05/01/2016
NISSAN SENTRA 2015
Features:
PRICE LIST:
DAY: 150 AED
WEEK: 850 AED
MONTH: 2,100 AED
Nissan has taken aim right at the middle of the compact-sedan market with the current Sentra. It's a competitive landscape where pricing is important and competition is tough. And up until now, this generation of the Sentra has tackled it with what matters to a lot of shoppers: spaciousness and value.
Nissan is working on sweetening the deal, though. With many of the Sentra's rivals now offering new technologies and features that were only available on luxury cars a few years ago, the Sentra gets what we'd call a realignment for 2015, with its features and options a bit reshuffled.
The 2015 Nissan Sentra, which is only offered as a sedan, with no hatchback counterpart, attempts to emulate the dynamics of larger, more comfortable sedans, rather than going for the small and sporty side of the spectrum. It wears a design language that we've seen from the Altima and even some Infinitis in recent years, making the Sentra look significantly sexier than it has in the past. However, its interior feels more economical than upscale, so it won't fool anyone into believing that it's more luxurious than it actually is.
The Sentra is sized in a range that might have been considered mid-size—or close to it—not so long ago. At 182.1 inches long, about two inches longer than the current car, with a wheelbase 0.6 longer, at 106.3 inches, plus an inch of additional width, the new Sentra has a longer, wider cabin. Dimensionally, the Sentra has its rivals beat in the numbers; it has the best official front headroom, front legroom, and rear legroom than other models in this class (including Cruze, Focus, Civic, and Corolla). Overall passenger room, by official measurements, is also more than any of these competing models. In all, the Sentra feels accommodating, but its seating design and seating comfort feel subpar. Flat and unsupportive seats are the biggest letdown; and while we thought by the look of them we’d get a little lateral support, it’s there in appearance alone. The Sentra does have one of the roomiest trunks in this class, and in back you can flip the the seatbacks forward (not flat) to an expanded area.
Cabin materials are merely average. Nissan lined up the armrests of the door with the top of the center console, and the contact points are a soft-touch material. We also like the base cloth seats and would probably be happier with them over the plasticky leather (it looks much better in pictures) that’s available. It's a relatively quiet cabin at high speeds, too—by budget small-car standards.
What you will find here is performance that's confident enough for everyday-driver, commuter-style needs.