2022 Nissan Altima goes darkish with Midnight Version Package deal

Nissan’s stalwart Altima household sedan is rolling into the 2022 mannequin 12 months with an non-obligatory new Midnight Version Package deal and up to date pricing.

The bottom 2022 Nissan Altima S begins at $25,525 together with $975 vacation spot payment, the identical worth because the 2021 mannequin. For that cash, you will get a front-wheel-drive four-door with Nissan’s long-serving 2.5-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder matched to a normal Xtronic constantly variable transmission. This mixture is sweet for as much as 188 horsepower and 180 pound-feet of torque, numbers additionally unchanged from the earlier mannequin 12 months. Normal gear features a 7-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration, together with ahead collision warning with computerized emergency braking and pedestrian detection.

The most important Altima information for 2022 is the supply of the Midnight Version Package deal seen above. The $1,750 possibility grouping will get its title from its blacked-out exterior trim, together with a gloss-black sport grille, spoiler and matching 19-inch alloy wheels, together with LED fogs and black-painted mirrors with embedded LED flip indicators and heating. Occupants can get pleasure from the usual heated entrance seats (the driving force’s chair options two-way energy lumbar help), in addition to an included normal moonroof. Accessible solely as an possibility on Altima’s mid-grade SR trim ($27,625 together with supply), the Midnight Version can be solely accessible with the two.5-liter 4.

All-wheel drive continues to be an possibility for 2022 on Altima SV, SR, SL and range-topping Platinum trims. Nationwide, Nissan tells Roadshow that roughly 25% of the Altima’s mannequin combine places energy to all 4 wheels.

If you would like Nissan’s extra {powerful} 236-hp 2.0-liter VC-T engine, with its novel variable-compression turbo tech and 267 lb-ft of torque, you’ll be able to solely get it on the Altima SR (MSRP: $31,875 together with supply). That is attention-grabbing, as a result of probably the most luxurious and costly Altima is definitely the Platinum, which is just accessible with the mannequin’s less-powerful naturally aspirated engine. The AWD-only 2.5-liter Platinum instructions $35,225 together with $975 supply cost. 

(If something, this pricing and gear technique leaves room for Nissan’s Maxima, which carries a extra premium worth level and a more-powerful 3.5-liter V6. A base 2022 Maxima SV begins at $38,215 delivered, however the Max in some ways a less-sophisticated automobile than the extra family-minded Altima, principally as a result of the latter is a far newer design.)

So far as different 2022 Altima modifications go, the SV Premium Package deal additionally receives heated facet mirrors with LED flip indicators. by way of gear deletions, SV and SR fashions lose the driving force’s seatback pocket, the eight-way driver’s seat disappears from the S Grade Driver Help Package deal, and a four-way energy passenger seat has been dropped from the SL mannequin.

Via the third quarter of 2021, Nissan has bought 97,082 Altimas, a lower of twenty-two.2% 12 months over 12 months. A key rival to Honda’s Accord and Toyota’s Camry, the Altima stays Nissan’s best-selling conventional passenger automotive, nevertheless it misplaced its best-selling mantle for all the model years in the past. That honor now goes to the Nissan Rogue SUV, which has racked up 167,401 gross sales via Q3 — up 40.2% versus final 12 months.