Steve Millen Sports Cars
3176 Airway
Costa Mesa, CA. 92626
Altima at a glance
Configuration:
Four door mid-size sedan
Front wheel drive
Models:
2.5, 2.5 S, 2.5 SL, 3.5 SE
Engines:
Inline 4 2.5L: 175 bhp
V-6 3.5L: 240 bhp
Base pricing:
$16,649 - $23,149
Changes for 2003
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New charcoal seat fabric (late availability), padded cloth front center armrest cover (genuine leather on leather-equipped vehicles), bright titanium interior accent colors for all models
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Two new exterior colors - Sonoma Sunset and Crystal Blue
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Standard automatic transmission, heated front seats, heated outside mirrors and simulated wood trim for 2.5 SL
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Sport and Leather packages have been upgraded with additional equipment
If you are an old-time Nissan
enthusiast, chances are likely that you have at least one Stillen
aftermarket part on your car. Stillen (short for championship race car
driver Steve Millen) is
primarily famous for it's huge performance parts catalog for the last
generation 300ZX. For the front wheel drive crowd, Stillen has made a name
for itself with its Maxima supercharger kit. Stillen was also one
of the early believers in the first gen Infiniti Q45's performance
potential by offering aftermarket parts.
Thus we decided to pay a visit to Stillen's headquarters located near
Irvine, California. And we were pleasantly surprised to see the efforts
being put into developing and tuning aftermarket parts for Nissan's new
offerings including 2002 Altima, SE-R, and of course the new Z (even
though we didn't see one on the premises). Even the new Q45 will see some
Stillen upgrades according to a Stillen source. The highlight of the tour
came when we were shown Stillen's Altima project car. The car was shown at
the recent SEMA
show and is a stunner especially when adorned with orange Lamborghini
spec paint!
More than just looks, Stillen adds a signature strut tower braces,
AP Racing high capacity brake system, Eibach springs, prototype dual exhausts, cold-air
intake, and finally Yokohama Tires and Stillen/Enkei GTV wheels. To extend
the Altima's already aggressive stance, Stillen added a custom grille plus
front, side and rear body kit parts.
We weren't able to test the car ourselves but the time we
spent in the passenger seats on the street made us believe this Altima has
impressive acceleration and handling.
Stay tuned as Stillen plans to upgrade the pre-production interior with
more of their magic and also finalize on a production exhaust system.
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