2010 A/C SPOTTED

[RicerX]

What's up, ladies and gents?

I took a trip to scenic Nashville, TN, yesterday (home of NNA HQ no less), and stopped in Opry Mills Mall. After parking my AC two spots down from a damn GT-R (I'll upload that picture later), I walked into the imax entrance to find none other than this...



They had a 2.5S '10 Coupe in there with what was quite obviously the premium package. As you can see, it has projectors, and a mock up of the '09 SE wheel pattern in size 17". I found this to be interesting.

Tan leather interior, and the new Bose head unit. It basically looked like it could've been an '08 SE on the outside.

Just thought I'd share. On a side note, I am NOT AT ALL a fan of the stupid random hump of plastic in the headlight design. It looks too much like it might've been inspired by the "pleats" in Ron Burgundy's pants. Just my two cents.

[Altima_Coupe]

nice. thanks for the pic. I still dont know how I feel about it. Its too bad the headlights arent interchangable to the 08-09. I want projectors!

[losenone]

Maybe now someone will actually produce projector headlights...

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

^^ we can only hope

i like those lights alot more..........tell u the truth the pic looks really nice idk i like it idk y everyones downin it so bad i mean i was pissed bc of the whole headlight and the fact they changed alot.....bc i thought id ruin our aftermarket

[rcboy514]

hahah "it's the pleats, I was just about to return them to the pants store". lmao

[Rob.Vegan]

The headlights look decent in this pic, I just wish they kept the same design of headlight from the 08-09.

[Coupeguy23]

guess im going to have to take a trip to the mall and see this

[mcheddadi]

dude! only one pic?! MOAR!!!! pics of interior!

[rjdmmfl1]

hey, I'm headed to mossy nissan tomorrow... maybe they will have one i the showroom...

hey guys, now I know where they got that little angled headlight from on the new A/C.... here's a closeup of the old G35 headlights



phucking nissan phucktards

also, did anyone notice that the 2.5's now have turn mirrors as part of one of their packages,,,

honda has a number of ways to distinguish between the 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder accord...( the 4 cylinder has a single exhaust, not dual... the 4 cylinder does NOT have chorome door handles)

nissan is doing everything possible to blend the 2.5 and 3.5...(dual exhausts on both... turn mirrors on both)... now once they are debadged, you can't tell the difference between the two

[Kanard]

^^haha yeah, til that mother-trucker takes off on the "challenger" lol

[boystar22]

also, did anyone notice that the 2.5's now have turn mirrors as part of one of their packages,,,nissan is doing everything possible to blend the 2.5 and 3.5...(dual exhausts on both... turn mirrors on both)... now once they are debadged, you can't tell the difference between the two

Hey some of us like having cheaper insurance and blinking! =p

[Coupeguy23]

Hey some of us like having cheaper insurance and blinking! =p

[Hussain]

lol nothing wrong with having a 2.5, just not the greatest idea for Nissan to make it to where you can not distinguish the 2 cars.... sort of why the G people get upset about our cars

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

hey, I'm headed to mossy nissan tomorrow... maybe they will have one i the showroom...

hey guys, now I know where they got that little angled headlight from on the new A/C.... here's a closeup of the old G35 headlights



phucking nissan phucktards

also, did anyone notice that the 2.5's now have turn mirrors as part of one of their packages,,,

honda has a number of ways to distinguish between the 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder accord...( the 4 cylinder has a single exhaust, not dual... the 4 cylinder does NOT have chorome door handles)

nissan is doing everything possible to blend the 2.5 and 3.5...(dual exhausts on both... turn mirrors on both)... now once they are debadged, you can't tell the difference between the two

reason they did this is bc they sold a s***load more 2.5's than the 3.5's so they are making it so people can have the smaller more eco friendly engine and the looks of a more luxury/sporty type....ie bigger wheels better headlights nicer interior and custom red leather

[Northernstar]

when people try to smoke you thinking you have a 4 banger, you can unlease all your 26X HP and smoke them instead

[AZ_Coupe]

great pic, thanks. i like the lines of the hood.Mike

[RicerX]

I think the main thing here is Nissan looking at cost effectiveness when producing this thing.

Think about it - if both models have a dual exhaust setup, then regardless of trim packages, they only have to manufacture one rear fascia for the entire lineup. Same goes for the turn signal mirrors (this may have also been done from a safety standpoint as well, given the Altima is a 5-Star crash car, they're probably building upon that), as well as other things the two have in common.

Nissan's marketing analysis for the design of this car might have written off the enthusiasts purchasing this car simply because they believed people looking to "stand out" (i.e. those that want the extra balls in the 3.5) would go for the Z instead of an A/C.

