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2013 Nissan Altima Preview

2013 Nissan Altima exterior design and the careful development of the current model. Highlights include a new face plate is even worse, a long roofline slopes and more luggage space. Combined with a slightly wider stance that reflects her new song, a broad and prominent wheel arches, and the Altima driver cut slimmer than ever.

Width apart, the new Altima has the same dimensions as the current model, including wheelbase, as it is built on the same platform with the current model.

However, 2013 Nissan altima has enough handling and comfort with the new rear multilink suspension, which offers a fully "connect" technology improves stroke. Pierre Loing, Nissan's vice president of product planning for American, told us that the multi-link suspension provides greater control, but due to resume or "copy everything on the road," the hard way and be able to compete.

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In order to improve implementation of the socket that has some movement in the rear axle permits, and discard the effect of copy ... that allows the rear wheel angle ... to the response of the entire vehicle."

Another aid to the new handling of the new Altima is the so-called "understeer control active" that uses the VDC (Vehicle Dynamic Control) system. The use of the brake cylinder and the leadership and the sensor on the steering wheel, which can detect and correct understeer, before you meet, the possibility of a slowdown in the wheel.

Loing said that unlike other systems, to combat understeer, but you will be better management, not the system to realize openly intervene in any way - is designed to enhance the everyday driving, and not as an emergency evasion tactic.


The 3.5L I4 and 2.5L V6 engine returns, but Nissan promoting greater fuel efficiency, because the new body is lighter by 80 pounds, and because the new generation CVT. Compared to the previous transmission, CVT has a friction by 40 percent and far wider relations "program", a very high speed, low speed. Director of the fuel consumption figures (in miles per gallon U.S.) for the 2.5L and 3.5L engines in the fashion city / outside city / combined: 22/30/25 27/38/31 and. This amount is the way to the 2.5L engine - 38 mpg or 6.2L/100km U.S. - not bad for mid-size hybrid sedan there.

Talking about the hybrid powertrain, says a Loing, who came up with Altima, but not immediately. And if successful, has had a Nissan Technology (formerly Altima hybrid uses Toyota technology).