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Road test: Nissan Center
After the previous generation had a hard time making a mark in the local market, the Nissan Center returns with a new generation that does everything better, but is it good enough?
Our test driving reveals the answer
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Keenan Cohen
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 11:50 p.m.
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The dimensions of the new generation give it a very impressive appearance
In the face of the rapid spread of crossovers and jeeps in the Israeli car market and in general, the traditional family segment is the only one that manages to address the fashion of motorized high heels.
And by "answering" the meaning is that they are not deleted almost completely as happened to the big family cars and station wagons and others.
But it is precisely this that makes competition in the family category tougher.
Today, in order to be successful as a family sedan - it has to be a really good car, one that gives real added value.
This could be a hybrid like the Toyota Corolla or a car with fantastic usability like the Skoda Octavia (relative to the outgoing generation), excellent fuel economy and comfort like the Renault Grand Coupe Diesel as representative examples.
Into this group now lies the new Nissan Center, forget all you knew about the previous generation, because this time Nissan has turned every stone and redesigned this car to cross the graying barrier of the outgoing generation.
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Price: NIS 135,000
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Wide and lower than the outgoing generation
Outside and inside
So the first right point she registers in the external appearance.
Although the change in length is not great, it is lower and wider than the outgoing generation and this gives it a much better look than the clumsiness introduced by the previous chin.
The exterior design aligns with the appearance of the Altima and the charming and overall it is a very nice car, the versions with the different color of the roof (option of 2,500 shekels) add more points to it.
Adopts the lines of the big sisters Altima and charming
The first moment of the cabin also inspires a very good impression, a comfortable steering wheel to grip, very comfortable seats even after long hours of driving, leather-like padding covers the dashboard, freezing climate control that no more level 2 is required to cool the cabin (well, she Made in Mexico), and a relatively high level of equipment with proximity key, push of a button, 8-inch screen with compatibility for Android and Apple and more.
The list of safety equipment is also comprehensive and includes lane departure warning (without active repair), automatic braking, "dead zone" vehicle warning, warning and braking in identifying an obstacle in the reverse, warning of forgetting a child in the back seat and no less than 10 airbags.
The last two are unique to her in the category.
The driver's environment is high quality, the equipment is very nice
But not everything is translated into the real world when it needs to be detailed for use.
The new chin features some quirks.
The first is the handbrake, which is on the foot, yes, as in the vans and Americans of yesteryear.
It's very strange at first, but at least you get a huge storage compartment in the center console.
The sport mode button is actually hidden to the tools and there is no indication that this is what it is doing.
The multimedia screen does not cope well with reflections and the resolution of the rear camera is reasonable during the day and very grainy at night.
The thing is, you really need her here.
Look at the apple's tall, high rear of the car, it's good for design, it's good for the trunk - it's very bad to look back, especially when the third brake light detracts more space from the windshield.
The sport button in the continuous gearbox literally hides
The rear seat is spacious enough for family use, the bigger problem is the entrance to it from a challenging door key in its structure due to the roof beams.
Unlike the front, with the soft and pleasant padding, here mostly there is stiff plastic.
There are no air vents, there is a USB socket.
The trunk has shrunk compared to the outgoing generation and holds 405 liters, as is the case with sedan cars from time immemorial it is very deep but has a relatively narrow loading opening and also lacks any hanging hooks, anchor rings or compartments.
Pay attention to the window line and the door structure, a reservoir for adults to enter
taking off
The chin's submission offer in terms of propulsion unit is strictly American, where you will get suspicious looks if you offer a car with a small engine volume so the chin comes armed with a 2.0-liter (1.8-liter previously), atmospheric engine, with 149 hp and 20.4 kg.
Its connection is to a continuous gearbox.
It's a refreshing change in the face of the slim and strained units or the hybrid ones.
405 liters in the deep trunk, we lacked anchor rings or storage compartments
Already in the first meters it is very clear that this is a very good propulsion unit, there is power from the first moment and even when it is required for intermediate accelerations and ascents.
On the steep road to which I take every test car, its competitors, whether these are bulky or hybrid sweats to keep up the speed - the chin accelerated with all its might.
On the other hand, the continuing toll box Seed rpm up creating a lot of noise in this process. Button Sport sharpens the response of the pedal a little, but it does not make driving machine. The L mode enables gear box reasonable control prevent a decrease in blocking.
These situations the only way That this box excels in them, Nissan tried and succeeded in producing a pattern of action that mimics "gear shifting" well and this gives the ride a more natural feel rather than the smeared elasticity of cars with these boxes.
Leather-like padding, pleasant-to-grip steering wheel, reflections on the multimedia screen make it difficult to read in daylight
The American calibration of the suspensions says it is comfortable in the city, with a very nice absorption of bumps and fractures thanks to its softness.
Even out of town, on straight and long roads it cruises comfortably and has a lot of the character of the Maxima and Altima as cars that know how to cover distances.
The downside of this softness is dealing with sharp or even moderate turns at a higher speed.
So she moves too much to the sides and too little gracefully.
It does not violate the high grip but sends a very clear message very early - calm down there with the right pedal.
The electric steering wheel is also more suitable for leisurely cruising than for sharp-edged accuracy.
The wheelbase is long and the rear seats benefit from it
The interest in the sights and rear-view we mentioned is very prominent in driving it, in the city and out of town.
The American sights are not big but with a magnification that takes a lot of time to get used to if you do not aim them correctly it is very easy to miss cars there.
Reverse visibility is also impaired when an entire car can "disappear" behind the high tail and brake light.
At the end of the test days it was measured with an average fuel consumption of 12 km per liter really not brilliant in relation to a family hybrid car, but within a reasonable range, certainly in relation to the large engine and its performance.
The high tail steals a field of view backwards
Summary
So first and foremost, forget about the previous chin, other than the name, nothing connects it to the present.
The new chin is a Native American landscape model - a compact American family car that offers very pleasant transportation in terms of comfort, engine performance and instrumentation, also and especially this is the safety.
The points where it fails to score enough points are the fuel consumption, behavior and usability sections in the trunk and rear seat.
At a price of NIS 135,000, it is positioned in the lion's den by very good competitors such as the new Octavia, Toyota Corolla (although both of these are at the base level) and Ford Focus.
On the exact gaps between the four we will take a comparative test.
A Japanese who comes from America, and does it differently from what we know
"If you had met her 5 years ago, you would have said she's a great car" a respected super colleague who drove it at the same time told me, and I have to agree with him.
The problem is that in the face of the really good family that goes around here today - it's just hard to put your finger on the stannar and say that because of this or that excellence - it must be your choice.
Other than the name, there is no point of comparison to the outgoing generation
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On the technical side: Nissan Sentra
Engine, propulsion:
gasoline, atmospheric, 4 cylinders, front
volume:
1,997 cc
Power / rpm (hp):
6,400 / 149
torque / rpm (4 kg):
4,400 / 20.4
Transmission:
automatic , Continuous
Dimensions:
Length (cm):
464
Width (cm):
182
Height (cm):
145
Wheelbase (cm):
271
Trunk (liters):
405
Performance:
Acceleration 0-100 :
8.8 seconds
Maximum speed:
Missing data
Competitors:
Toyota Corolla, Hyundai Elantra, Skoda Octavia, Ford Focus
Price:
NIS 135,000
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