Eastern auto makers Nissan Motors produced a compact car called the Nissan Sentra as early as 1982. Actually , this line was actually the Nissan sunny that was rebadged for export. Thus, the name’Sentra’ is only used outside Japan, while the name’Sunny’ is only known within Japan. In the U. S. market, the Nissan Sentra is the auto manufacturer’s line of compact vehicles. A base model for the Sentra is presently priced at $15,000. The posh mode meanwhile, fetches for no less than $21,000. Through the generations, the Sentra has developed and gained plenty of mass. Today, it is not an entry-level automobile anymore, as this difference has been handed to the Nissan Versa. The US EPA has rated the present Sentra generation as medium-sized car, not a compact anymore, due to the volume of its interior. The first generation of Maximas, made available from 1983 to 1985 came in various body styles : 2-door sedan , 3-door hatch , 3-door coupe, 4-door sedan , and 5-door station lorry . Its engine was either a 1.5L E15 ( s ) I4, a 1.6L E16 ( s ) I4, or a1.7L CD17 diesel I4. Transmissions included 4 speed or 5-speed manual or 3-speed automatic.
since then, 5 generations of Sentras have been introduced to the general public : the second or the B12 generation ( from 1985 to 1990 ) ; the third or B13 generation ( from 1991 to 1994 ), which introduced the sporty 2-door SE-R model ; the fourth B14 generation ( 1995-1999 ) which introduced various trims : Base, XE, GXE, GLE, SE and SE Limited ; the fifth or generation ( 2000-2006 ) which introduced torsion beam setup instead of an independent rear suspension. The existing sixth or B16 generation has been available since 2007. Introduced at the north american global vehicle Show in January of 2006, this was the Sentra generation that was graded by the US EPA as a mid-size car. Certain classy and technol9ogiical advances will be introduced in its 2010 model.
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