Should You Buy the 2025 Nissan Altima SR? Full Review, Walkaround & Drive Test!

Welcome back to Cars Unlocked. My name is Christopher. Today we are unlocking the 2025 Nissan Ultima SR. [Music] So, the Nissan Ultima has been a staple of the Nissan lineup for a very long time. Boasting a spacious cabin, comfortable ride, and phenomenal fuel efficiency. Let's unlock this thing and go through the ins and outs. Now, thank you to Nash Juan from Nissan and Infiniti for commenting that we review the 2025 Nissan Ultima. Your comments keep us going. So, thank you so much for requesting this vehicle. Now, let's start with the price. So, the MSRP in Canada here is 37,485. Now, that's an American MSRP of about 31470. Let's see what you get for that price. Now, before we unlock this car and check out the inside, I want to talk to you guys about the shirt. So, if you guys wondering where I got this nice flower shirt, special thanks to my friends at award.co. They sent me this shirt to show to you guys. So, check it out. Check out the website if you guys like the look of this shirt. It actually fits really nice and I've gotten a lot of compliments on it as I've been wearing it. So, check out their website. Now, let's look at the key of the Ultima. We still have our older Nissan key. I would like to see the new key, but it does come with your remote start. So, you can remote start this car, get it nice and cool on a day like today. Get the air conditioning going. Let's jump in and take it for a ride. Let's talk about the power plant in the car. 2.5 L 16 valve 4 cylinder engine attached to the Nissan CVT transmission. 182 horsepower and 178 lb feet of torque. So, pretty good power plan. Like, the car drives basically how you would want a car like this to drive. It's fuel efficient, it's comfortable, it's spacious, it has a lot of pep, and you get great fuel economy. 8.4 L per every 100 km. That's about 28 m per gallon for all my American friends watching. So, really good fuel economy. And then it's going to come with all the Nissan safety features like the blind spot warning. So when you're on the highway here, someone's in your blind spot, it's going to notify you there. It does have the lane departure warning as well. So if I deviate from the lane, it's going to notify me there. And you have the Nissan Pro Pilot Assist, which basically I have a full demo of this on my channel where it keeps you centered in the lane and you can use Nissan's intelligent cruise control to keep you a safe distance from the car in front of you. So, all you really have to do is hold the wheel and look forward and pay attention and you're good to go. So, on the exterior, this one is in the lovely gray sky pearl. It's kind of like a frosted bluish gray color. You get a lot of compliments when you're driving this car based on the color. Now, checking out the front end for 2025. There wasn't a lot of changes here to the Ultima. You can see we have LED daytime running lights. And with this SR package, you do get this blacked out Nissan Votion grill. So, the traditional Ultimas, this is going to be chrome, but you do have a lot of black accents throughout here. And we have our orange SR badging right into the front grill of the Ultima. Now, there's a few different drive modes. There is a sport mode and a regular mode. So, I'm just going to do a quick little launch here and take off. We're in sport mode now. It's taking a little bit, but let's see if we can get up to 100 here. And there's 100. So, not a bad takeoff. Like, like I said, it does have quite a bit of pickup for this type of car. and you're choosing this car over like something like the Nissan Sentra or the Toyota Corolla, if you want to go up to maybe a just a larger sedan with more space, a little more pep under the hood. The fuel economy is negligible for what you would save by dropping down in engine size. When we look at the tires and rims, this one being the SR, you get these 19in aluminum alloy rims. It's sitting on Bridgestone 235s 40R19 tires as well. This one's going to come with all-wheel drive. You have your front disc brakes and your rear disc brakes. So, lots to love. We did a snow test of this vehicle, which I will link in the description below, so you guys can check that out how it handles in the snow. On that side profile, we do have a bit more black accents continued. They've blacked out our window pillars here, blacked out our mirror caps as well. They are breakaway mirrors, so you can kind of fold them in if you're in a tight parking spot. You have your keyless entry as well. So, you just push the button right on the door there and it's going to open up. And they kind of blacked out the back pillar here, adding to that floating roof look that this has been a staple of the Ultima since they redesigned it in 2019. In terms of the seating, this SR package comes with this little custom seating here. You have the orange stitching on the seat. It's kind of a leather with a cloth insert seat. So, that's what you get when you upgrade. You have the one sunroof right at the top. So, let a little light in the car. Let the hair start flowing a bit there. I'm very impressed with the 2025 Ultima. Now, if you're still looking for a sedan but have a small family, there is