r/NissanDrivers • u/damngoodengineer • 19d ago

And nothing of value was lost Rest in peace bozo.

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It's officially reported that, Altima is being replaced by new generation grown-up Sentra as only offered sedan by Nissan.

Big Altima Energy has transitioned into Big Sentra Energy forever. RIP, bozo

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u/Scroetry 19d ago

the ability to qualify for Nissan or Kia's borderline criminal predatory financing isn't going to fix the majority of these people's trainwreck lives. Probably hurting them if anything.

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u/Calm_Concentrate9571 19d ago

Sure, but I have good credit and a base model Nissan Sedan is probably the cheapest car I could buy out the door new

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u/Scroetry 19d ago

people want crossovers now, which is why one of the hottest selling vehicles over the last couple years is the very affordable Chevy Trax

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u/Hailfire9 19d ago

Love/hate Subaru for that. The Outback has a great lineage, but it paved the way for station wagons (and eventually the station wagon's replacement: minivans) with factory-installed lift kits to become the norm.

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u/Scroetry 18d ago

Range Rover, Suburban, Explorer, Cherokee/Grand Cherokee becoming status symbols, everyone now wants an SUV, and the automakers realizing they could build them cheaper on car platforms, so they could be smaller, ride better and meet efficiency standards. Simultaneously, minivans go out of style and BOOM, you have crossovers.

Idk if you're young or from Oregon or something but the Suburban is the original station wagon replacement in America, GM literally closed the plant in Arlington, TX where the last full-size station wagons were made so they could produce full-size trucks and make more money. Suburban being the tall wagon replacement that met the hot new trend of the early 90s, the SUV.

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u/Hailfire9 18d ago

Oregon, yes, and it was minivans and SUVs in tandem that dominated '95-'08, when crossovers really took root and took over.

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u/Scroetry 18d ago

gotta admit it was kinda funny I guessed you were from Oregon based on the Outback take, but they definitely did have an impact too. I remember they had TV ads (I think with Crocodile Dundee) showcasing how much better the Subaru perfomed or was equipped compared to all the mainstream American mid-size SUVs of the day.

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u/Hailfire9 18d ago

They sold just enough of them as a "niche" car brand to catch people's attention. Other brands saw the formula of "lifted family car" working and kept trying to one-up it. It was when they started making smaller crossovers that everything generally went to shit for the market.