Why not cheaper Sentra. Is your teenager as picky as to require leather seats and excessice space when all s/h eneeds is a space for two, is this her/his first car? hrrrm, Altima may be too much, but then again I am an immigrant na dnot too rich, maybe Sentra is too "low" for you people. My
2004 Sentra after removing nonesential weights inlc spare tire/wheel and one seat makes 40+mpg so when I see people depressed about $3/gallon gas, I smile knowing that I will make gigantic distance for a mere $10 gas purchase (over 120 miles)
Post 2004 Sentras front looks OK , rear still UGLY, now pre 2004 I dont know, old Sentras look ugly from every direction but Nissan before year 2002 was not about looks, it was and IS about ENGINE, Nissan knows how to engineer/build economical yet powerful engines with highest torque per horsepower in th eindustry, i mean if oyu see such and such horsepower on a nIssan it's worth more horsepowers on another manufacturers, so I like Nissan for substance rather than arty appearance, th ebes tthing tha thappened recently even their looks now imporoved due to design firm doing it fo rthem in America. Americans make better lookin gcars, Japanese make better cars engine-wise, so noew Nissan met both goals,still Sentras rea ris ugly will see in 2006