Honestly, I believe the V6 Altima exists only because the competitors' midsize lineup (i.e. the Accord and Camry) offer V6s, otherwise this whole platform would probably only have the 2.5 offered. Anyone that's ever driven these cars knows that there is plenty of get-up-and-go in the 2.5s and the V6 isn't really necessary when you look at what the rest of Nissan's lineup offers (Maxima and Z).

Although, being a 3.5 owner, I can totally understand feeling like I should stand out from "the rest of the coupes" because I spent an extra 5 grand-ish on my ride. If anyone should feel slighted at all, it would totally be the '08 3.5 owners. The interior and exterior of the '10, as I said above, offer the same stuff all the way down to wheel/tire configuration.

[opekone_1988]

Very well put my friend.. Touche'
Modified by opekone_1988 at 7:25 AM 10/5/2009

[rjdmmfl1]

I think the main thing here is Nissan looking at cost effectiveness when producing this thing.

Think about it - if both models have a dual exhaust setup, then regardless of trim packages, they only have to manufacture one rear fascia for the entire lineup. Same goes for the turn signal mirrors (this may have also been done from a safety standpoint as well, given the Altima is a 5-Star crash car, they're probably building upon that), as well as other things the two have in common.

Nissan's marketing analysis for the design of this car might have written off the enthusiasts purchasing this car simply because they believed people looking to "stand out" (i.e. those that want the extra balls in the 3.5) would go for the Z instead of an A/C.

Honestly, I believe the V6 Altima exists only because the competitors' midsize lineup (i.e. the Accord and Camry) offer V6s, otherwise this whole platform would probably only have the 2.5 offered. Anyone that's ever driven these cars knows that there is plenty of get-up-and-go in the 2.5s and the V6 isn't really necessary when you look at what the rest of Nissan's lineup offers (Maxima and Z).

Although, being a 3.5 owner, I can totally understand feeling like I should stand out from "the rest of the coupes" because I spent an extra 5 grand-ish on my ride. If anyone should feel slighted at all, it would totally be the '08 3.5 owners. The interior and exterior of the '10, as I said above, offer the same stuff all the way down to wheel/tire configuration.

from a cost analysis standpoint, I agree... but why didn't they do that from the beginning? It may very well come down to the fact that they sold twice as many 2.5's as 3.5's, so why not make the, identical except under the hood... I understand the reasons why they did it, I just don't like it... again, in Honda accords, you CLEARLY know the difference between the 4 banger and the V6 just by looking at them...

I do, however, disagree with the notion that they would even consider making a 2.5 only vrsion of the A/C... from the 200SX, to the Sentras, to the last two generations of the Altima, they have had two diffeent engones available... Mitsubishi, Pontiac, Chevy, toyota, and Honda all have parallel trim options... to even consider only making 2,5s would have lost them millions of follards in sales to their compertitors, and would not have been consistent with the last generation of Altimas!

[RicerX]

from a cost analysis standpoint, I agree... but why didn't they do that from the beginning? It may very well come down to the fact that they sold twice as many 2.5's as 3.5's, so why not make the, identical except under the hood... I understand the reasons why they did it, I just don't like it... again, in Honda accords, you CLEARLY know the difference between the 4 banger and the V6 just by looking at them...

I do, however, disagree with the notion that they would even consider making a 2.5 only vrsion of the A/C... from the 200SX, to the Sentras, to the last two generations of the Altima, they have had two diffeent engones available... Mitsubishi, Pontiac, Chevy, toyota, and Honda all have parallel trim options... to even consider only making 2,5s would have lost them millions of follards in sales to their compertitors, and would not have been consistent with the last generation of Altimas!

Which is why I opened that statement with this...

I believe the V6 Altima exists only because the competitors' midsize lineups (...) offer V6s

So we don't really disagree

[rjdmmfl1]

Which is why I opened that statement with this...

So we don't really disagree

hmm, I just re-examined the entire history of NIssan's economy and family sized vehicles...

.. you're right, its about making a product to counteract what your competitors are doing... In the 1995-1998 200SX (aka 2 door sentra) Nissan offered two versions of this vehicle... in light of your position, the point could be made that they did this because their competitors did the same... (back then, the sentra was competing with the civic as it is today... and still losing the battle I might add)

during this time, however, the Altima really had no competitors because the Maxima was in the same class as the accord... and during that time the Altima Sedan was ONLY offered with one engine type... (again, although the accord was not really in the same class, it DID offer different types of engines during this time)...

now an argument can be made when the Altima officially jumped into the same class as the Honda Accord, but I would argue that Nissan officially targeted the Honda Accord market in 2002 with the third generation Altima.. and indeed, it was during this time that Nissan began to offer two different engines in the Altima... again, as you stated, to compete with its rival...

and that brings us to this edition Altima, which continues to target the Honda Accord market and thus must offer two different engines with similar HP output as that in its closest competitor...

so you're right... it appears they do this only because their competitors do the same... what's interesting is why they don't follow this with the G series lineups... arguably the G37 is competing with the 3 series BMW... and while BMW offers multiple engines, Infiniti does not... nice walk down the Nissan history lane

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Was the rear difuser painted to match the body color like in the other pictures we've seen? That's the only thing I don't like about the new model.

