Nissan studied the Sonata while designing their newest Altima
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Nissan studied the Sonata while designing their newest Altima
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Apr 30 2012, 05:30 PM
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Nissan execs admitted they looked heavily at the Sonata during the design process of the 2013 Altima. Wow, have times changed!
QUOTE The debut of Hyundai’s Sonata midsize sedan caused a brief halt to design work on Nissan’s fifth-generation Altima, a top executive at the Japanese auto maker reveals. “Clearly, we referenced the Sonata when we were going through the design process,” Andy Palmer, Nissan executive vice president-global planning, marketing and Infiniti Div., tells WardsAuto in an interview here. “We even delayed development by a short amount just to check that the (new Altima’s) proportions were right, the (package) was right (and that) the product overall was right.” Hyundai made U.S. car buyers and the industry take notice three years ago with the release of its latest, aggressively styled Sonata. “I’d say they are our major point of reference,” Palmer says. -------------------- |
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May 2 2012, 12:04 PM
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GT for life! Group: VIP Members Posts: 6,303 Posts Per Day: 0.90 Thanks Received: 478 Trader Stats: 2 (100%) Joined: 27-January 05 From: Greenville, SC Member No.: 34 Mood: Optimistic |
haha, yes how times have changed!
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May 2 2012, 03:27 PM
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That Guy.. Group: Leader Posts: 6,687 Posts Per Day: 1.18 Thanks Received: 724 Trader Stats: 16 (100%) Joined: 20-September 08 From: Neenah, WI Member No.: 6,539 Mood: Thankful |
The car dosent look that bad at all.
-------------------- "This may be true but it is a chrysler sebring which is synonomous with being a p.o.s. car. Personally I gotta say it's getting really tiring having to clean off the sopping wet panties from my Hyundai Elantra every morning. Bitches love Hyundais." "Sometimes you wonder how the sperm that made that idiot was the fastest swimmer. . . Must've had a "race motor" in it with nass under the hood. . . " - Alex2013gt |
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