http://plaza.ufl.edu/syrinx/maxima/2004/DSCN0003(1).JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/syrinx/maxima/2004/DSCN0005(2).JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/syrinx/maxima/2004/DSCN0008(5).JPG

This makes me feel a lot better about the 2004, especially the front (although it looks like they just used Altima headlights).

 

Hey check it out! The rear windows go all the way down! Wooohoo.

 

I like what I see. Now I want to see what they have done inside the car.

 

great pics amixamsa (wish i could see the sunroof tho!). it definitly looks more upscale, why buy an infiniti?

 

It'll probably cost as much as an Infiniti though

Let's hope Nissan service improves!!!

Also, is it me, or does it look like the turn signals will be red? I personally hate how most of the American cars (and now some Japanese ones) have a turn signal that's red, instead of yellow. From the pics I've seen thus far, it looks like the entire taillight is red, so unless they have a red tint to the glass but it blinks yellow, it looks like it might be all red. I think the Jetta and Passat have all red taillights, but turn signals are yellow though.

 

For better service..

 

it's just like Altima...wow...

 

yes, without the hideous interior

 

That's yet to be determined, but probably (hopefully) not!

If they're thinking of moving this car into the mid $30k's to compete with the Lexus ES300 and so forth, they better not be cost cutting.

 

They're already up, but here's more:

http://plaza.ufl.edu/syrinx/maxima/2004/DSCN0011.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/syrinx/maxima/2004/DSCN0016.JPG
http://plaza.ufl.edu/syrinx/maxima/2004/DSCN0017.JPG

 

Upon looking at the front again, the aftermarket grill industry is going to love this car.

 

I hope that bar in the center of the grill is just for cover. Otherwise it looks like a Mitsu Galant grill, and I don't like that.

 

The pic of the grill looks a little scary....I've liked most of everything I've seen so far, but that grill....I just don't know....I'll hold my comments till I see more

 

Rear of the car looks very aggressive. Definetly like the 4 pipes in the back.

 

Your mission if you choose to accept it........

 

Couldn't agree more...NO ONE will buy a car with a front end that looks like that. I wanna see the interior!! We have to get pics of the inside.....

-Chad

 

what happen to the fog light??
is it really work?

 

when i look at that thing, cadillac comes to mind for some reason. its a boat

 

I picked up on that too. There placed so far to the side of the car, It's hard to tell if they really are foglights....maybe it's a signal light or something I dunno...or maybe it's sort like our clearance lights, that light up the side of the road your turning into when you signal

 

I think they're like the fog lights on a Dodge Intrepid. You can see them from the side of the car, but they're aimed forward. I don't like them either like that though!!!

The grill is ugly too! Definitely looks like a Galant.

 

There is no spoiler. I know many were complaining about that cheap looking spoiler when the first pic made Nissan News.

Another thing, the Brian V pics done in may of this year show the exact same front end. That is very odd that they would actually do test runs of this ride that early in the year on public roads.

oz

 

anyone seen pics of the infamous moonroof?

 

Then it did.

 

I like the rear, and the rims but the headlights are a carbon copy of the Altima, and the grille I'm not crazy about, overall it looks nice, but easily screams out Altima XL.... I'll give you credit on the pics

 

Headlights looks just like the Nissan Teana to me:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=173831

 

Since I couldn't get close enough to snap it, I can at least describe the grill. It is similar to the Galant in that there is a solid centerpiece, kind of an upside down trapezoid with the Nissan logo on it. It is finished in that very very dark gray-bronze chrome kind of metal to match the badges in the rear. I think it will work on some colors (black, silver) but will definitely clash on others.

 

actually the teana headlamps have a diagonal cut on the corner whereas these slice the side the whole way. the headlamps look more reminiscent of 350z headlamps than anything else. but combined with that grille, they scream altima.

 

Don't look at it for what it is, look at it for what it can become. Think mods Any modding ideas yet?

 

New sheetmetal, new lights, new suspension to drop that gap, cut about a foot out of the length, RWD conversion...

That's about it for now.

 

 

 

it's a big car...which I don't like...but aside from that:

- Rear end styling is nice...rear view is the best of the car. The dual twin tailpipes are a bit gawdy, but it looks alright. Nissan could have given a different treatment to the taillights themselves, but the outlying shape is nice and works with the car. The rear end works together unlike the previous two generations of Maximas.

- Side profile is pretty good but not great...rear of the car behind the rear wheels is too long but still "works" esthetically. The main problem is that the bulky rear quarter of the car, which looks good on it's own, does not match the thin front of the car. The rear ends up looking even bulkier. Nissan should have designed the front quarter panel with a less raked slope, ie more of a rounded, muscular slope over the front wheels. A little bit of a bulge to the hood would have helped also to add a more muscular, substantial front end.

- Front end is horrible. Plain and simple, the front is ugly, worse than any of the worst aspects of the 4th or 5th gens. I am utterly confounded as to how they arrived at that grill design. The lower bumper treatment/grill is aweful also. Very very very cheap. Actually, the front resembles the Mercury Sable. Compare http://plaza.ufl.edu/syrinx/maxima/2004/DSCN0016.JPG with http://www.mercuryvehicles.com/vehicles/sable and you'll see the resemblence. Blech!

I am officially done with Maximas. This car will be defunct within a matter of years due to a massive sales drop I anticipate with this new model. Not many people are going to pay $30K-up for a car that looks like that.

 

I can't comment.............since the links (the original links on page 1)do not work. Please chk them.

 

The links work now. From what I see, I think my 5thgen will be the last Maxima (3rd one for me) that I am going to buy......

 

i too agree that the rear looks nice, the front is a lil generic to the altima tho.

 

def gotta nice lookin a$$

 

what was going on??? a commercial shoot or something??

 

finally dual exhaust.

 

Hey I second that!

 

But I'd rather see two BIG pipes like on the Z/G35C than four little ones.