Nissan has brought out the Altima for the second time in its four generations. The reinvented version is totally redesigned for the latest generation. It offers more performance, comfort, safety, economy, and better looks than last year’s model.

The Altima now resemble the Maxima now in looks. The Altima is s a couple of inches shorter on the outside, but has more room on the inside, including a spacious trunk. It has fold-down rear seats that allow the trunk to expand into the cabin for carrying big long things.

Nissan’s aim of the redesigning of Altima was to bring the feel and power of a luxury car to this everyman’s midsize sedan. Nissan has succeeded with the Altima model in that. It has the V6 engine and all the options, including plush leather.

The Standard equipment on the 2.5 include cloth seats, 16-inch steel wheels, 60/40 split fold-down rear seats, power windows, power door locks, cruise control, halogen headlamps, electric power steering, AM/FM/CD with four speakers, vehicle information display, and intelligent key with push-button starting. It has 2.5S adds air conditioning, a six-speaker sound system, remote keyless entry, power side view mirrors, and speed-sensitive intermittent wipers.

The 2.5SL uses the continuously variable transmission, and adds leather interior with heated front seats and power driver’s seat, moon roof, alloy wheels, dual-zone temp controls and rear air conditioning vents. The Nissan engineers while  redesigning the Altima, had attempted to create more cabin space, and given one inch less to work with, on account of the reduction in wheelbase. They made it by stretching the distance between A-pillar and C-pillar, thus shortening the cowl and deck.

The seats of redesigned Altima are relatively large. The redesigned suspension on the new rigid chassis ensures that there’s no swaying in the switchback turns. The Altima 3.5SL doesn’t quite feel like a sports sedan, but the handling is fairly nimble.

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BMW, the German automobile manufacturing company was found by Karl Friedrich Rapp in 1916. BMW or Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works) was founded as a successor to the Rapp Motor. There is a common belief among people that the logo of BMW is derived from a spinning white propeller seen in the background of the blue sky. But in fact it is known that it also comes from the white and blue flag of Bavaria, which is the largest state of Germany, of which Munich is the capital. BMW is headquartered here.

In 1916, the company secured a

Contract for building V12 engines that were to be used in the creation of the automobiles from Austro-Daimler. These 12 cylinders V engines were at first used in aircrafts which is the original plan of the BMW Company. But anyhow, after the World War I and the Treaty of Versailles, the production of aircraft in Germany was prohibited.  This caused a change in the politics of BMW. They began production of brakes for the rail transport. Soon after that, BMW was able to design a motorcycle engine which was used for the creation of a motorcycle called with the model name Victoria.

BMW started the production of Dixi in the German city Eisenach in 1927, under license but only a year after that the Dixi Company was bought by BMW and they began mass production together with the model Austin Seven. During the World War I, the German army’s motorized division used BMW R75 together with BMW R12 because of the high need of engines.  BMW was the main supplier of it, which was very profitable for them. Some of the best planes in that historical time used the BMW aero-engines.  It was after the Second World War, in 1950, that BMW turned their attention to cars. Now, they are considered as one of the largest producer of cars in the world.

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