Are all 6th Gen Made in USA?
11-16-2003, 09:33 PM
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When I was first looking for my Maxima my local dealer said that their inventory was low because they still had to import them from Japan... the same dealership also told another customer that turning the rotors won't make them warp any faster. I've always thought they were all made in the USA, though.
11-17-2003, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Monotaur
When I was first looking for my Maxima my local dealer said that their inventory was low because they still had to import them from Japan... the same dealership also told another customer that turning the rotors won't make them warp any faster. I've always thought they were all made in the USA, though.
11-17-2003, 07:15 PM
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Thansk for the info..... I think that dealers use the excuse of JAPAN when they want you to keep waiting for stuff. Like in my case i Ordered a custom se elite and have been waiting for an eternity....
11-18-2003, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by bigcozz
Thansk for the info..... I think that dealers use the excuse of JAPAN when they want you to keep waiting for stuff. Like in my case i Ordered a custom se elite and have been waiting for an eternity....
11-20-2003, 09:27 AM
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The sales manager at my dealer told me that Nissan in the past was notorious for overproducing cars. the cars would sit on a lot and the prices cut in order to move them nobody made any money this way.
Nissan lowered the supply to increase the demand. Since the damand is higher they dont have to discount them. I had to get another color so I wouldnt have to wait 2 months to get mine.
Nissan lowered the supply to increase the demand. Since the damand is higher they dont have to discount them. I had to get another color so I wouldnt have to wait 2 months to get mine.
11-21-2003, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by borkap
The sales manager at my dealer told me that Nissan in the past was notorious for overproducing cars. the cars would sit on a lot and the prices cut in order to move them nobody made any money this way.
Nissan lowered the supply to increase the demand. Since the damand is higher they dont have to discount them. I had to get another color so I wouldnt have to wait 2 months to get mine.
Nissan lowered the supply to increase the demand. Since the damand is higher they dont have to discount them. I had to get another color so I wouldnt have to wait 2 months to get mine.
I heard they produced a lot of 350zs and thats why a low milage one can be found cheap.... is that true?
11-21-2003, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by tonylittell
all of them are made in tenn.....no longer producing it in japan....03 was last yr for that
The few Max's they've sold are all the really cheap ones without leather. I don't think they have very many people that can afford/want the Navigation.
11-21-2003, 09:20 PM
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'04's are supposed to be made in Tennesse. But, Nissan is still working to make that plant ready to make them. In the meantime all the Max's are still being made in Japan and shipping them over by boat. I work at a Nissan dealer and thats what I was told by my rep. Also, I checked on a customer order the other day and it said on sea transit. Which basically means it was on a boat yet. Hope this helps.
11-22-2003, 08:25 AM
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if it was make in japan why is the vin number starting with 1 and not with JN. ANY vin # starts that with a number is american made. any letter that starts in vin is over seas made. BTW JN stand for japan. also fire wall sould say where is it made in.
11-22-2003, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by NYC TAR
if it was make in japan why is the vin number starting with 1 and not with JN. ANY vin # starts that with a number is american made. any letter that starts in vin is over seas made. BTW JN stand for japan. also fire wall sould say where is it made in.
11-22-2003, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DanAEMax
'04's are supposed to be made in Tennesse. But, Nissan is still working to make that plant ready to make them. In the meantime all the Max's are still being made in Japan and shipping them over by boat. I work at a Nissan dealer and thats what I was told by my rep. Also, I checked on a customer order the other day and it said on sea transit. Which basically means it was on a boat yet. Hope this helps.
For the first time, Maxima is assembled in the United States, at Nissan’s award-winning manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn. The new Maxima went on sale at more than 1,100 Nissan dealers nationwide starting in March 2003.
And there is not a single Maxima built in Japan anymore because all of the VINs start with a "1" which means BUILT IN USA. Go shoot your "rep". I guess these "reps" instruct their salespeople to lie to fuel sales or something?
11-26-2003, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by DanAEMax
'04's are supposed to be made in Tennesse. But, Nissan is still working to make that plant ready to make them. In the meantime all the Max's are still being made in Japan and shipping them over by boat. I work at a Nissan dealer and thats what I was told by my rep. Also, I checked on a customer order the other day and it said on sea transit. Which basically means it was on a boat yet. Hope this helps.
Absolutely incorrect. Every '04 Maxima sold in the US is made in the US. I've already toured their plant...
As usual, dealer salesmen and managers do not know what the hell they are talking about...
11-30-2003, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by MajorMax96SE
I work at a dealership in Houston (no it's not a Nissan dealer) and I can tell you to never listen to anything that comes out of a salesperson's mouth. A sale is a sale is a sale.
Amen! 123456789
12-02-2003, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by greg_atlanta
Was that easy to arrange? Might be worth a road trip from Atlanta.......
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