2004 Nissan Maxima: All-new spun off new Altima platform, permitting U.S. production. Expect power to be at least 260 horses.




Thats all they are going to do it in 2 years length of time.....

 

Where did you hear this? I have heard rumors that the next generation or drastic change was going to be RWD

 

yah whatever you guys say I like my 2k max, it's the fastest so and wasn't the complete redesign supposed to happen in 2003 or did I miss an important thread!?!?!

 

it was on motortrend.com look under future cars

 

My uncle is the general sales manager at a local dealership and he told me that the new max wil be rwd with a V8
option and will be based off the new Q45.

 

Yeah,

They are trying to upscale the Maxima, like they did with the Pathfinder when they introduced the Xterra.

 

Our neighbors both work at the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tenn, where you all should know by now that the Xterra, Frontier, and Altima are built. She told me that they are to have Maxima production in December 2003. Z car will be built in Japan. I asked if there would be some Max's built in Japan or would the entire production be in Smyran, and she said the expect to build all Maxima's in Smyrna. That, in addition to the current models that roll off the assembly line.

They do good work here so I don't have any concerns about a Tennessee built Maxima. Now a south-of-the-border Maxima would have been a different story...

srm

 

i don't want a US built car

 

An American car is best built in america, A Japanese car is best built in Japan. Thats my story and im sticking to it...