They include replacements for core vehicles like the Nissan Altima and Infiniti G35, a new Sentra compact sedan and a tiny subcompact, the Versa, that's new to the U.S. market.

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Scuderi increased the fuel performance of a Nissan Sentra by 35 percent, in a computerized simulation.

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Prosecutors say that on the day of Ms. Pendleton's murder, Mr. Ward and a friend, who has also been charged with murder, were driving around in a Nissan Sentra owned by Mr. Ward's mother when they passed the park where Ms. Pendleton and her friends were standing under a canopy to get out of the rain.

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For the installments in-between, I would start with the resolution of the last segment's cliffhanger, explaining, for instance, how Bolster, in his broken-down old Nissan Sentra, was able to outrun a Cadillac SUV driven by gun-toting thugs.

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There's the 2002 Nissan Spec-V Sentra SE-R, which, idiotic name aside, is a screaming pavement ripper loaded with all sorts of suspension and engine refinements to make it a blast in any bend.

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It has all the flair of a late-90s Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla or Nissan Sentra, without any distinctive design features to attract style conscious buyers.

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