 What is up you guys? I'll be back to another one. If you're new to this channel, I'm Goldpony at the new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2023 Nissan Altima courtesy of younger Nissan in Frederick, Maryland for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So we are in this one today because this has been refreshed for the 2023 model year, several changes including new looks, new colors, new wheels, there's interior changes, and there's new safety features and a whole lot more. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sounds to some exhaust with all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it and as always, let's start with pricing. And so as you can imagine, there are several different trim levels for the 2023 Nissan Altima. First one being the S starting at $25,290. That is a front wheel drive configuration only SV for $26,090 SR, which is the one we are in today, starting at $27,490 SL for $31,990. And lastly, the SR VC Turbo for $34,990. So for the first trim level, the S and the VC Turbo, those are gonna be front wheel drive only, but you actually can get all wheel drive at any of the other trim levels. If you wanted to do that, simply add $1,500 then to any of those prices. But as you can imagine with all of those trim levels, there are two different power plants available for the Altima. First one is going to belong to all the trim levels, but the VC Turbo, obviously. So that power plant is a 2.5 liter direct injected inline four cylinder, putting out 188 horsepower for the front wheel drive, 182 then for the all wheel drive, 180 pound feet of torque for the front wheel drive, 178 then for the all wheel drive. And again, powers sent to front wheels or all wheels through a CVT, zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 7.4 seconds. It's actually pretty impressive for its class. An MPG number is coming in at 27 in the city 39 on the highway for the front wheel drive. That's very impressive. 26 in the city, 36 on the highway for the all wheel drive, taking regular unleaded fuel. But so then there is that other engine configuration, of course, belonging to the SRVC Turbo. That one is powered by a two liter turbo charge inline four cylinder, 248 horsepower, 5,600 RPM, 273 pound feet of torque, coming in at 4,000 RPM. Power sent to front wheels through a CVT with paddle shifters, zero to 60 time for that one, approximately 5.8 seconds. That's nuts. With MPG numbers coming in at 25 in the city 34 on the highway, taking regular unleaded fuel with a slight power loss. But if you want those numbers I just gave you, it does take premium unleaded fuel then. So before we do any kind of fun acceleration or paddle shifter test here in our Altima, I did want to mention to you guys the drive mode. It is singular. There is a sport driving mode and it is hidden. Essentially it is just the horizontal line located just below the shifter here. So if you press that, it's going to automatically kind of hold the RPMs in a much higher level. It's going to adjust throttle response there as well, but not the steering sensitivity, but the other two, yes. But now that we've got all that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put a paddle shifters and acceleration here to the test. And let's see how quickly we can get this one up to speed. Let's see how quickly the paddle shifters are going to react for us here. All right, so just for you guys's information, before we do this test here, when you push that sport driving mode, it is going to display a little S up on the digital portion of the gauges here to let you know you are in that sport driving mode. So I did want to mention that first. Now let's go ahead and find this straightaway and let's give this a shot. All right, it's holding kind of a first gear here. That's nice. Go. Ha! All right, that is not bad. Paddle shifters are freaking quick. Keep in mind, it's a CVT. It's continuously variable transmission. So technically, you're not really shifting through gears. It's kind of simulated shifting, so to speak. But having said that, the acceleration was pretty darn quick and the paddle shifters kind of imitated and automatic pretty darn good and it was pretty darn quick as well. So yes, I was a big fan of the paddle shifters and the acceleration here in our Altima without a doubt. But anyways, tool along with that acceleration, as always, braking is equally important. And so upfront, you will find 11.7 inch ventilated front disc in the back, 11.5 inch solid rear disc. As far as that six easier stopping distance goes, that's going to come in at a pretty impressive 120 feet. And so far, breaking feel in my short test drive here, it's been 100% perfectly fine. So definitely not going to have any issues there. Touching on suspension and handling, you're going to get an independent strut type front suspension up front, in the back, independent multi-link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. And if you were to go with one of those SR trim levels, you're actually also going to get a sport tune suspension. So a little better handling with that one and actually touching on the steering wheel right off the bat, instantly points you in the direction that you want to go. So I'm a big fan of that. It's weighted on the heavier side of things. So definitely a fan of the steering feel in our SR trim level that we have with us here today. As far as ride