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Nissan Launches 2020 Altima


Sat 28 Mar 2020 | 02:08 PM
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2020 Nissan Altima rides on a new platform that boasts a rock-solid chassis. The independent rear suspension helps it soak up bumps in corners that usually upset vehicles with a solid rear axle.

Exterior design is non-obtrusive, but thick C-pillars leave blind spots at the rear corners. Thankfully all the aforementioned camera and warning systems negate that concern.

The interior is well laid out and offers plenty of comfort in both front and rear seats. The front buckets proved not only supportive, but comfortable over eight hours at the wheel.

2020 Nissan Altima

Also,the 20-cm colour touchscreen has both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto pairing. A little slow to respond it also boasted actual knobs for volume, tuning and climate control.

Since the redesign just hit for 2019, the 2020 Nissan Altima carries on with small but important changes. Nissan Safety Shield 360, the brand’s suite of safety features, now comes standard across the range. That includes frontal automatic emergency braking, through a front and rear automatic braking system is available on SR and above trims.

2020 Nissan Altima

Meanwhile, Altima is its 248 horsepower 2.0-liter turbocharged engine. It’s a substantial upgrade over the base 188 horsepower 2.5-liter unit, but it’s only available on the front-wheel drive models.

If you want all-wheel drive, you will have to stick with the base engine, though you can get it with the more luxurious trims. Other changes for 2020 include more piano black interior trim on SV, SL and Platinum trims.

Noteworthy, Sales of car-maker “Nissan” fell by 12% in China during the past month on an annual basis, negatively affected by the spread of the coronavirus and the start of the Lunar New Year holiday earlier than usual.

The Japanese automaker reported that its sales in China dropped by 11.8% during January on an annual basis to reach 118,143 thousand vehicles.

Last year, Nissan sold about 1.55 million cars in China, 1.1 percent less than the previous year, yet, sales in the Chinese market saw a decline of 8.2 percent.

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