Stopped by my dealer this afternoon on my way home to see if they had any 2005's on the lot. My sales-guy said he "Had them on order" but was not sure when they would be in...

In the meantime, he gave me a list of the official changes to the Max for '05, and here is the list from the CPO bulletin dated July, 2004, for orders placed in July with anticipated delivery dates in August, 2004...

ExteriorInteriorComfort and ConvenienceSafety and SecurityMechanicalSo, there you have it - hope this dis-spells some of the rumors, and guess we'll all be in-line for dash parts upgrades!

 

If this is all true, I'll be deeply envious of the manual tranny in the 05. I'd also like them black calipers too.

 

Still 265hp and 255 ft-lbs of torque?

I like the idea of extra 12 v jack. I wish they had small holder for cell phone also. Had that in my Explorer and it was handy.

 

Looks like Nissan is in the process of updating their Main Site with information on the '05. They've changed their text, but none of the links work yet.

 

They did this today - I checked here this AM and it still said 2004 - will be interesting to see if the price went up when they get the design your own working again, and if they are repackaging options, decontenting, or keeping the elite package????

More to follow I guess...

 

"Exterior

Auto Dimming outside mirrors - DPP and above

Interior
Softer seat leather in leather equipped vehicles
New trim treatment applied to titanium tinted interior, trim pieces: center stack, door trim, shift surround, cupholder cover"

These sound like great additions. Wonder if we'll be able to swap some of the new trim pieces?

As for the Black Tone Brake Calipers, would be nice too, but I like my red ones.
Guess down the road, I could get better leather. I would really appreciate outside dimming mirrors though.

I still really LOVE my car, especially for the deal I got. Interested in the official price hike for these few improvements.

 

Official 2005 Maxima Speculation Thread