Green 2kSE

Especially the fuel economy... 18 to 20mpg?! http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/2001...to_show_2.html

punkdork

Thats about what I get now...

bcannon

Ditto, it got better after I put in a K&N though

ohboiya

iTrader: (3)

it's going 2 kick the **** outta your car & mine ... did u honestly consider fuel economy when u bought your car? & if so .. haven't u noticed that whatever they released was a load of crap?

Green 2kSE

Well, I get around 21-22mpg in 90% city driving, but that 18-20 looks like highway mileage (per Nissan's news post).

bert

If you buy a 3L and complain about gas milage, then too bad. If you want to save gas buy the 4.

ohboiya

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u spelt perl rong en yor sig

RussMaxManiac

I get 21-22 as well city driving, and that 18-20 they predicted is hwy. It's a truck engine put into the cars, lots of TQ, and will suck on gas...go figure.

AznWontonboy

hmm never noticed gas mileage.. i was always thinkin on highway it saves more gas... wrong??
james

Paul6speed

Someone pointed it out that this is EPA range, not highway. EPA range is combination of highway and city with reserve. Currently I get 18 combined.

NYC2SD

If you are looking for an economy car then just get a 4cyl. What did you expect 28MPG??

warrlocked

I have consistently been getting about 25 mpg (rarely 27 mpg) and I do not baby my Max in the least. I do a lot of highway driving though.

By the way...a friend of mine said that he saw something on the news that gas could reach $3 p/g this summer!!!

unrealii

iTrader: (8)

The current altima is within 2 mpg of the maxima, which surprised the crap out of me. Its a smaller car and smaller engine, it should be a lot higher.

Mike S.

Russ...not to be a jerk....but that figure is NOT for the Hwy. I can pretty much bet on it. If thats hwy...whats city...14-15. Thats BS. The size of the engine isn't the end all answer. Grand Prix with 3.8L get well into the 20's. HECK...even vette's with the 6sp get great hwy mpg due to the gearing. A heavy **** passat with awd still gets 24 hwy.

The 3.5L ISN'T a "truck" engine. Its whatever it needs to be. Obivously they can tune it anyway they would like. It has over 20 more lb-ft of torque in the P funk. BUT its tuned that way. When they team it with the 5sp the torque drops(cuz the 5sp couldn't handle it they say), but the HP rises. Remeber..torque kills gears, NOT hp. Basically its main features are bigger bore/stroke, cvt, dual stage runners and some other junk. If they 3.5 is truck engine then so are all the other post 94 maximas!

speedracer3

Smaller engine yes, with the I4, but the Altima is the same size if not bigger than the Maxima.

Max-w/o-aCause

ya the gas milage aint that great but overall i think the alty will be a great car

warrlocked

The 2002 Altima has a 2 inch longer wheel base than than the 5th Gen Max and is 1 inch longer overall !!

Paul6speed

But it's lighter. According to the Nissan press release, the Altima will be 70 pounds heavier than the 2001 model. That would put it less than 3100 lbs.