quality goes, you do tend to feel a little bit more of the road with the SR trim level because you got that sport tune suspension. I think I remember that in previous years of testing this thing out as well, but I guess that's the trade-off. Little better handling, little less ride quality, but if you want a better ride quality, just don't go with the SR. I'll just put it that way. And touching on cabin noise, I'm going 30 miles per hour. Isn't all that bad. Honestly, it's perfectly fine for me. I will say, listen, turn signals are pretty ridiculously loud. Take a listen. A lot louder than I'm used to. I'll just put it that way. Something I didn't expect. So that was kind of interesting. But anyways, then touching on visibility, I can see 100% perfectly fine out the back. That is definitely not going to be any issues there, but then back rounds up the performance segment of this review, guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Nissan Altima. All right, so here she is, you guys, the new 2023 Nissan Altima, finished in black, of course. Definitely, I think everything car looks good in black, but let me actually go over the two new colors for 2023. Since I mentioned it, gray sky pearl is one of them. Garnet pearl metallic is the second. So two new color options for the 2023 Altima. And again, completely redesigned front end. Let's go ahead and start up front. Of course, you're going to have a Chrome V motion front grille with active grille shutters or a black V motion front grille. If you were to go with the SR trim, active grille shutters, meaning the grille shutters are going to open and close, dependent upon the engine cooling that is needed at any given time. But of course, you got the SR badging found in the front grille as well. If you were to go with one of those SR trim levels, that definitely looks good. I feel like it's in a different font than previous years as well. I definitely don't recognize the font of that SR badging, but that's really a big deal. But anyways, LED headlights do come standard on every single trim level across the board. And that's a big deal because in 2022 previously, halogens came standard on the Altima. So I did want to emphasize that because now you get better illumination for 2023 at night. So big deal there. LED daytime running lights, of course, coming standard as well, automatic feature as well. And all trim levels also give you automatic high beams, meaning when you have your high beams on at night and the sensors of vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's going to automatically dim them back to low beams. Then when that vehicle is gone, it's going to automatically then bump it back up to high beams. So a very nice convenience feature there and a safety feature as well. So don't see any front air curtains to the side. Sometimes you see them, sometimes you don't. But overall, I do like the slight refresh look for 2023. And I love that SR badging up front as well. And as always, that pretty much rounds out the front end of this one. So now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now since we are around to the side of the Altima here, you're either going to get black or chrome belt line molding. Again, depending upon the trim level that you go with, floating roof line towards the back, although it's going to be hard to tell because we have a black exterior. But typically that floating roof line is of course going to be finished in black though. Taking a look at the side mirrors, they are body color, power adjustable side mirrors, but they will be gloss black if you were to go with one of the SR trims. Again, you're not going to be able to tell because we've got the black exterior, but gloss black side mirrors regardless of color if you go with one of the SR trims though. LED integrated turd signals then coming with the SL and VC turbo trim levels. So therefore that is why we do not have the integrated turd signals in those mirrors today. But then taking a look down at the wheel setup, 16 inch steel wheels with covers are going to come standard, 17 inch machine finished aluminum alloys for the SV, 19 inch machine finished aluminum alloys then for the SR trims and the SL. And cool thing about the wheels this year, like I said at the beginning of the video, they are new designs and every single trim level gives you a different design than the other. So that is one of the cool things. You're going to be kind of easily able to distinguish between the trim levels just simply by looking at the wheels. At least if you got pretty darn familiar with the Ultima. So I do like the wheel design. It's different. So anyways, pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back of the Ultima. