Faults:

Headlamp adjustment screw cap (recall)

Floor mats driver side slides under pedals (recall)

Trunk leak, infiltration from the right rear wheel arch, through a crack in the undercoating.

One wiper blade falling apart after less than a year.

Seat cover already showing signs of damage.

General Comments:

Good overall performance.

Annoying 6100rpm red-line.

Excessive torque steer.

Soft clutch.

Relatively comfortable ride.

Excessive wind noise at freeway speed.

Poor radio quality, CD OK.

Faults:

Nothing at all.

General Comments:

An incredible car, at a very low price. I have had absolutely no repairs at all. It has extremely high torque in low gears, not for the first time stick driver. Comes with Continental Z rated tires standard on 17" wheels. Tires are very expensive at $250 apiece, so make sure you keep them rotated and properly inflated. If you are even 5 pounds low in a tire, the car will pull violently when driving at high speeds. Uses oil for some reason, but not excessively. No leaks, or burning, but does use about a quart a month. Otherwise an incredible ride.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

This car has fantastic torque and acceleration due to its larger-than- normal in class 2.5 litre engine (175 pound-feet), which enables it to move from a stop very quickly and to accelerate from 55 miles per hour to passing speed and climb hills/grades in roads without strain or high revving of the engine.

The handling, road grip, lateral acceleration (i.e., suspension) and steering on this car are fantastic, worthy of a much more expensive sports sedan (Acura-BMW). It has large diameter front and rear anti-sway bars, a strut tower brace, independent McPherson struts up front and a multi-link beam suspension in the rear which all work great together.

The braking on this car is great with front and rear disc brakes; large 11-inch vented discs in front and 4-wheel, 4-channel ABS (anti-lock brake system).

In addition, the Rockford-Fosgate, 300 Watt, 9-speaker with 8-inch boxed subwoofer in trunk system is fantastic (Audio Fanatic Package) and I love the SE-R emblem floor mats that came with the car.

Faults:

Nothing yet. Have had the car brand new for a week. Only thing I notice is the rear end is a little noisier than most for it's size.

General Comments:

So far I love this car. It's getting good gas mileage and is shifting nicely. Seats are comfortable and at least you can manually adjust them, more than I can say for some competing cars in this class right now. Was considering buying new Hyundai Elantra, but felt I was getting the better car in the Nissan for not much more a month, plus better gas mileage, which is important to me.