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  • Really don't think that was a fair comparison. The lancer has been my favorite car from day one and I recently just purchased one. I don't care for wrx's because to many people down here have them. Both are great cars I just feel like the sentra looks like a fanned prius. My gts may not have two hundred horses but at least I look good driving in it.

  • The gts does not compare the the Wrx in any way. The Wrx is a whole different world. The lancer gts has 168hp and the Wrx has 265hp. My Wrx could run 13.5 all day, and that is before I took it to stage 2. God knows what it would run now. Plus the cvt in the gts is garbage. The competitor to the Wrx, the ralliart is still slower than the Wrx by miles. Right now I am pushing 350bhp, and I would love to see a n/a gts even stay close with me in a drag.

  • @Mogul20478 Wait till more aftermarket drive train parts come out for us N/A lancer enthusiast. SpeedCorps and Works already got an aftermarket line for us. And couple years from now I bet our N/A lancers will be on the same tip as evos. And I've seen Evos converted to FWD and they hit up the 11's on the drag strip. And our N/A Lancer is lighter then an evo by 1,000 curb weight so thats a plus.

  • @Mogul20478

    Wait you want a stock gts to run with your balls out wrx...thats not even a fair fight,......I d love to see a stock wrx vs my gts any day of the week..

  • i smoke the gts with my sentra ser cvt 2007 but this car are nice looking

  • The problem with the Lancer is that it's not an EVO your putting a more tuner based car (SE-r specV) against a day to day driving car (GTS).

  • @TheRealAaronThurman

    I d take on that se-r spec v hahahahaha I ll show you a gts that makes any girl cream their pants just with a ride.

  • @TheRealAaronThurman a se-r base w/ the 177hp 2.5 and cvt would have been fair comparison

  • Not a fair comparison...But as always they pair two cars with very different performance capabilities. A more competitive car would have been the the 2010 Sentra Spec V with a 2010 GTi. Both have 200HP engines. The GTi has 17 lb.ft more torque & is lighter by about 152 lbs. But those numbers can arent much when comparing power to weight ratios. I have driven both. I wound up with an 2007 Spec V because of price...at 22k ODO pre-owned, $14,150 out the door..couldn't beat it. Nissan - SHIFT.

  • Dude make this fair at least.. do the regular set vs the lancer.. both have cvt's.. or least get a lancer with a manual

  • @iplaythedrumsgood

    This guy is a tool. There is no comparison between the two cars. He should be comparing the normal sentra against this.

  • @jodogg101

    Normal sentra.....wtf.....he just doesnt know how to

    fucking drive.

  • Even the se-r with the cvt will smoke the gts 2.4 lancer. Btw ive seen a 2.5s cvt altima beat a lancer

  • @jsnevels2

    That's because the non-turbo'd lancer's are not performance oriented car.

  • @jodogg101 I knew that.

  • @jodogg101

    Really now... I guess my lancer hitting 15.4's with just a intake is a dd pos huh? I m aiming for 14.9 soon which a wrx base model hits stock oh and I m not boosted......

  • @Evodeath10

    Why don't you save your money and buy a real car instead of building up something that has almost 0 potential.

  • @jodogg101

    0 potential huh...and what the fuck do you drive? Hit 14.2 last week and I just changed my tune this week, and I still havent done too much to it and its still na.

  • @Evodeath10 I daily drive a 2010 Genesis Coupe 3.8, and my sporty vehicle is a 2008 ZX10R. I'll take running 10 seconds flat for $6000 anyday over the price of a Lancer plus god knows how much money you've sunk into it to get it running 14.2. I'm not hating; good on you for getting it to 14.2, thats a hell of a lot faster than what it is stock. I just dont see the point in sinking that kind of money into something that, at the end of the day is still just a Lancer.

  • U gotta be kidding me? A WRX is in a whole different league and sorry wrx's run mid 13's not a 14.9.

  • @basslover352 right like i think this guy doesnt understand that the wrx and gts are compared a lot

  • @basslover352

    yes , I owned one a base wrx will hit 14's the only difference is awd is way better

  • @jodogg101

    Bullshit!!!!!!!!!!! I ve beat mustang gt's , miata's, supras, and others on the track, auto x'ing, and on the road. All I got is a intake, custom downpipe, new tune and I m sitting at 215 hp and 220 tq.....pretty damn close to a Ralliart that has a single scroll turbo...haters gotta hate!

