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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) last year implemented a new, tougher test to evaluate crashworthiness in lateral collisions. As it turned out, many compact SUVs and midsize SUVs didn’t get a passing grade. Now, compact cars are under the microscope, and the results are a mixed bag. In …

The 2022 Nissan Sentra Cup celebrated a new champion, Valérie Limoges, who made history this past weekend by becoming the first female racer to clinch an all-category title in Canadian road racing. Simon Charbonneau claimed victory in both races held this weekend at Circuit Mont-Tremblant. "This is a big day …

Creating darker-looking models to add character to certain vehicles is something the majority of automakers are doing. At Nissan , there’s the Midnight Edition package. For the 2022 model year, you can find it on the Sentra and Altima sedans, not to mention the Murano and Armada SUVs. In the …

The finalists for the 2021 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) awards have just been announced by the jury as the second-to-last step in the year-long evaluation process. That means it’s time to compare the choices with The Car Guide’s own vehicles of the year …

The Nissan Micra is no more—and the Micra Cup is dead, too, after six seasons. But the Japanese automaker is not dropping out of racing in Canada, even with the pandemic and major economic uncertainty. The most affordable single-model racing series in the country is just switching names and cars …

What’s new with the Nissan Sentra for 2021? Well, The Car Guide has just learned from a Quebec dealer that the company will make a six-speed manual transmission available in the Sentra SR. A screen capture of the dealer’s digital ordering book indeed shows a manual option with this particular …

Compact cars are still popular across the country and one of them, the completely redesigned 2020 Nissan Sentra , is making its Canadian debut today at the 2020 Montreal Auto Show. Rightfully ignored by many potential customers, the old Sentra looked pretty boring. In order to stand out from better-selling …

Just a few hours before the start of the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show, Nissan unveiled the redesigned 2020 Sentra, which will go on sale in February. For the record, the Sentra is Nissan’s most popular model ever in North America. So, what’s new? Fresh Looks and Modern Technologies As …

Transport Canada recently published a recall notice regarding several Nissan models affected by an ignition system issue. At a matter of fact, in the Nissan Micra , Nissan Frontier , Nissan Sentra , Nissan Versa Note and Nissan NV , equipped with a mechanical key ignition system—and not a pushbutton …