Nissan is about to introduce a redesign of one of the bread and butter cars
for the company. The 2013 Nissan Sentra is to be a versatile vehicle that offers
everything from inexpensive means of transportation to spirited drivers car. In
this article we look at the performance based rice rocket and determine if
Nissan will deliver the goods.
Since Renault owns a 43.4% stake in Nissan and Nissan owns a 15% or Renault
means that the two companies are close, like Siamese-Frenchy twins. So therefore
they share a lot of the same platforms and what have you. So we might get to see
the Renaultsport engines making their way into the 2013 Sentra SE-R. There are
two that is the turbo and direct injected 2.0L that both companies have access
to. This engine easily produces 265hp like nothing is there so it would
certainly make for a tuner friendly vehicle plus you probably could get 300hp
easily if Nissan decides not to do it themselves. We would see around a 6 sec
0-60 time that would be on par with the redesigned 240hp VW Golf GTi coming
out.
Nissan needs to revitalize the Nismo name for cars other than the GT-R and
370Z by letting those engineers tackle the 2013 Sentra, Altima, and upcoming
Maxima would certainly put a smile on my face as well as the rest of the Nissan
fan boys and girls. With an updated chassis and focus on lighter weight we
should see an all around better 2013 Nissan Sentra SE-R Nismo. So look for some
stiff competition in this compact performance class. So therefore this would
put Nissan in the race for hot hatchbacks around $25k dollars. Expect some
stiffer suspension and a nice 6-speed manual or automatic to go along with this
ride.
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