2021 Nissan Altima SR AWD Review and Test Drive | Is this a true Sport Sedan? |

What's up Nissan fans, it's Christopher here from Cars Unlocked. Today I'm in front of the 2021 Nissan Altima SR. We're going to go through the ins and outs, take it for a drive. There's a lot to go over, so let's get to it. So this is the SR package. It's right in the middle. We have the SE, the SR, and the Platinum. This is more like your sporty design here. In 2019, Nissan added all-wheel drive to the Altima, so this is on an all-wheel drive platform here. Let's look at the front end. This specific SR model has an MSRP of $319.98. You can see on our front here, we have our three-coat white paint on the hood. Nice body lines throughout the hood of the Altima. Our flattened out Nissan emblem, that's going to help with that Nissan 360 safety shield and give you added safety features. Things like forward emergency braking, intelligent cruise control. You'll have the blind spot monitor as well. And then you have this nice, large V-motion grille. That's what Nissan is known for. Fully functional LED daytime signature headlights as well. And then we have our fog lights down below. When we look at the side profile, this one being the SR, it's going to come with these 19-inch aluminum alloy rims. You're going to get front and rear disc brakes to help with the stopping. Black mirror caps. And then we have our body-colored painted handles. You do have the keyless entry right on the handle here with your Nissan intelligent key. And then, as always, the Nissan floating roof look goes all the way to the back. Nice chrome accents. And then they blacked out this rear pillar to give that floating roof look, which you see the styling on most of the Nissan sedans now. On the back, you do see some features of the SR model. You get this rear spoiler right on your trunk. Backup camera. And then we have our rear parking sensors. This one being the SR, you're also going to get these dual chrome exhaust finishers just to add to the sporty appeal of the exhaust. For the power plan, like I mentioned, Nissan added that intelligent all-wheel drive system to help in the snow, the sleet, and just give you a bit more traction. It's going to give you about 182 horsepower attached to this 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine. And then you're going to get 178 pounds-feet of torque. So we're going to check out the acceleration when we get on the road. In terms of fuel economy, you're going to get 7.9 liters per every 100 kilometers combined between the city and the highway. And for my American friends, that's about 36 mpg. So the value of this car, it's phenomenal on fuel. I have a 2014 Altima that I've driven about 600, 700 kilometers on one tank of gas. So really good on fuel. Let's check out the interior. Perfect on a day like today is you can use the remote starter to cool the car down before you get in it. You just need to click and hold the lock button and press the remote start button. And then you can have the AC go on full blast so it's nice and cool when you get inside. Now that you've started the car, you can get in and check out the inside. You still need to push the button to start it up. It's going to come with this unique sport cloth here with the orange stitching. That's exclusive to this SR package. You get the leather seats with this sport cloth insert. They are heated seats and I have an eight-way power adjustable driver's seat. Just a little note, these seats are extremely comfortable. Like I can't say any bad things about the seat. They're great on long drives. You really notice that right when you get in the car. Now we're on the business end of things and look at this wheel. Nice D-shaped wheel. You get the leather wrapped steering wheel and then we have our cruise control. We have our radio controls here as well. Right on the steering wheel. Bluetooth. Behind the steering wheel is a 17-inch multi-drive assist display. So there's a lot of cool features that it will show you. Things like your street sign recognition. Things like your blind spot warning. Your tire pressure monitor. There's all different things you can display. Digital speedometer right on the middle screen here. The wheel is heated as well so we're not going to turn it on today because it's hot as hell outside. But in the winter time you can use the wheel. And then we do have this 8-inch display here. That's for things like our GPS. You can see we have the map on here. We can punch in our destination nice and easy using the google points of interest. We also can go to our home menu here and control our radio. So there's satellite, Sirius XM, Bluetooth audio streaming, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are enabled. Okay so you can use your Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Below the screen is just our heating controls so we can turn the air on. Dual temperature control as well. So if one side wants to be hot or one side wants to be cold. And then below that is just a few USBs, a little storage and then a nice center stack here. Our push button start, our sport mode activator and then we have our electric parking brake right in the center stack. As we move upward we have our universal garage door, the home link system. I have a full tutorial on my channel of how to connect your garage door to your home link. You can have up to three and then we have our interior lights here. We have a little sunglass storage and then we have our sunroof here. So it just comes with one sunroof and you just push to open and it will also tilt just lets a little bit more light into the vehicle. It's pretty roomy in the back. That's the advantage of going with the Altima over something like the Nissan Century. You get a lot more space back here. So if you have two or three kids they'll be a lot more comfortable with the space in the back. Look how far my legs are from the front seat. There's a USB back here, two mat pockets, cup holders. I can fold down my center armrests here and have two more cup holders as well. So phenomenal in the back seat. The other advantage of going with the Altima over the Century is you get a lot bigger trunk. Let's see what our dead body test is going to look like back here. You could probably fit I'm going to say about four potentially five dead bodies back here. I guess it depends on how you stack them but there's a huge trunk 60 40 split so you can fold the seats down if you have hockey sticks or skis snowboards things like that. Really really big trunk. So I'm excited to get inside turn the air on. It is hot out there. Well we're behind the wheel of the Nissan Altima SR and the SR monocure for this car is basically cosmetic only. It doesn't really affect the performance of the vehicle by going to this sport trim. So it's really only cosmetic and aesthetic looking when you have the sport accents. Drive wise it drives just like the Platinum or the other packages but it is a real pleasure to drive. The all-wheel drive makes it great in the snow. I've done an Altima all-wheel drive snow test testing out the all-wheel drive. Let's try out this sport mode here. You do get the paddle shifters with the SR package as well. So you can kind of shift through your gears manually using the two paddles right on the wheel. Acceleration wise it is pretty good. Like I said you have that 182 horsepower. When you're using the paddle shifters if you don't switch gears it will switch for you automatically. So it's almost like unassisted shift when you're using the paddle shifters. Blind spot wise, handling wise, like everything is great. This is really a safe sedan for your family. You don't get the pro pilot in this one. If you want the pro pilot you have to go up. Same with the intelligent cruise control. But the paddle shifters are a lot of fun if you do want to kind of select your gears there as well. So we're coming on the on-ramp here. Acceleration is no problem when you're approaching the on-ramp. There we go that's at 6,000 rpms. You do hear that CVT groan a little bit but it's not too concerning for me. And then here we are. So the blind spot monitoring system does really help. It's going to show up here once a car comes through our blind spots and I'm just going to slow down here and show you now that this car is approaching. And there you can see it light up a little bit. Now if I signal to change lanes. See it doesn't allow me to change lanes. If I deviate from the lane without signaling the wheel will vibrate as well. Just letting me know like hey you're deviating from the lane. But overall it's a real pleasure to drive. It's perfect for like your family. It's perfect for if you want a smooth long trip. If you do a lot of commuting it's going to be good on gas. It's going to be comfortable and you're going to have a lot of space. So if you commute for work I would recommend the Altima. Families of four maybe small families of three I would recommend the Altima. Even for like millennials like myself it is a great just day-to-day driver because you have lots of space. Very good on gas and you still have the luxury and sporty feel. So there you have it guys. Let me know what you think of the 2021 Nissan Altima in the comments below. As always subscribe to my channel. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask me. Follow me on Instagram at CVanWeekend and we're also on TikTok now at Cars Unlocked. So check out my daily life selling cars on TikTok. Have a great day!