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2000: San Francisco Tow-Auction Cars Fill My Back Yard

Going through my old 2X2X2 35mm stereo slide pairs for posting on Cars In Depth (I’ve been messing around with twin-film-camera 3D for about 15 years now), I came across some shots of the ever-varied...

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Review: 2012 Nissan Versa vs 2012 Nissan Sentra

Here’s a statement you won’t see at any other automotive outlet – when I hopped out of a 2012 Mercedes CLS and into a 2012 Nissan Versa SL, I felt like I was at home. This has as much to do with my...

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Nissan Sentra Sedan

The Corolla and the Civic get all the attention when we think about the Japanese subcompacts that put the fear into Detroit during the final years of the Malaise Era, but we mustn’t forget Nissan’s...

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Junkyard Find: 1982 Nissan Sentra Station Wagon

The Corolla has been with us since the 1966 model year, the Civic since 1973. The Sentra didn’t appear until partway through 1982, and first-year examples are quite rare (the closest I’ve come in the...

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Pre-Production Review: 2013 Nissan Sentra (Bonus Video)

It’s not easy being Nissan’s middle child. Big brothers Maxima and Altima steal the limelight and even the Versa has upstaged the Sentra since 2011. With the seventh generation, Nissan has decided to...

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Then And Now: A Short History Of The Altima

Camry or Accord? Back in the early 90′s, most non-enthusiasts with who admired certain small cars as long-term transportation modules would wind up at a Toyota or Honda dealer. Civic, Corolla, Camry,...

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Piston Slap: The Sentra’s Salt Assault

TTAC commentator greaseyknight writes: Sajeev, I have a question that I would like to throw at you and the Best and Brightest. Time is of the essence! In about a month I will be moving from the PNW to...

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Review: 2013 Nissan Sentra SV

When Alex Dykes checked out a pre-production Sentra in Napa, he was favorably impressed. When I was given a Sentra SV with just 812 miles on it at the rental counter this past Friday, I was...

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Review: 2012 Nissan Sentra

Now waiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit a minute! Didn’t I just review a grey Nissan Sentra on these very (electronic) pages? Yes, I did, but it was the 2013 Sentra that I took on a long, dreary trip to...

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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...

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Crapwagon Outtake: 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

The Nissan Sentra SE-R was often compared to Nissan’s OG hot sedan — the 510. With decent power and handling in a three-box profile, I can see the resemblance. The factory limited-slip differential...

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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...

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2016 Nissan Sentra Review – Nissan’s Compact Goes Premium

Traditional car shoppers are moving away from small sedans and toward compact crossovers. That’s the conventional wisdom used to explain the slowing sales we see in some models. But could there be...

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Foreign Affairs: Nissan Tsuru, Mexico

As wonderful as the American marketplace is, there’s an entire world — literally — of cars out there that we just can’t get our hands on. In TTAC’s new series, “Foreign Affairs,” we look at forbidden...

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Nissan Sentra Coupe

The first-generation Nissan Sentra first appeared on American roads in 1982, early in the very costly Datsun-to-Nissan rebranding process. The lightweight, fuel-efficient Sentra was a big sales hit,...

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It’s Been A Good Run: Nissan Tsuru Production Likely To End Soon

After 25 years in production, the Nissan B13 chassis is not long for this world. New Mexican safety regulations will spell the end of the Nissan Tsuru, according to a report in La Jornada...

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2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo Dashes IDx Dreams

Nissan is filling in all the unfilled niches today. The automaker unveiled a turbocharged variant of the sensible and unexciting Sentra today at the Miami International Auto Show, promising a...

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