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Just saw this over at FreshAlloy.com:
The mainstream press are slamming Nissan and Infiniti on the interior quality of the new Altima and G35
<< The criticism of the new Altima's interior quality just keeps coming. In the latest issue of MotorTrend magazine, The Altima was subjected to a comparison test involving the Ford Taurus, Chevy Impala, Honda Accord, and Toyota Camry. Thanks to its performance attributes, it came out on third. But thanks to an interior with the "lowest-quality" in the test, it ended up behind the aging Accord and newly redesigned Camry.
"We gave its ergonomics a B grade, while fit and finish garner a mere D+. The plastics just look cheap and present edges so sharp you?re sure they?ll draw blood." In their recap section they point out, "the interior?s fit, finish, and materials are reminiscent of a five-year-old Korean car..."
Detroit Free Press scribe Lawrence Ulrich took the hammer to the new G35?s interior as well, noting the " painfully cost-cutting" measures used. "Budget plastics and sickly orange driver's instruments look like something out of a Nissan Sentra. Ditto for the metallic trim inside, where the ghost of Carlos Ghosn, Nissan chief executive officer and cost cutter supreme, clanks his faux-metal chains... That kind of sloppiness is unacceptable in any car, let alone a luxury sedan." >>
Even the Nissan fanboys that run the site drew blood:
<< As much as it pains us to say this...It appears they still have much work to do.
Altima interior quality was one reason why we didn?t pick it for our new long-term test car. Stay tuned to find out just which Nissan we leased, and to read about our interesting (to say the least!) experience getting the car. >>
Let's just hope that Nissan hits a home run with the 350Z interior...although it's doubtful if even the Infiniti G35 gets slammed
The mainstream press are slamming Nissan and Infiniti on the interior quality of the new Altima and G35
<< The criticism of the new Altima's interior quality just keeps coming. In the latest issue of MotorTrend magazine, The Altima was subjected to a comparison test involving the Ford Taurus, Chevy Impala, Honda Accord, and Toyota Camry. Thanks to its performance attributes, it came out on third. But thanks to an interior with the "lowest-quality" in the test, it ended up behind the aging Accord and newly redesigned Camry.
"We gave its ergonomics a B grade, while fit and finish garner a mere D+. The plastics just look cheap and present edges so sharp you?re sure they?ll draw blood." In their recap section they point out, "the interior?s fit, finish, and materials are reminiscent of a five-year-old Korean car..."
Detroit Free Press scribe Lawrence Ulrich took the hammer to the new G35?s interior as well, noting the " painfully cost-cutting" measures used. "Budget plastics and sickly orange driver's instruments look like something out of a Nissan Sentra. Ditto for the metallic trim inside, where the ghost of Carlos Ghosn, Nissan chief executive officer and cost cutter supreme, clanks his faux-metal chains... That kind of sloppiness is unacceptable in any car, let alone a luxury sedan." >>
Even the Nissan fanboys that run the site drew blood:
<< As much as it pains us to say this...It appears they still have much work to do.
Altima interior quality was one reason why we didn?t pick it for our new long-term test car. Stay tuned to find out just which Nissan we leased, and to read about our interesting (to say the least!) experience getting the car. >>
Let's just hope that Nissan hits a home run with the 350Z interior...although it's doubtful if even the Infiniti G35 gets slammed