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one, body colored shark fin antenna found all the way to the top rear spoiler is going to come standard on the SR trim levels. If you wanted that, that's how you're going to get it. Body colored or gloss black rear diffuser down below and that definitely looks pretty darn good. You do have the trim level badging found on the right hand portion there and that new SR font, as I was mentioning to you guys. And then just below it all, you will find dual exhaust outlets with chrome tips. They look dang good down there on the sides of that rear diffuser. But as always, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. Here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the Ultima here, when it comes to opening that rear trunk, there's several different ways to go ahead and do that. There's a button on the key fob, there's a button on the trunk itself and there is actually a button on the, kind of by the driver's side left knee when you're sitting in the driver's seat then as well. But anyways, once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 15.4 cubic feet, which is actually pretty darn impressive there. If that was not enough space, there is a 60-40 split, meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it. There is some cargo lighting back there but what really impressed me was all the grocery bag hooks, which you typically don't even find on sedans, let alone, you know, usually you might have one if that, but you got like four of them here in the Ultima. So there's some tie-down anchors, kind of in the back corners, but if you flip them around, they can serve as grocery bag hooks and then there's some grocery bag hooks that kind of hang down from up top. That is a bunch of more grocery bag hooks right there as well. So kind of surprised to see all that. So that was pretty darn cold. And then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you're gonna find the spare tire. So if you're curious whether you got it fixed flat or a spare tire, it's gonna be the spare tire, which I personally prefer. But then, making our way up to the rear legroom, I'm just going to come in at 35.2 inches for reference. I am even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Rear ventilation is going to come on the SL and VC turbo trim level, so we don't have it today, unfortunately. But what we do have for the SV trim leveled up is rear charging ports. You got one of the little ones and one of the regular sized ones. So that is pretty darn cold. And there is also rear center armrest with cup holders that does come standard across the board. So then making our way up to the front seats, manually adjustable cloth seating coming standard with the S, eight-way power driver seat for the SV trim level and up. You're gonna get a sport cloth for the SR trims. That's at least comes standard. Four-way power adjustable lumbar support for the SL and VC turbo. Leather seating them for the SL. Heated front seats then for the SL and VC turbo. We actually have an SR premium package. It goes for $2,890 that gives us a bunch of extras as well, including these leather seats with this orange contrast stitching and they are incredibly comfortable. The power lumbar support was definitely very nice as well. So overall seat comfort was plenty fine. Definitely didn't have any issues with finding my perfect driving position. And it's doing part as well because of the steering wheel. So let's get into the steering wheel a little bit. It is tilt and telescoping and it telescopes out ridiculously far. That isn't always the case. So I do wanna emphasize that. So for a taller individual, that is a very good thing to help you find that perfect driving position. Heated steering wheel is gonna come on the SL and VC turbo and leather wrap then for the SR trim level and up. But then making our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Nissan logo all the way to the top. Lock, unlock the button to pop the rear trunk and then the circular button that is going to be your remote start, which comes standard on every single trim level across the board. So you can warm up the Ultima on super cold days here in Frederick because it does happen. But anyways, it is all keyless entry with the push button start. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button located just in front of the shifter. And so once started up when it comes to the gauges, tachometers all the way to your left speedometers all the way to your right. And there is a fairly decent sized digital display front and center to control what is on that digital display. There are some steering wheel mounting controls found on the left side of the steering wheel. And through that, you're able to see things like how many miles you have left until you hit empty. There is a digital speedometer. It's going to tell you your outside temperature as well. Your miles per gallon that you're getting at any given time. There's a nice little compass up there. And you can actually check out some weather information apparently when you need your next oil change as well. So pretty much everything you could possibly want in the digital portion of the gauges then then make your way to overall interior quality. Power moonroof is going to come in the SL VC turbo and it's going to be optional on the other trims like we have today. Overhead sunglass holder is also going to come as standard on the Ultima. Dual zoom climate control for the SL and VC turbo trim levels. You're going to get some wood trim if you were to go with that SL trim level. However, you kind of have this black-ish, kind of gloss black carbon fiber-ish look. If you go with the SRs and I'm a big fan of that actually just above the passenger side glove box continues just below the air vents there up front. But wireless fan charger then it's going to come on the SL and VC turbo. It is optional on the SR. We do have that. That is located just in front of the shifter and also just in front of the shifter. Going to get 12-volt power outlet, USB charging port and then another smaller USB charging port there to the right