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SE-Rious Fun ; Nissan's Sentra SE-R makes a torquey return.(Brief Article)
Consider: AutoWeek readers who bought the Sentra SE-R looked at several other cars before going with the Nissan, including the Ford SVT Focus, Mazda MP3, Honda Civic Si, Subaru WRX, Acura RSX Type-S and Toyota Matrix. That owners place the SE-R in such fine company might tell you enough about the Nissan; that only one of these cars existed a year ago speaks volumes as to what a great year 2002 has turned into for small-car fun.
With a bumper crop of sporty little cars to pick from, most SE-R owners pointed to the car's value as the deciding factor. The average transaction price fell just under $19,000, and for that money owners said the overall performance of the SE-R made it a better deal than anything else they shopped, particularly Acura and Subaru, with base stickers over $23,000.
In Spec V form-higher output, 17-inch wheels, limited-slip differential, sportier suspension setup and six-speed manual transmission-the SE-R's performance starts with a high-revving 2.5-liter four spinning out 175 hp and a more-than-healthy 180 lb-ft of torque. At the track those numbers translated into a 7.35-second 0-to-60-mph time and a quarter-mile speed of 87.9 mph in 15.68 seconds.
While those speeds are decent, more important, perhaps is that the SE-R feels ...
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