As of today www.nissandriven.com has the 2002 Maxima poop.

 

About time, they introduced it weeks ago.

 

i want numbers.. someone give me numbers..

oh BTW... your sig is hilarious

 

Looks awesome. The rearview of the black Max with the new tails is growing on me...

 

Well, according to "Build Your Own" on the website, a GXE model comes standard with a 6-speed.



Geez, can't they get anything right?


This sort of sums it all up about Nissan's cheapness:

Driver's seat easy entry/exit system is available on SE automatic transmission as part of the Leather Package models and is standard on GLE automatic transmission models. Driver's seat memory system is available on all SE models as part of the Leather Package and is standard on all GLE models

or

SE manual transmission-equipped models require SE Leather Package, BoseŽ audio system option, Meridian Edition, sunroof option and front-seat side-impact air bags option. SE automatic transmission-equipped models require SE Leather Package, BoseŽ audio system option, and sunroof option. With Nissan Navigation System, BoseŽ audio system 6-disc CD autochanger is trunk-mounted.

Did everyone catch that?


Also:

215/55 17s on the GLE?

Good grief.....try finding some of those puppies at your local tire store......

 

It makes you wonder why they even bother with packages. For example, click on the side-airbag option, and all but the limited slip differential options are forced on you. Nissan just doesn't get it. I tried to buy a 2001 SE 5-speed with no options. I couldn't find one. Heck, it seems like barely 2-3% of SEs come with 5-speed, and perhaps one in a thousand comes with 5-speed and no packages. The 5-speed sucks anyway, and perhaps that is why almost everyone buys ****-o-matics, or maybe it's due to the Maxima buyer demographics (this forum is fafrom being representative of the average owner).

At first I thought I would wait for the 2002s. But 6-speeds will be hard to come bym and 6-speeds that are not loaded up through the nose will be near impossible to find (unless special ordered?) At this point, I think I am just going to forget about the Maxima and buy something else. I may consider an XVL or G35 in a few years. We'll see. In the meantime, I have a feeling the Altima may eat into Maxima sales far more than Nissan expects, unless Maximas continue to be sold at prices ridiculously lower than MSRP.

 

..something the 2K and 2K1 should have always had. The site list a remote-keyless front window down feature...wonder how it's programed and can it be adapted to the other 5-Gen?