quite a bit of space in the car. And before we get in, I want to show you guys this. They actually have this little cover right here to hide the anchors for the car seat. So, you can easily find them. They're nice and labeled. But, let's check out the back here. The front seat's positioned how I would be driving, and I got a ton of leg room. Like I said, this is known for having a spacious cabin, comfortable cabin. The seats are really comfortable. We have our ventilation in the back. There's a USBC and a regular USB output right there, so I can charge my devices. We have a cup holder in each door. And have a little elbow rest with a cup holder here as well when you go through the drive-thru. You got paddle shifters on your wheel here, which I wouldn't really use. Like, I never really use my paddle shifters. I mentioned that before. Digital temperature control, heated seats, heated steering wheel. I have an eightway power adjustable seat for the driver. And then your passenger seat's going to be a manual adjustable seat. So, say sorry to your misses cuz she's going to have to adjust her seat manually. Full Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. You can connect. You have this nice 8 inch color display here. I wish they had the Nissan Google built in like what's in the Rogue, but you have kind of the older infotainment system with the Nissan Connect. You have Android Auto, Sirius XM, AMFM, Bluetooth audio streaming. So, this one's going to come with eight regular speakers. [Music] Doesn't sound too bad. It is like a stock radio, so you're not getting like the premium radio system like you would get in the higher platinum packages, the Bose audio, but it does sound perfect. As we move along to the back, that all-wheel drive badging that I mentioned, like I said, you have it stapled right on your trunk there. You have that SR badging again. And this SR is going to come with this little rear spoiler, giving it a bit of a sporty look. Our backup camera is right above our license plate. And then we have our rear parking sensor. So, it's going to come with rear emergency braking, which I'm going to test out for you guys. You'll have your backup camera and your forward emergency brake. Look at this. I'm backing right up close to this car. As I approach it, it's going to stop for me. Hear my sensors going off. And there, it just stops. So, really tough to hit something when you have those sensors and the rear emergency braking. It's going to automatically stop for you. Not saying that it's going to work every time. If you go at fast speeds, it probably won't stop in time, but it's definitely good to know that you have that if you have trouble parking. Keep it running. I definitely like the straight back shifter. And we got a wireless charging pad down below so I can plug my or set my phone right on the pad there and charge it versus plugging it in. I currently own a 2014 Ultima and last year I posted my 10y year of ownership review on that car. So, I'm going to link that in the description as well. You guys can check that out. But I can certainly attest about the reliability. The car is still going strong and I plan to drive it for another hopefully 3 to 5 years. Now, the thing that blows me away, every time I open this trunk, I'm amazed by how much space is in it. There's 15.4 4 cubic feet of space in the trunk. Now, dead body test. I'm thinking you could fit probably three dead bodies in there. But if you have more dead bodies, you can just drop the seats down. You pull these levers here. You can fold your seats down there. It's a 60/40 split for the seat. So, you can fit a couple more dead bodies in there. There has been a murder and you are a suspect. Okay, hang on just a sec. Let me settle in and I'll be right back. They're good. Coincidentally, for 2025, we do still get a spare tire in here. A lot of the newer models and a lot of the manufacturers are cheaping out on the spare tires, but your Ultima does come with a spare tire. My overall thoughts about the Ultima, basically, it's got a spacious cabin. It's got a ton of tech, great comfortable seating with the all-wheel drive. It gives you that peace of mind in the wintertime, and very competitive fuel economy. So, those are the pros. I'm going to be honest. It's not a super exciting car to drive. Like, you're not excited to get in this car and get on the road and and go for a long drive. However, it's practical, it's reliable, it's efficient, and it's comfortable. And when you're buying a car in this type of class, that's basically what you're looking for. What do you guys think about the Nissan Ultima? You guys put your comments in. Do you guys own this car? Are you test driving one? Are you thinking of buying it? I'd love to hear your questions. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Again, special thanks to Nash Juan from Nissan and Infiniti for commenting and requesting we take this car out for an unlock for you guys. And if you guys are new, we're doing all different automotive content. So, make sure you guys hit that subscribe button, give us a thumbs up. Like I said before, special thanks to Award Brand Co. for the shirt. And I'm going to be rocking these shirts all summer. So, we'll see you guys in the next one.