear wheel drive.

 

[Rotary_Powered]

Reality and preception are very different.
You can walk into any acura dealer in America and see that in action when they get people into a Tl over a 328 becuase of its "winter handling"
Front wheel drive is simply precieved as far better in the snow to the masses. So much so that a great many people will not even consider rear wheel drive.

I agree that FWD is easier to drive in snow. FWD is much easier to get going because most of the weight distribution is over the front wheels. The right kind of tires + chains make RWD handle very well on snow though. RWD can be very safe. I own both FWD and RWD, so while I do agree FWD is a little better in loose traction situations RWD CAN still be fairly good.

 

[JPMotorSport]

Why would they need another RWD car. They already have the Z.

I believe most of the Altima coupe buyers wouldn't even really know the advantages of either.

 

[mikeyb]

I went to my Nissan dealer today and they had a Blackout 3.5 auto on the lot. The retail price was $29K. More then I want to spend on another Altima.

 

[nvmsp]

Get them to sell you the test drive car. Thats how my parents got it. Retail was like 30K and we got it for 23k. Had almost 4,000 miles on it.

 

[.paul]

nvmsp: why would you want a car that wasn't broken in properly/beat up the first few hundred/thousand miles?

$30K OTD for an altima? That's insane, what the hell are they thinking?

 

[meGrimlock]

it basically looks like a front-wheel drive Z...

 

[CantCMe]

it basically looks like a front-wheel drive Z...

+1

 

[mikeyb]

nvmsp: why would you want a car that wasn't broken in properly/beat up the first few hundred/thousand miles?

$30K OTD for an altima? That's insane, what the hell are they thinking?

Its in the same price bracket as the Honda Accord Coupe, Toyota Solara, Pontiac G6c, Mitsu Eclipse GT-S.

 

[Donas64]

Its in the same price bracket as the Honda Accord Coupe, Toyota Solara, Pontiac G6c, Mitsu Eclipse GT-S.

yeah I don't see why people are shocked that the Altima coupe is 30K.

I bet the same people would not flinch at a stripper 30K 325 bimmer with no options.

 

[mikeyb]

yeah I don't see why people are shocked that the Altima coupe is 30K.

I bet the same people would not flinch at a stripper 30K 325 bimmer with no options.

There is no stripper 325i anymore. The 325i has been replaced by the 328i that starts at $32K.

The Altima Coupe 2.5 S starts at $20,490 and the 3.5 SE starts at $24,890.

The Coupe I looked at only had two options on it to bring the price up to $29K.

CVT transmission and the 3.5 SE package $3,200.

 

[.paul]

I didn't even know all those other cars were in that price range. 'eh whatev.

 

[CantCMe]

There is no stripper 325i anymore. The 325i has been replaced by the 328i that starts at $32K.

The Altima Coupe 2.5 S starts at $20,490 and the 3.5 SE starts at $24,890.

The Coupe I looked at only had two options on it to bring the price up to $29K.

CVT transmission and the 3.5 SE package $3,200.

well, the starting prices seem very reasonable...i've never seen a v6 accord or a solara coupe that cheap.

 

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[mikeyb]

I've already seen 8 Alty Coupes on the road this week. I called my dealer about the black one I looked at and its already sold. My salesman told me that they have already sold 20 coupes and that there is a waiting list.