Word: sentra
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...petite in a Big and Tall store. Shopping for a new car, she wanted something small, cheap and fuel efficient--the last thing most carmakers want to sell, since the big profits are in gas-guzzling SUVs and sedans with large engines. Test-driving drab cars like the Nissan Sentra left her underwhelmed. Then she spotted the Mazda3, a sporty four-cylinder hatchback launched in 2003. You might think of hatchbacks as wheezy econoboxes from the 1970s. But Dekat, 22, a loan processor from Dallas, liked the Mazda's svelte style and pep; she pictured herself blasting...
...retires. Ghosn watchers expect him to fashion a hybrid as stylish as the French-Japanese restaurants found in Paris and Tokyo. The next generation of the Renault Clio, a small car sold in Europe, is slated to share the underpinnings of Nissan's March, and the next-generation Nissan Sentra will use Renault's Megane platform. Already, French journalists have given Ghosn a backhanded compliment, dubbing him "Le Cost Killer." --By Daren Fonda