The Car Concerns Radio Proving Ground Gets Them All! Presenting The 2011 Nissan Sentra SL

Price: $16,270 - $20,330 MPG: 27 City / 34 Hwy


At the Car Concerns Radio Proving Grounds we get a chance to drive them all!

This week we had the pleasure of driving one of the best, efficent sub-compacts that we have reported on all year. This week the Car Concerns Crew had fun runing the 2011Nissan Sentra SL.

The 2011 Nissan Sentra is the best compact car for you if you want a roomy, reasonably priced small sedan that’s a little personality-challenged.

The 2011 Nissan Sentra is the best compact car for you if you want a roomy, reasonably priced small sedan that’s a little personality-challenged.

The 2011 Nissan Sentra brings the consumer the important safety advantages of antilock brakes and an antskid system as standard on every model. On the 2010 Sentra, these features, along with traction control for surer grip off the line, had been standard only on top-line models and optional on lower-priced Sentras. The 2011 Sentra also gains new options packages. Still, Nissan has a great offering for the economically minded.

As this 2011 Nissan Sentra SL was surprising at how close the Sentra was to the Altima in many dimensions, and shopping for a sedan in a Nissan showroom gets even more complicated when considering the Sentra's downmarket sibling, the Versa. The so-called B-segment Versa is a big boy in-and-of-itself, just three inches shorter and slightly narrower than the Sentra, while coming in (amazingly) one inch taller. Naturally, this causes us to wonder how many Sentra sales are lost to the Versa. Sure the Versa has 55 fewer ponies in 1.8 SL trim, but it's also over 500 pounds lighter, available in both sedan and hatch configurations, and starts at $4,000 fewer bucks to boot.

The Sentra's has good height and long wheelbase conspire to create some unique proportions, the resulting design looks different and narrow sleek lines. On the bright side, our SL tester did have some nice-looking features that differentiate it from its less sporty siblings. For starters, the SL's new 17-inch wheels help give the Sentra's profile some added visual pop. Nissan added are bodyside moldings and a restrained rear wing that lends the slightest amount of sporting pretense.


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