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Nissan Teana is set to strike a chord with office executive types. The truth is, the Teana’s rear end is easily the car’s best angle, with its Merx CLS inspired swooping lines exuding a sense of grandeur.

Chances are the same hyperactive executives won’t be quite as excited if the car were reverse parked.

The front, for all its vast hectares of chrome, doesn’t look quite as sophisticated. The gigantic headlights, which look fine on the Presage MPV, fail to complement the stylish behind.

The profile, with the distinctive sixth light window, roofline and chrome strip running near the lower edge of the doors, immediately relate it to the Cefiro. But it, too, looks nondescript after the flamboyant rear quarters.

There are plenty of Cefiro genes floating in the Teana’s cabin. The desired impression is one of being at home in the living room. And like the kind of spaces we see in Days Of Our Lives, the sofas chairs are clad in luxuriant leather, wrinkled to appear even more welcoming. The armrests are dressed with wood like veneer tops, just like a sofa. The front passenger seat even has a footstool that extends at the touch of a button. Softly glowing orange LEDs mimic the warm light of a soothing fireplace.

But unlike the perches in the long running soap, the items in the Teana are adjusted electrically with memory settings for the driver and have fans set in them to pipe in cool or warm air. These are not just firsts for afternoon TV.

But, more importantly, ventilated seats are not found in the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry, rivals in Teana’s class.

Those coming from the Days era will appreciate how the radio and climate control settings are displayed in XCK size calculator fonts on a monochrome screen.

The Teana comes with three engine variants, with the middle 2.5 litre tested being the runaway Miss Popular, outselling the four cylinder 2 litre and the 3.5 litre V6.

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