In 2008 actually bought a new Altima because we needed a car that was going to get about 90 miles a day on it during the weekdays, and it made no sense to spend on anything higher end for that purpose.
I think we traded it in with 208,000 and it literally never had an issue.
Bland, boring, nothing special, but never broke. Had a similar experience with Nissan with a 2000 Xterra.