Anyone been near one of these in person? I would love to own one of these compared to a civic or something.
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yeah i work at the dealership, just another ugly new car to me, i'd rather see that 510 in those pics a few posts down. a 4 door, a 2 door, and a 2 door SSS version. probably won't ever see it. sentra does have a 2.0 in it. just a bigger version of the 1.8 in the versa though.
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compared to a civic si? there were a couple at the drags last wednesday running a 14.2..pretty good times
1974 260z...
1975 green 280

I'd rather have a civic by a l-a-n-d-s-l-i-d-e. Besides the obvious, the new sentra commercials are so stupid I have to change the channel when they come on.
The sentra is a good car, I drove an SER one summer, amazing tq. But overall, a 200hp civic is hard to beat in the eco class.
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I've never really been a sentra fan. I'd take the civic over the sentra. The sentra just isn't that appealing...
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'99 Honda Civic Si... Daily Driver

The new civics look ten times better to me than the new sentra. I'd take the new civic. Specs are about the same. The new sentra has 135hp and 140 torque vs. the civic that has 140hp and 128 torque. Looking at both cars overall I would say the civic is much nicer and if you can step up to the Si it's even better.
1977 280z: Intake, exhaust, high flow cat, header, euro damper, cam, MSD, adj. FPR, 3.7 lsd, F+R sway+strut bars, 2580lbs
1984 300zx: intake, exhuast, high flow cat, headers, JWT ECU, F+R sway bars, F strut bar
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wait, is the sentra spec V the same as a sentra??
i drove like a 2003 spec V, and that thing was fast as crap!
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No the SE-R and SE-R spec V are different than the regular sentra. They are fast but I wouldn't say fast as crap. The new civic Si will take them as would the SRT-4, cobalt SS, and saturn ion redline. All of these cars are in the same price range which makes the sentra SE-R not very impressive. Also the original poster was asking about the new 2007 sentra so comparing the SE-R is pointless. The new SE-R I've heard is schedual for a late 2007 release and from the spy shots I've seen it doen't really look any better than the regular 2007 sentra. The question is will Nissan make it so that it competes with the competition or not. Considering they only raised the hp/torque by 10 for the regular sentra I hope they plan to raise the SE-R specs by more than 10. Not to mention the new caliber SRT-4 is coming out with 300hp and will still be right around 20k. Nissan better step it up because with the current sentra looks the only thing that will win people over is performance.
1977 280z: Intake, exhaust, high flow cat, header, euro damper, cam, MSD, adj. FPR, 3.7 lsd, F+R sway+strut bars, 2580lbs
1984 300zx: intake, exhuast, high flow cat, headers, JWT ECU, F+R sway bars, F strut bar
06 WRX TR

those cars may take an SE-R in a drag, but put them on a track and the SE-R would smoke them. you should read soem of the reviews that the magazines did when they took the sentra to the autoX and road courses.
McAdam
1980 280zx with a mildly ported N47 maxima head, 60mm TB, -C- stamp 256 degree camshaft, and a 2.5inch mandrel bent exhaust. yeah, its quick, and yeah, its a 2+2. NOW with MSandS_E power!

I'm not warming up to the Sentra at all. I liked last year's model with the SR-V options. Very cool.
1981 280ZX Turbo
60,000 original miles
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You are right about the SE-R doing auto-x but I still don't think it would beat the civic si or SRT-4 no matter what track. I've read a lot on the new civic si and it seems to be doing really well. As for the SRT-4, it doesn't handle nearly as bad as most people think, especially if you have the 05 with the limited slip. All I'm saying is that when the SE-R first hit in 03 it was kick ass but because it was the first on the scene other car companies built cars to beat it. Same with the 350z.
1977 280z: Intake, exhaust, high flow cat, header, euro damper, cam, MSD, adj. FPR, 3.7 lsd, F+R sway+strut bars, 2580lbs
1984 300zx: intake, exhuast, high flow cat, headers, JWT ECU, F+R sway bars, F strut bar
06 WRX TR

Probably not, but there's more to a car then speed. I like the Civic Si, and the Acura RX S-type as well, but they're not Nissan now are they?
1981 280ZX Turbo
60,000 original miles
Still OEM (except for tires, fluids, and filters or course)
Swartz Creek, Michigan
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and I'm wearing milk bone underpants.