  • @Evodeath10 The mustang GT was not a fast car until the 2011's came out...you must have been racing an old ass mustang in a straight line to beat it! I can see how it would be fun to auto-x with it though, as it's not always about power.

  • ha my 03 jetta 1.8t has more hp than that lancer

  • @rhythmnsmoke

    Don't be such a gay

  • @KatiushaVN4 I didn't design them, not my fault they suck. Nissan totally messed up the SpecV. Previous gen was a lot better, and didn't look so much like a family car. And the Lancer...that just sucks period. To slow.

  • @rhythmnsmoke

    and your civic is a pos.

  • @Evodeath10 I have never owned a Honda, perhaps you have quoted the wrong guy.

  • This guy must be crazy....CVT LOL!

  • only a queer buttons his polo all the way up..he looks 13..what a waste of my 2min

  • WTF why would you mod a cvt lancer b4 a sentra that has more hp and a mt that dude is crazy

  • @jsnevels2 cause the lancer handles better imangine.

  • my 2010 lancer gts with cvt does 0-60 in 6.8 using tiptronics....

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  • @kmahal711 Show a video.

  • @kmahal711 LOL

  • I was in this similar dilemma of choosing between the SE-R (not spec v) and the Lancer GTS. I ended up with a white GTS and I'm loving it to death.

    Its true that I could feel more power (just slightly) with the Sentra, I choose the Lancer based on looks because they were quite close in terms of performance.

    Also I know Mitsus had a bad rep with quality, but now they offer a 10 year power-train warranty, so I'm not worried.

  • @ZhansOfTheWorld

    Same here. I was trying to choose between a Mazda 3 and a Lancer (DE) and I chose the Lancer based on the looks

  • whos this fag hosting this??? he makes me not wanna watch this

  • @MiStAhiNfaM0uS

    virgin for life

  • he looks like a butch chick AHHHH

  • I love he tests the lancer by running it in circles

  • nissan needs to bring back the older nicer looking sentras...

  • @alstar999 you mean the boring cramped ones?

  • @benchod94 nope, the b15's

  • @alstar999 same thing

    b15's are horrible

  • this is the most useless comparison i've ever seen. cvt is garbage!

  • The lancer auto is an doesnt rev very quicckly becuase it is an auto. My buddies manual 5 speed revs very quickly

  • @danthefireman007 but the auto CVT Lancer can rev happily in its peak power all the time xD faster acceleration

  • Even the Sentra is fast the Gts can still catch up because of cornering/tuning and has stiffer chassis than the Evolution 9. You guys are being bias over Hp. That all that matters nowadays it's about hp. Typical...

  • this is a unfair comparison, the lancers automatic is a lame excuse for a transmission, this would only be fair if it were manual

  • STI

  • I own a 2002 Spec-V and my mom's own a Lancer GTS. Driving a Spec-V is definately funier and sportier. But.. look at the new Spec-V's... How could Nissan go to a such nice car like B15's ... to this.

  • do you get the giggles when you drive the Spec-V?

  • You're retarded. Why would you test a manual transmission vs the CVT instead of the manual Lancer GTS... idiots...

    And you go and compare a car that has roughly 30 more horsepower ...

    Re-tard-ed

  • its alright.. the GTS woulda failed no matter the transmission...

  • i dont know why b15 spec v guys HATE the style of the new b16 spec v, i think they new b16 spec v's look good, kinda reminds me of a little mini maxima or altima ser. i'd love to own a b16 spec v but i like my frontier too much to trade it in on one.

  • @NissanTy +1 on frontier (woot nissan). B16 Spec-V is AWESOME. It's nice having...literally a race car for the price it is LOL. I love the bad reviews on this car...just to see the BS 'journalists' that they think they are. It is literally like owning a race car (10.5:1 compression, 200 hp and torque like all hell), how can you hate this for 20k?

    Motor trend, dumb blonde and car and driver are BS.

  • @pcfxer yeah man i know what you mean, i just think reviewers and the consumers alike, don't like the fact that they have that "prius" look to them and they sit too high. i guess its a love it or hate it car, and is often left out of the equation in sport compact comparisons. i don't think they look at all like a prius, as i mentioned i think they look like a mini 6th gen maxima and the ser altima, i like the b15 spec v as well but i think this b16 spec v tops it out.

  • sentra looks like a cts in the front a sentra should win but not fair shoulda got the se-r instead of spec-v but se-r would win also 2

  • I used to have an 04 SpecV and I loved it... Nissan RUINED, and I mean FUBARed that car when they redesigned it for 07. I usually think performance is more important than looks, but I would never EVER buy one of those new SpecV's. Ugliest car since the Aztek.

