It is believed the Eastern car manufacturer Nissan produced the Nissan Altima to keep on one of the most successful lines in the company’s history, the Nissan Bluebird, which started in 1957.  After the Bluebird was phased off, speculations were high on which line would replace the Bluebird, which many have claimed to be the Altima.  The Altima is positioned higher than another favored line, the Nissan Sentra, but lower than the Nissan Maxima apropos size, power, and luxury.  The Altima’s first markets are Northern America and the Middle East.  Other markets other than the 2 discussed earlier also have the Altima, but know it as the Nissan Teana.  Altimas were first assembled and produced for the 1993 model year in 1992.  As of the moment, two Nissan plants in the US make the Altima – the plants in Smyrna, Tennessee and Canton, Mississippi.  The Smyrna plant was first to turn out the car, and the Canton plant only followed in 2004 to fill in high demand. 

the difficulty with the Altima is that there have many plenty of producing flaws in both plants that have made Nissan do a number of safety recalls after only two years when the 1st Altima slipped off the Smyna plant.  Issues on defects still plague the Altima for as recent as 2008.  The engine used in all Altima models is the KA24DE I4 DOHC engine with 150 hp.  Transmission is either 4 gear automatic or 5 speed manual.  The trim lines for the Altima are the XE ( base ), GXE ( mid-line ), SE ( sporty ), and the GLE ( luxury ).  The most distinguishing features of the different trims are manual windows for the XE, power windows for the GXE, fog lights and side skirts for the GXE.  Despite safety concerns, the Altima line is still being produced on its fourth generation.

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