The Sentra gets updated for 2016 with the Nissan’s new V-shaped grille and other improvements including LED headlamps and new 17-inch alloys that come as part of our tester’s top-tier SL trim. Also…

2016 Nissan Sentra 1.8 SL Road Test Review

Nissan has given the compact Sentra sedan a significant refresh for 2016, continuing a tradition of modeling its smallest four-door after its mid-size Altima. The result is much more appealing styling up front where the brand's more distinctive V-shaped grille now dominates the frontal design along with unique scalloped headlamps that are once again bordered by LED DRLs in top-line SL trim. It gets a more aggressively shaped lower fascia and reworked hood too, plus new wheels all-round, while changes to the rear are much more subtle including slightly reworked taillight lenses and a mildly remolded rear bumper. Inside, a new primary gauge cluster sits ahead of an updated steering wheel, while the centre stack gets some trim detail changes depending on the model.

So how have the changes affected the market? That depends on which market we're talking about. In the U.S., response to the new Sentra has been quite good with 15.3 percent gains so far this year, but its first five months Read Full Story
News flash! The 2016 Nissan 370Z can be had for under $30k! Yes, you heard us right. That’s $14,000 cheaper than last year’s Z! And it’s got all the performance it’s ever had including a 332-hp…

2016 Nissan 370Z Road Test Review

Say what? A Porsche 911 costs how much? $96,200? And you can get into the similarly powerful, equally dynamic, almost as premium, techier, nearly as legendary and arguably as good-looking 2016 370Z for less than $30k? Something's wrong with this picture.

You'd think with such a logical choice available that performance car fans would be bowling over Nissan salesmen at the door in order to be first in line, but during 2014 the German luxury brand sold nearly twice as many 911s than the Japanese giant hawked Z cars, although the 370Z wasn't priced so kindly in last year's $43,998 base Touring trim. In April the much more aggressively priced 2016 model hit the road running and showroom traffic drove up commensurately with YTD January through July sales reaching 407 Z cars sold, last month accounting for 98 deliveries alone, so total 2015 numbers should easily outpace 2014's second-worst Canadian tally of 411 units. Truth be told, the 911 sales figure I just quoted was for its best Read Full Story
The 7-seat Pathfinder continues forward into 2016 unchanged, which hasn’t hurt sales one bit. Today we review it in top Platinum trim featuring standard AWD, 20-inch alloys, proximity entry, pushbutton…

2016 Nissan Pathfinder Platinum Road Test Review

It's really tough to get noticed in today's ever burgeoning family vehicle segment, but Nissan has done very well with its lineup of crossover SUVs. Its compact Rogue was a very strong fourth out of 13 competitors last year while sales are up 7.5 percent so far this year, whereas its Murano and the Pathfinder being reviewed here combined for fifth place on the massive 20-model mid-size sales chart, while sales of the two Nissans are up 77.7 and 11.2 percent respectively over the first five months of 2016. What's more, the Pathfinder was third most popular amongst standard seven-passenger SUVs. From all of this one thing should be clear, Canadians like the Pathfinder a lot.

It makes sense of course. We're practical people, still enamoured with our minivans, so a vehicle that does most things a minivan can while looking a great deal more SUV-like should fare well. To that end the Pathfinder provides best-in-class passenger volume‎ and the segment's most accessible third row Read Full Story
The Micra changed everything when it hit Canadian roads under $10k a couple of years ago, even the fully suited SR auto trimmed model reviewed today barely breaking $17k. This car is well equipped with…

2016 Nissan Micra SR Road Test Review

[caption id="attachment_61694" align="alignright" width="200"] Photo: Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press[/caption] This may be the cheapest car in Canada but it certainly doesn't look like it, and it absolutely doesn't drive like it. The $9,988 Micra comes standard with style as well as a fun-loving attitude that sets it apart from compacts costing thousands more. I tested base S trim with its sole five-speed manual transmission last year and absolutely loved it, so this time around I was truly looking forward to spending a week in the top-line SR, but would it be as good with a four-speed automatic? [caption id="attachment_61695" align="alignleft" width="200"] Photo: Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press[/caption] In a word, no, but it's still plenty enjoyable. Fortunately Nissan doesn't "reward" Micra buyers who want more features by forcing a standard autobox into the mix like it does with the Versa Note, so you're free to increase your daily dose of good times while leaving a cool $1,000 Read Full Story
The Rogue is in the 3rd year of its 2nd generation, but it still looks fresh. Today on CarCostCanada we review it in top-line SL Premium AWD trim complete with auto on/off LED headlights, 18-inch alloys,…

2016 Nissan Rogue SL Premium AWD Road Test Review

Hard to believe but the attractive Rogue is now the conservative one in the Nissan family, although it's easy to see why this compact SUV has become so popular. Ubiquity may have made it too common to turn heads, the Rogue's 35,841 Canadian unit sales during 2015 placing it fourth out of 13 compact SUVs on offer, and extremely close to stealing third from Honda's CR-V, but it's still especially sharp in my tester's optional Pearl White paint scheme, lighter hues making the sporty black body cladding stand out all the more.

My loaner came equipped in SL Premium AWD trim, which means that LED auto on/off headlights join the standard LED daytime running lights with fog lamps underneath pulled up from mid-grade trims, the otherwise white roof getting a shiny black patch across its mid-section that not so subtly hints at the panoramic glass sunroof appreciated from below, additional SL Premium exterior features including a few more chrome and aluminum-finish bits brightening key points Read Full Story