  • Fair comparison fail.

    Nissan Sentra GTR vs. M/T Mitsubishi Lancer GTS = fair.

    Not this joke of a test.

  • Sentra GTR... WTF are you talking about?

    I know both cars somewhat, I just sold my 2003 SpecV for a 2010 Ralliart. I also drove the lastest SpecV chasis.

  • I meant SE-R. Got messed up with the GTS and typing fast.

  • nissan is alot more reliable than mitsubishi and they last longer, even if the lancer looks better the sentra will come out on the better end and plus the sentra is cheaper so i would choses nissan.

  • lol not the spec v...

  • Too bad the Sentra is ugly as fuck... I'd take a lance over the sentra anyday, especially if it was the Evo or the Ralliart.

  • Grats, you would take a 35k cars over a 15k car...

    I own a Ralliart 2010 and I test drove the GSR, it is slow as fuck.

  • hey hey hey! why everyone says lancer gts with cvt is slow!??? you can use the tiptronic transmission and beat that sentra!!

  • Oh, well... Of course. This comparison makes complete sense. There couldn't possibly have been a better reference. Not like the CVT equipped, slightly less powerful and with similar pricing SE-R... No, no. The 6 speed 200 hp Spec V was a great match for the GTS... GTS with a CVT...

    I hope my sarcasm has made it through the keyboard..

  • Numb? no crap, its CVT! compare M/T next please.

  • sentra all the way

  • Wow!!!that guys is good at turning around in circle!!which obviously can tell what car is the best!!!cuz turning in circle is THE way to really test a car's performance!!(sarcasm)

  • I really don't think the Mitsu' would be the one to go with. I mean come on, Nissan has their NISMO tuning brand for aftermarket goodies WITH a warranty. Sure, Mitsu's are easy to tune, but almost any part you put on voids your factory warranty, plus, why go with less power when you could start with the SPEC-V and have a great platform?

  • But who buys a lancer to tune it? We buy Ralliarts and Evos to tune, boost is what you need.

  • I'm sure there's quite a cult out there that are Lancer fans. I'm just saying that the Nissan would be a much better platform to start with. And Nismo, unlike other companies is actually go-fast friendly with Nissan.

  • I agree with you on that, but the GTS is not that bad

  • I've never been a big fan of Mitsubishi.... not eversince I got rid of my 3000GT, but I gotta admit I'd pick the Lancer over the Sentra. Not only cuz of what u can do to it, but come one-- look at the Sentra. The thing looks terrible, while Lancer look beasty

  • true but id rather have the older 04 ser spec v they were hot lookin

  • Yeah Nissan killed Sentra with this new body style

  • This guy looks like a joke lol

  • how do you peel out ? haha I AM A NOOB! =D

  • put ur foot on the brake and put ur foot on the gas and let off the brake. try it its fun.

  • gotta love both cars but ima get me a white lancer wiht blacked out rims, windows

  • that guy looks goofy as hell

  • @Adammartini good

  • Fiveiron, I get the idea from years of experience.

  • Lancer platform has

    Lancer sportback,

    Lancer Ralliart (AWD and turbo)

    Lancer Evolution GSR (300 lb. torque, AWD turbo)

    Lancer Evolution MR (Twin clutch SST transmission, AWD turbo, 300lb. torque)

    Sentra? You just topped out at the SE-R. Even the host of this review said: "If you are going to pop the hood and tune your own, the Lancer GTS is a better place to start"

    So I am not sure where you are getting the idea that Sentra is more 'set up' for performance.

  • He said ""If you are going to pop the hood and tune your own, the Lancer GTS MIGHT be the better place to start""

    Don't even try to compare Ralliart and EVO's with the Spec V. They are totally different. AWD, TURBO, etc.

  • Not trying to compare the Lancer GTS to its Ralliart and EVO brethren. However you proved my point: The Lancer platform itself is home to more performance than the sentra platform.

    Sentra-tops out in this model.

    Yes, the Ralliart and EVOs are different, and much better- no question. But even without the turbos and AWD, the reviewer states that if you are looking to do any tuning or work under the hood, that the Lancer GTS is the way to go. ;)

  • Of course. The Evo is better than the Spec V...It has turbo and AWD.

    Throw a turbo on the Spec V and you have a more likely competitor.

