The 2020 Nissan Altima is the best of both worlds. Altima offers two different engines, including a 4-cylinder Direct Injection Gasoline engine that offers excellent fuel economy paired with quicker, quieter, and smoother performance, proving that efficiency doesn’t have to be a compromise. The Xtronic CVT features dynamic step shifting, wider gear ratio coverage, and an adaptive shift controller. The result is a more connected, spirited driving experience. Altima offers plenty of room with an open interior and a spacious trunk. For safety, it features an available Intelligent All-Wheel Drive system that gives you more confidence on the road in clear or inclement weather. Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC) with Full Speed Range and Hold detects the flow of traffic and intuitively keeps a pre-set distance from the car ahead. The available Intelligent All-Wheel Drive system continuously monitors road conditions and can respond to changes faster than the blink of an eye. Blind spot warning gives you a warning about cars otherwise left unseen. With the groundbreaking ProPILOT Assist, you can actually look forward to your daily commute. This available advanced driver assistance system helps out with your highway driving at the push of a button, anticipating and responding like a true partner.
After a full redesign last year, the Altima receives a few minor updates for 2020. Nissan is including blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, lane-departure warning, and high-beam assist for entry level S and SR models. Also new this year are memory function sideview mirrors and Piano-black trim pieces on SV, SL, and Platinum trimmed vehicles.
Nissan have made big changes to the Altima's drivetrain, offering all-wheel drive for the first time and replacing both engines in the car's lineup. The new base engine is a 2.5L 4-cylinder, like the one it replaces. However, the new engine makes more horsepower (now up to 188) while also reducing noise, vibration and harshness over the one it replaces. Power is sent to either the front wheels or to all-four wheels via a continuously variable transmission (CVT.) The optional engine in years past was a V6, but Nissan have opted instead to replace it with a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, offering better fuel economy while making similar power. Once again, a CVT is used to send power to the front wheels, though all-wheel drive is not offered with the turbocharged engine.
The Nissan Altima is offered in several different trims: S, SR, SV, SL and Platinum make up the main trim levels, as well as an Edition ONE version for the first year it goes on sale.
The base S version is still relatively well equipped, even if it doesn't come with all of the driver assistance technology available on some of the more expensive models. Standard features on the S include cruise control, automatic headlights, push-button start, a power adjustable driver's seat, an 8-inch color touchscreen display, a Siri Eyes Free mode, Bluetooth, 4 USB ports, speed sensitive volume controls, an intelligent forward collision warning system, a rearview camera, a hill start assist system and an automatic emergency braking system.
The SR trim adds a dose of sportiness by including 19-inch wheels, a sport tuned suspension, paddle shifters and LED headlights.
Buyers opting for the SV trim get Nissan's ProPILOT Assist system, which aids drivers by taking care of some of the more mundane tasks of driving for them. For instance, ProPILOT Assist can keep a specific distance from the vehicle ahead, even in stop and go situations without any input from the driver. It will also help steer the car, subtly keeping the car within its lane. While the system doesn't offer a fully autonomous mode, it is part of the way there and should significantly ease the stresses of a daily commute.
Stepping up to the SL trim adds a navigation system, SiriusXM Satellite radio and a bigger Bose stereo featuring 9-speakers. In addition, the SL trim has leather lined seating surfaces and a power adjustable front passenger seat.
The Platinum trim includes a memory function for the driver's seat, additional interior accent lighting and an around-view monitoring system which uses several cameras to give drivers an unparalleled view over what's going on around them.