The Nissan Altima has been quietly dropped from the local line-up, leaving the Japanese manufacturer with no sedan models in its range.
According to the company’s local arm, there are still stocks of the medium sedan in Australia, though it won’t be importing any more of this model in the future – or the facelifted model now available overseas.
“The reason relates to the investment required to update the Australian-market Altima’s engines to meet the new Euro 5 emissions standard in Australia,” said Peter Fadeyev, general manager for corporate communications at Nissan Australia.
“Nissan has decided to not make this investment, so, for now, the Altima won’t be in our new-vehicle catalogue in the future. As a result, production of the Altima sedan will stop for Australia.”
It appears the company has also backflipped on any hopes to reintroduce the smaller Pulsar sedan (above), which was also axed earlier this year – though the local arm did hint at the time that the Pulsar could return.
“The Nissan Altima sedan and Pulsar sedan won’t be offered in Australia in the future,” confirmed Fadeyev.
With no sedan models left in the local line-up, Nissan is left with its SUV, sports car and ute models – with the most affordable being the Juke compact SUV, kicking off at $23,490 before on-road costs.
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