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The 2025 Nissan Sentra vs Toyota Camry SE
First Driving Impressions!
By Jennifer Schaffer
I was initially scheduled to rent a Toyota Camry SE model for one day and after briefly driving it discovered a gouged driver-side tire, fearing a potential instability or blow-out under high-speed conditions, the item was reported to the rental company who gracefully switched the Camry for an available, similar trim Sentra. Here are my impressions having driven the Camry briefly on city streets for about 45 minutes and then the Sentra more extensively on city and highway roads for half a day.Surprisingly roomy, very comfortable bucket seats, a grounded, connected feel with the road, and a wide assortment of features including blind spot visual
blink alerts, rear camera with safety zone range, climate control buttons markedly simpler than the 2025 Toyota Camry SE Edition. The Sentra felt lighter while the Camry was heavier and bulkier. The Sentra felt sportier. Both telematics central console were similar, neither of them was equipped with an electronic route destination guidance and maps system. Both cars could have used a camera angle automatic display on the telematic consoles of any cars approaching the vehicle blind spots.Another positive feature of the 2025 Sentra was a power steering wheel that felt firm yet remained easy to turn, as if it has a more upscale variable power steering feature found in sportier cars. Equipped with keyless entry and push button start and stop button, the Sentra again beat the Camry because it has an option key to access the car in case your fob malfunctioned. The Camry tested didn’t have a key, just a fob to access entry into your car.
The slope line of the front hood of the Sentra gave much better front-side visibility to the road than a bulkier Camry. On the noise insulation side, the Camry had a superior quieter cabin where you could not even hear the engine start, I thought the car was electric until I popped the hood open and found it was a hybrid engine. The Sentra you could hear more noticeably the engine growl on ignition. The Camry had a more “sophisticated” digital and analog mixed cluster panel while the Sentra had a more analog, traditional dual cluster display.
Both the Sentra and Camry were equipped with a speed limit display feature in the center of the driver instrumentation gages display, that electronically relayed speed limits from posted signs on the road, eliminating the need to look over and read the sign alongside the road.
This feature is especially helpful in displaying the speed limit in areas where a sign is not visible but a speed limit is enforced which can be the case on highways where big rig trucks are in the slower lanes and occasionally will blot out visibility of the speed limit signs.
THE NEW CAMRY 2025 SEThe steering wheel of the Sentra was equipped with lots of buttons and convenience features, too many to try and learn for this half-a-day mission, decked out with more buttons on the driver side door for electric windows, safety door locks, mirrors, etc. The steering column boasted a truly generous amount of adjustment for taller drivers, way more than is customary with other cars.
CAMRY VS SENTRA 2025The Camry’s parking brake was actuated via a hand-toggled switch in the center armrest console while the Sentra’s was a small foot pedal to the left of the brake pedal. The rear boot of the Sentra was very roomy belying its sporty sleek profile and roomy rear seats. The floor mats were plush black and nicely appointed with clear SENTRA wording in white, very nicely complementing the bucket seat and rear seats of the vehicle.
CAMRY VS SENTRA 2025Notwithstanding all the attention Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi have been garnering from the press over their presently failed merger attempt, overall, the Sentra was very responsive and easy to drive on the road and lent itself to extremely favorable impressions compared to the pricier and more “decked out” Toyota Camry. Although a more thorough evaluation of the Camry would not be a bad idea over longer distances and highway driving conditions.
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