    I think the reason he says the GTS might be the way to go is because the EVO sets the precedent for all Lancers.

    On the Spec V...it's all up to you to make something Nissan didn't produce on it's own.

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  • the new sentras are too heavy! 3k pounds! the 05 sentra is 2700 pounds power to weight ratio is better on the 05 by a pound on the newer sentras.

  • Goofy24= Fail in life.

  • like I said..Nissan is known for high revving...or is it honda? :S I forgot both are japanese though...

    so yea...whatvr

  • well obviously the sentra is give you more of kick, cause it's a 6spd vs an automatic cvt???? Come On man be serious, your going to getter more RPM power out of a manual transmission car vs an automatic CVT!! transmission.. it's fucking obvious!!

  • Actually Nissan is known for high rpms...the cvt transmission will keep the rpm gauge at around 5500 - 6000 full throttle. The reason why the Lancer is prob slower is because the power comes after 3000 rpm...and its not enough torque really...but really...CVT gives enough RPM...I have a Lancer GTS 09 so I know...lol...

    and ok you say you get more power in a manual but you're not gonna change gear beyond the red line...it is obvious but...its hazy...

  • Of course your not going to shift at red line but, but you and i both know that, you do get more rpm power out of a manual car rather than a CVT transmission.

  • well, u mean a launch..right?

    anyways yea its funner but tired of manuals now..too much traffic in mexico

  • Yea that surprised me as well. They didn't even opt to compare it to a standard transmission on the Lancer. The CVT is fun to drive, but it's slow as hell.

  • your bitch ass tc

    - 160 HP SAE @ 5,700 rpm; 163 ft lb , 221 Nm @ 4,000 rpm

    my 2009 spec v

    - 200 HP SAE @ 6,600 rpm; 180 ft lb , 244 Nm @ 5,200 rpm

    whosee the dumbass :]

  • fsfd

  • this dum ass say the elantra 2 times one on 24 seconds to 28

  • now i desided to get a lancer gts but the only prob is should i get it regular or w/ the sportback? (not for room but looks)

    which should i get?

  • get the regular edition. Lancers are the best cars on the road. Lady in a pick up ran through a stop sign and i hit her doing 60mph, flipped end over end and landed on the drivers side in the ditch. Broke a toe and messed up a finger. Insurance bought me a new one and i upgraded to a gts. I LOVE IT!!

  • i didnt mean the moddle im deff getting a gts but sportback or regular back

  • They should've compared highest model of lancer, the lancer ralliart to the sentra.

  • "highest model of lancer, the lancer ralliart"

    you mean....evo?

  • Non, I mean highest non-evo lancer. the Ralliart.

  • the ralliart is 6000 more? a little steep dont you think

  • ok first of all the sentra is NOT in the same class as the lancer gts. they should have tested a civic si that makes 198 horses and has a 6 speed gear box. but the civic si would abslouteley smoke the SER. the fit and finish, power, and looks. sorry nissan but that sentra is got to be the ulgiest sentra so far.

  • you are entitled to your own opinion, but it would not "absolutely smoke the SE-R." The Civic is lighter than the Sentra, and that's the only reason it's .1 seconds faster. The SE-R is more powerful.. 3 more ponies, but some 40 more lb ft of torque. I've been in both the new SI and the new Spec V and the fit and finish is of the same quality. Looks, purely based upon your own opinion. I hate the interior clusters of the Civics. The only thing the Sentra is lacking is Navigation/ IRS.

  • oh and they both fucking rattle.. just a little bit. But it seriously isn't a big deal, it's a compact sports car lol not a luxury car. They both have nice soundsystems to kill any rattling on bumpy roads ;). They are honestly both really nice cars, especially for the money. Idk why everyone has to bash this or that against that or this. I mean, I can appreciate any good performing, fun to drive car. But for the record, I would pick the Spec V between the two.

  • yeah it would definatly get smoked, tell that to the 09 si driver that i beat from a dig, but, yeah it would definatly smoke it, Vtech is only lingo for " i dont get power untill 5000 rpm"

  • They are the same price(thousand difference on bases). Why not compare?

    And the Sentra has much more torque than the Si. I've seen the two race and 9 times out of 10 the Sentra wins from a dig. On a roll it is anyone's game.

  • even the SER auto can beat the GTS.....they should compare CVT vs CVT lol

  • hi! I'm Kelsey Mays and I dress like a fucking school boy and then make jokes about tuning and shit like you are going to take me seriously. :| I'm Kelsey Mays.

