Nice Elantra!

Kidding, I like it but the curves really remind me of some of Hyundai's latest work...

Many Japanese nav systems still need DVDs...

Kei's actually are pretty solid around the corners... Japanese roads are a lot less straight than North America's, and the bulk of the weight in these things is pretty low. Honda Fits look pretty tall too, yet they can out slalom a lot of "sports" cars.

I saw this whole car on the street in Vancouver -- they were shooting a commercial for it a block away from my house -- and the model badge definitely said "3.5SR". (They also shot one of the first Nissan Rogue commercials in almost the same spot a few years back; they had the street covered in snow even though it was August, and the Civic Hybrid commercial was shot just up the street too.)

I should have snapped a pic, but honestly, it didn't look vastly different from the current model, so it didn't even hit me it was redesigned, until I saw the same car with camo on the hood later in the day.

There are some weird lines, but nothing that wouldn't be fixed if Renault-Nissan were to make this as a wagon variant of the Altima in North America -- Altima's nice looking front end would vastly improve this machine. Not that it'll ever happen but one can dream...

The short lived last generation Stagea had a VQ25DET (turbo 2.5L V6) in it... it's not like they don't have the technology sitting around.

Side profile looks like an Altima coupe more than anything, especially with regard to the too-small wheels.

I wish Honda would hurry up and bring this over so married with kids types have a choice other than the Kia Rondo when cross-shopping the Mazda5.

I'd love to see the Sportwagen/Variant/Wagon (it's just "Jetta Wagon" here in Canada; we don't get the cool US badging) in GTD form. I heard that over 50% of all wagons sold here in Canada are the TDI, so it makes sense that more than a few people might want a sportier version of it... (I know at least one!)

You guys totally dropped the ball on a great snarky headline opportunity: "Middle-aged Detroit man tries to lure pre-teen and teen girls into cars"