What discontinued Mercury model was a rebadged variant of Ford's competitor to the Nissan Altima?
Nissan Altima The Nissan Altima (Japanese: 日産・アルティマ ) is a mid-size car which has been manufactured by Nissan since 1992. It is a continuation of the Nissan Bluebird line, which began in 1957. The Nissan Altima mainly competes against cars such as Chevrolet's Malibu, Ford's Fusion, Honda's Accord, Hyundai's Sonata, Mazda's Mazda6, Subaru's Legacy, Kia's Optima, Toyota's Camry and Volkswagen's Passat.
Nissan 240SX The 240SX is a sports car that was introduced to the North American market by Nissan in 1988 for the following model year. It replaced the outgoing 200SX (S12) model. Most of the 240SX were equipped with the 2.4-liter inline 4 engine (KA24E from 1989–1990 and KA24DE from 1991–1999). The KA24E had a single overhead cam and KA24DE had dual overhead cams. Two distinct generations of the 240SX, the S13 (1989–1995) the S14 (1995-1999) were produced based on the Nissan S platform.