of the shifter. You've got your dual cupholders, a little bit of storage within the center armrest. Actually decent amount of storage in there. And I like the orange contrast stitching on the armrest itself as well. And that's continued onto the doors and the seats like I was saying. So overall the orange contrast stitching really sets it off here in our SR trim level. So I am a big fan but I actually don't mind the interior quality. Like they had a lot of places that could have kept things like a matte cheap black plastic but they didn't like around the cupholders. They finished in gloss black for example. A lot of other manufacturers will put a cheaper black plastic there. So I don't mind the interior quality personally. But now let's go ahead and take a look at the infotainment screen because we have a massive infotainment screen here for the 2023 Ultima. Let me start with seven inch color touch screen display coming with the S, eight inch color touch screen display for the SV, SR and SL. And then the VC turbo is going to give you a massive 12.3 inch color touch screen display that's gonna be optional on some of the other trims like we have today. So this is a gigantic infotainment screen in horizontal format. I absolutely love it. Bluetooth and audio streaming, you're gonna get that either way. Android Auto Apple CarPlay as well which is gonna be wireless on the SL and VC turbo trim level. So that is pretty dark cool. Factory navigation system coming with the SL and VC turbo to check out your driving information up there as well. You can check out your weather information. You can check out fuel information. It actually gives you the lowest fuel price information nearby that's pretty cool. You got Alexa capability up there as well. It looks like you really customize it and make it your own. You can kind of use different apps and display them where you like. So that is pretty cool. And of course you can check out your radio information up there of course. So when it comes to the sound systems you will get six speakers for the S, SV and SR trim levels. And then a nine speaker Bose sound system for the SL and VC turbo. So having said that, we actually do have the six speaker sound system with this here today. So what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio. See what we got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. I say this every time I test out a Nissan or Infiniti vehicle. The base that they put in these vehicles is insane. That's six speakers. That is one of the better six speaker sound systems I typically hear just because the base is ridiculous. Clarity was plenty fine as well personally for me. That sound system is definitely perfectly fine. Now we'll say I've had the Bose sound system in my Infiniti G35 coupe back in the day. And that was 100% on point as well. Never broke on me or anything like that. Bose is a very reputable company. So really either sound system that you go with it's going to be on point is what I'm trying to get at here. So anyways, last thing I want to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the ultimate in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board. But there is also a 360 degree monitor or surround view monitor that's going to come standard on the SL and VC turbo trim level as well which is going to let you know what is completely all around you which is always is going to lead us into safety. And so to start the ultimate is an IIHS top safety pick plus which is the very highest designation given by IIHS. So that pretty much does it all right there. Front side side crew and airbags do come standard driver and passenger knee airbags as well. In the back you're going to have latch AKA lower anchors to tether to children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tapers and monitoring system but also coming standard forward collision warning, autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian detection, blind spot warning, rear cross traffic alert, reverse automatic braking and rear parking sensors as well. So overall when it comes to my final thoughts here at the Altima I do like the refresh specifically the new wheel designs that they've included like every single wheel design is different and it's unique. It's not like any other wheel design that you really see out there on the road right now which is why I personally am a big fan of them. Great safety as well. IIHS top safety pick plus it doesn't get any better than that safety rating by IIHS. I do love the all wheel drive availability as well. There's still a lot of sedans out there that it competes with that don't get that like Hyundai Sonata for example or the Honda Accord. So that is definitely a big win as well. The only room for improvement I can honestly think of well I'll say two things I guess but a full digital gauge cluster would certainly be nice in the Altima and I know Nissan can do it because they put it in some of their other vehicles like the Nissan Rogue for example and I think ambient lighting would look pretty darn good in this thing as well because I know other vehicles like the Kia K5 and the Hyundai Sonata you can get 64 colors of ambient lighting. So I wouldn't mind seeing that in the Altima there in the as well. So overall let me know what you guys think of the Altima in the comments section below I love reading your comments. 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