2008 Nissan Altima/In-Depth: Overview

Cars.com's Mike Hanley takes a look at the 2008 Nissan Altima. It competes with the Ford Fusion and the Honda Accord.

Shot and Produced by: Sarah Gersh
Edited by: Matthew Avery

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[skbuoy]

This car is better buy than the Camry and Accord I believe. People think that Toyota and Honda are the only brands that offer reliable cars. They are dumb. Nissan offes reliable cars that are equal or perhaps even superior that Honda or Toyota. For $21K, I would go with Nissan. They did a wonderful job in this car!

[Tim031390]

they didnt even mention the 2.5s for fuel economy, its amazing.

[Thatonegayguy94]

He is depressing......

[FromThe3PointLine]

Y would you get the V6 in this car? If you want aV6 get the 350 or 370 this is a4 cylinder car. Japanese brands can make a 4 cylinder become a small to mid size V6. So there is no point in a V6 when there is a 4 banger option available

[Annihilator1111]

the 2007-2012 Nissan Altima is assembled in

Smyrna, Tennessee, United States

Canton, Mississippi, United States

[shadowspork]

Bought a 2009 Nissan Altima 2.5 S CVT Transmission back in March with 51,000 km on the odometer. After 4 months of city driving, and a recent road trip, the car is a winner!

[jjofjw]

Nissans are super reliable. We have had 3. The first had no problems until it reached 310,000 miles. The second, 240,000. Now we are working on the third with about 40,000.

[spandexgirl74]

I don't know why he keeps saying manual transmission when the all come with CVT transmission. I remember going to the dealer, the sales guy would tell me that they are all CVT transmission for the redesigned Altimas. They do have sport manual shift if you want to use it that way though.

[tennesseetitan78]

My older model vehicle was totaled out in a crash, so while I was looking to get another car I drove my dads 2010 Honda civic around. I hated that car very slow, very boring, hated the over-all look inside and outside of the car. I bought a 2008 Nissan Altima 2.5S with 51k miles on it. Love it, it drives very smooth, seems to have a quick response, very roomy, love the push-to-start, and over-all look inside and out. From all the consumer reviews that I've read everyone love this car. At f

[rnorred86]

I bought a 2007 2.5 S the other day for 13k with only 35k miles & it's a very impressive car. It has plenty of front seat legroom which is the main reason I bought one & it's surprisingly quick & quiet for a four cylinder. Compared to my previous car being a 2006 Toyota Corolla S, the Altima is much more refined overall.

[karan6]

Honda vs Nissan is personal preference, but I dunno who the hell wants a fuckin Toyota yea there reliable but there ugly plain an not very powerful cars

[123fritolay]

I have the Altima best car I ever had sporty and attractive i got the best of both worlds lol <3