[saywat]

looks pretty koo to me

[maxentropy]

Ugly. Thank god I've got an '08!!

[marvin5087]

kind of reminds me of the accord coupe

[rjdmmfl1]

dam*it.. I hate having to eat my words... but i do it when its necessary...

soo, i'm riding into work today and I see what looks like a black Nissan Altima coupe in front of me...

but i look inside, and its got these deep red, almost maroon leather seats... like the deep red leather on the BMW M3 or the mercedex SL... sort of like this...



but a little darker red...

anyway, i pull up closer, and I see 3.5 SR ... I'm like WTF, they were from Tenessee driving in San Diego, and they already had their real plates, which means they must have gotten this a while ago... I don't understand it.. I can't see how they could have had it that long ago... so i tried to follow them, but i think they got a little spooked, and wouldn't roll down their window to talk to me... so I just backed off (a brother waving at you on the expressway in La Jolla, Ca may be a bit intimidating I guess)

anyway, all i got was a crappy camera phone picture...

so you ask why am I eating my words.....

well....

it pains me to say it....

but on the highway, this thing was phucking sexy!!!!

the headlights looked really good, except from the side where the funky triangle thing still looks wierd...

but all in all, with the sexy dark red leather, and the new 18" wheels, and the projectors... i submit, the phucking car looks sexy...

my only complaint is that it REALLY does look like the G37... not that the G37 isn't sexy, bu they really copied the G37 when you see this thing in person....

oh well, i admit when I'm wrong... and i was wrong on this one.. the pics just don't do it justice....

2010 Altima coupe.... there, i said it

[boystar22]

I know some states swap out your tags instantly when you buy a new car. The dealer puts your old pate on for you during delivery. When I bought my Audi in Alabama and brought it back to Georgia I got so much grief from police because Alabama doesn't do the temp tags with the 30-day valid date like Georgia, so everywhere I went I had no plate (real or temp) at all.

I was also mad when I discovered the sales tax wasn't financed into the price of the car since it was purchased out of state. I had to pay an extra $1200 in sales tax before I could get my tag. It was still cheaper to buy it there than here though. Same certified pre-owned one here was around $25k+ and I paid $17k by just driving 2 hours to cross the state line.

[RicerX]

Was the rear difuser painted to match the body color like in the other pictures we've seen? That's the only thing I don't like about the new model.

Yeah it was. I'm not too hot on it either.

[mcheddadi]

dam*it.. I hate having to eat my words... but i do it when its necessary...

soo, i'm riding into work today and I see what looks like a black Nissan Altima coupe in front of me...

but i look inside, and its got these deep red, almost maroon leather seats... like the deep red leather on the BMW M3 or the mercedex SL... sort of like this...



but a little darker red...

anyway, i pull up closer, and I see 3.5 SR ... I'm like WTF, they were from Tenessee driving in San Diego, and they already had their real plates, which means they must have gotten this a while ago... I don't understand it.. I can't see how they could have had it that long ago... so i tried to follow them, but i think they got a little spooked, and wouldn't roll down their window to talk to me... so I just backed off (a brother waving at you on the expressway in La Jolla, Ca may be a bit intimidating I guess)

anyway, all i got was a crappy camera phone picture...

so you ask why am I eating my words.....

well....

it pains me to say it....

but on the highway, this thing was phucking sexy!!!!

the headlights looked really good, except from the side where the funky triangle thing still looks wierd...

but all in all, with the sexy dark red leather, and the new 18" wheels, and the projectors... i submit, the phucking car looks sexy...

my only complaint is that it REALLY does look like the G37... not that the G37 isn't sexy, bu they really copied the G37 when you see this thing in person....

oh well, i admit when I'm wrong... and i was wrong on this one.. the pics just don't do it justice....

2010 Altima coupe.... there, i said it

damn...red leather is soo sexy...if only there was an official program from nissan to retrofit entire interiors and/or options for different model/years.

show the crappy pic rob!

[Marisha]

Can't wait to see one in person...even though I'm still going to be keeping my coupe for a good long while, kinda excited for this one. Hopefully manufacturers keep making new stuff for our model years still.