  • mitsubishi engine breaks alot...

  • Gives Mitsubishi a reason to offer their 10-year warranties. ROFL!

  • Why is everybody crying about the comparison between the two. even if you put the auto verison just the ser it's still better than the lancer gts.

  • Man doesn't matter which one wins, the new sentra is absolutely hideous!!! Fuck that car. I love Nissan, but the sentra is their Epic Fail. Get rid of it now.

  • ok hes wearing transitions, tennis shoes, and a polo shirt with all buttons tied + plus he's comparing a lancer gts to a sentra...hmmmm...stereotype

  • agree with khon, there is no comparison. the person who did this review is a complete moron. 2.0 to 2.5? wow these days are dumb.... this vid needs to be removed.

  • the 2009 gts is not 2.0 anymore. now it has a 2.4

  • this is just a stupid comparison, can't compare cars from different segments....compare the sentra with the ralliart, gti, wrx, mazdaspeed, caliber srt4, civic Si or anything in the same segment and that will be a fair comparison, in which the sentra goes really bad...

  • I'm not sure american prices, but all those cars are $7-9 thousand (canadian) dollars more than the sentra.

  • pikPOreon, your right....that guy is comparing the SPEC V to WRX's, Speed3,,,,lol...

    the guy reviewing the car is wrong though...i bet a lot of people rather tune a spec v than a lancer gts.

  • The ralliart would be a much better compairson

  • atleast test it 5speed vs 5 speed that cvt crap sucks for racing application

  • better than mazda and civic Si

  • i just bought the lancer gts. getting it today :D

  • Same here

  • this is such a bad review. they didn't even give 0-60 time.

  • You can't compare a standard car and an automatic with CVT and come to any decent conclusion.

    CVT is a bad idea for anyone wanting to get any performance out of their 4 banger

  • too bad the sentra looks gay. even if the lancer is slower id rather drive that then that ugly sentra

  • well thats a lancer gts not the ralliart or the evo so they are better

  • get the fucking evo X u mother fucker and then compare it to other cars ... bitch

  • "get the fucking evo X u mother fucker"

    LOL

  • lmao not everyone can just get the evo X dude lol

  • yeah get the evo x an compared it to the skyline then

  • I remember seeing an add on the Mitsubishi website on the lancer GTS 09. It said "Faster than a speeding Sentra.

  • yeah? is that true?? hahaha

  • this review is no where near a fair comparison. 2.5L vs a 2.0L w/ cvt? lol talk about setting one up car up to fail

  • it's a 2.4L

  • ah yeah its the 2009. The CVT is garbage with the Lancer. Still an unfair comparison without 2 manuals

  • maybe they should have tested them BOTH with a manual transmission to even out the comparison of the vehicles...

  • either way I would choose to drive either of those over a honda civic any day.

  • yuyupoobe, thats not what I meant. you read my comment too fast.

  • Civic is good, but Mitsu Lancer looks better.

  • i think the sentra looks alright, with some body upgrades it could look bad ass

  • I wouldnt even sit in a sentra cuz it soo ooogly.

  • ill agree with that, lancer looks much nicer

  • they made this review by price range not by performance. A lancer ralliart would beat the se-r spec v.

  • its not a ralliart

    GTS 2.4L

  • sentra´s suspension and chassis sucks

    anyways, its ugly as hell....hahaha

  • so the se-r doesn't have any toque? I think 180lb-ft > 167lb-ft

  • MITSUBISHI'S CRAP\ UGLY CARS, BAD ENGINES

    240SX OWNER + NISSAN'S FOR LIFE :p

  • mitsubishi are not making crap engines!

    Maybe your brain is CRAP!!

  • Engines are good now...but most of the rest is fail. I would buy a honda first.

  • Nissan Sentra ugly as hell

  • the Spec V is faster than the Lancer GTS.

  • The GTS is no match for the spec V, they should have compared the SE-R cvt vs this lancer

  • Mitsubshi is better. The sentra is ugly

  • umm... the 09 GTS package is 2.4 dumbass I HAVE ONE OF THOSE

  • 2.4 vs 2.0 come'on

  • The lancer is 2.4 and the sentra is 2.5

  • lancer is 2.0 dumbass

    i got one of those!

  • I don't care what you have.

    Listen to what he says.

  • wow, even the video showed the fucking motor and said it. if you have a 2.0L in your 2009 lancer GTS you got fucked over.

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