Automakers dictate that you have to be punished with a boring car if you want a midsize sedan. Nissan has done everything they could do to interest you with a lighter, more efficient 2013 Nissan Altima. Well, everything but change anything important.

This is the internet, so I'm sure there's someone out there waiting breathlessly for the reveal of the new 2013 Nissan Altima, in the same way I'm sure there's someone out there who gets sexually aroused by crown moldings.

Carmakers are apparently convinced that short "sneak previews" of new products are sexy and attention-grabbing instead of asinine and pointless. But here we are, writing up the 2013 Nissan Altima.